# Poole — The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde character guide

> Poole in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-story-of-the-door

## Who they are

Dr. Jekyll's longtime butler, faithful and plainspoken, who knows his master's habits well enough to recognize when something is deeply wrong.

## Relationships

### [Sir Danvers Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/sir_danvers_carew)

_professional_

Poole and Carew have a distant professional connection through Jekyll's household, with Poole witnessing the aftermath of Carew's murder.

### [Dr. Henry Jekyll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/dr_henry_jekyll)

_professional_

Poole is Jekyll's loyal butler, increasingly frightened and suspicious of his master's strange behavior and isolation.

### [Messrs. Maw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/messrs_maw)

_professional_

Messrs. Maw is a chemist who supplies Jekyll's chemicals, and Poole interacts with them as a go-between for Jekyll's orders.

### [Mr. Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/mr_guest)

_professional_

Guest is Utterson's clerk, and Poole consults him to compare handwriting samples, revealing the similarity between Jekyll's and Hyde's scripts.

### [Sir Danvers Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/sir_danvers_carew)

_professional_

Poole and Carew have a distant professional connection through Jekyll's household, with Poole witnessing the aftermath of Carew's murder.

### [Dr. Henry Jekyll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/dr_henry_jekyll)

_professional_

Poole is Jekyll's loyal butler, increasingly frightened and suspicious of his master's strange behavior and isolation.

### [Messrs. Maw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/messrs_maw)

_professional_

Messrs. Maw is a chemist who supplies Jekyll's chemicals, and Poole interacts with them as a go-between for Jekyll's orders.

## In the story

### [Search for Mr. Hyde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/search-for-mr-hyde)

Poole, Jekyll's butler, admits Utterson and informs him that Hyde has a key and that the household has orders to obey him.

### [Incident of the Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/incident-of-the-letter)

Admits Utterson to Jekyll's house and confirms no letter was delivered by post.

### [Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/remarkable-incident-of-dr-lanyon)

Poole reports to Utterson that Jekyll is increasingly confined to his cabinet, silent and out of spirits.

### [The Last Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/the-last-night)

Assists Utterson, identifies the drug, and recounts hearing Hyde's footsteps and weeping.

### [Dr. Lanyon's Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/dr-lanyon-s-narrative)

Jekyll's butler, who has orders to assist Lanyon with the locksmith.

### [Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/henry-jekyll-s-full-statement-of-the-case)

Mentioned as the recipient of one of Hyde's letters, part of Jekyll's plan to retrieve his drugs.

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