Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

what do we learn from the scene in " Dr. jekyll was quite at ease" in which Utterson and jekkyl discuss his will?

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Utterson approaches Dr. Jekyll intending to urge him to change his will. We learn from Dr. Jekyll that he seems to have no choice in the matter of leaving his things to Mr. Hyde. We learn this when he says he would accept Utterson's help "if I could make the choice." He does, however, try to play off the difficulty/danger of the situation, saying "it is not as bad as that; and just to put your good heart at rest, I will tell you one thing: the moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde." He says this because he knows that Utterson is worried that Mr. Hyde is blackmailing Dr. Jekyll or plotting to get rid of him in order to inherit his estate. We also learn that there is something that Dr. Jekyll is likely hiding about Mr. Hyde, because the narrator says he grew very pale when Utterson mentions that he's learned a little bit about Mr. Hyde.