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Which excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde uses direct characterization?

In this case, I was driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress.
I was so far in my reflections when, as I have said, a side light began to shine upon the subject from the laboratory table.
I hesitated long before I put this theory to the test of practice.
I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil . . .

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Excerpt 4: "I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil . . ."

Reason: this line explicitly tells the reader a trait of the narrator (that he is "more wicked"), so the author is directly stating a character quality. The other excerpts are reflective or show behavior (hesitation), which are examples of indirect characterization.