Jekyll and Hyde - Reputation

When Hyde writes the cheque from Jekyll's account (to pay off the family of the trampled girl)

Enfield refuses to mention whose name is on the cheque. Again, shows how Victorian society doesn't want to cause trouble for anyone else.

"Black-Mail House"

Enfield and the others start calling Jekyll's second house "Black-Mail House" and this would be linked in the Victorian mindset with homosexuality as this had been criminalised and often wealthy gentlemen would be blackmailed by young men to not reveal their homosexual nature. Victorian society worried about their reputation and being outed as gay. 

“I did not think you would have lied.”

Ch. 2 - Utterson tracks down Hyde and Hyde questions how he found him and Utterson replies that Jekyll told him. Hyde is angry and accuses Utterson of dishonesty and Utterson is quite taken aback by this suggestion. Being trustworthy is important to Victorian society. 

“The death of Sir Danvers was…more than paid for by the disappearance of Mr. Hyde”

Utterson believes that the death of a client and an MP is less important than Hyde leaving Jekyll and therefore that his friendship/Jekyll’s reputation is more important than his professional duty and justice. Jekyll feels the same in Chapter 10.