Dear Mr. Hyde,

I am planning a trip to London, and I have read that you have a place in Soho Choose one a ritzy neighborhood a famous park a neighborhood that was at one time disreputable a suburb near London , so I was just wondering if I could maybe get some advice apropos Choose one with regard to about other things than to help me decide on in legal terms about my itinerary. There is this problem that I’ve been brooding Choose one thinking anxiously occasionally thinking talking to friends meditating about: Namely, I have a friend (I guess you could say I’m sort of his protégé Choose one teacher trainee relative colleague ) who is almost exclusively a nocturnal Choose one antisocial sports-loving independent night-loving being.

The perplexity Choose one obvious facts inability to think clearly history preference for risk that I’m facing is how I will see anything of London if he always wants to be in the house and asleep during the day. I don’t want to be a juggernaut Choose one spoil-sport pushover circus performer overwhelming force coming in and making things work just the way I want them, but I also don’t want his malformed Choose one badly formed nicely shaped easily altered genuinely powerful (is that fair?) way of life to become a cancer Choose one something growing weakly something growing uncontrollably something growing unexpectedly something growing beneficially on the happiness of my visit.

The prospect of addressing this with him fills me with apprehension Choose one fear excitement resolution grief . The last time I made some comments about his “habits” he snarled Choose one said in a superior way said in a elegant way said in a menacing way said in a barely audible way a curse word that left me in a state of disquietude Choose one being sleepy being troubled being comfortable being transported . My mind misgives Choose one forces me to fear forces me to hope forces me to report forces me to understand me that he will do the same to me again or at best grunt Choose one mutter inarticulately say suddenly declare softly whisper lovingly some discourteous judgment. I know that I shouldn’t judge, and it’s not as if he’s done anything wrong. (Even if he had done something wrong, the statue of limitations Choose one law limiting punishment law limiting travel law limiting profits law limiting forgiveness would have expired a long time ago.) Maybe my uncertainties are all caused by missteps that are now coming to me pede claudo Choose one “on limping foot” “on bended knee” “on angel’s wings” “on a summer breeze” after all these years of trying to be good.

Mr. Hyde, I hope you can understand that I’m groping Choose one searching methodically searching endlessly searching blindly searching unenthusiastically for words to express. I’m sure you are besieged Choose one attacked excessively attacked occasionally attacked lovingly attacked off-handedly by such requests for help all the time. I know you must be absolutely enslaved Choose one oppressed liberated comforted enlightened by your own busy schedule. However, if it is not too displeasing Choose one very pleasing insultingly pleasing not pleasing slightly pleasing to you to respond in some way, I would be truly delighted.