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“Quite so, sir,” returned Poole. “Well, when that masked thing like a monkey jumped from among the chemicals and whipped into the cabinet, it went down my spine like ice. O, I know it’s not evidence, Mr. Utterson; I’m book-learned enough for that; but a man has his feelings, and I give you my bible-word it was Mr. Hyde!”

–The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
Robert Louis Stevenson

What theme does this passage best support?

It is important to trust your instinct.
Secrets isolate people.
Some actions cannot be forgiven.
Evil can never truly hide itself.

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It is important to trust your instinct.

Poole admits he has no hard evidence but insists on his strong, immediate feeling that the intruder was Mr. Hyde — showing reliance on intuition over proof.