Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Ittookonthisoccasionadoubledosetorecallmetomyself;andalas! Sixhoursafter,asIsatlookingsadlyinthefire,thepangsreturned,andthedrughadtobere-administered. Inshort,fromthatdayforthitseemedonlybyagreateffortasofgymnastics,andonlyundertheimmediatestimulationofthedrug,thatIwasabletowearthecountenanceofJekyll. Atallhoursofthedayandnight,Iwouldbetakenwiththepremonitoryshudder;aboveall,ifIslept,orevendozedforamomentinmychair,itwasalwaysasHydethatIawakened. Underthestrainofthiscontinually-impendingdoomandbythesleeplessnesstowhichInowcondemnedmyself,ay,evenbeyondwhatIhadthoughtpossibletoman, Ibecame,inmyownperson,acreatureeatenupandemptiedbyfever,languidlyweakbothinbodyandmind,andsolelyoccupiedbyonethought:thehorrorofmyotherself. ButwhenIslept,orwhenthevirtueofthemedicineworeoff,Iwouldleapalmostwithouttransition(forthepangsoftransformationgrewdailylessmarked)intothepossessionofafancybrimmingwithimagesofterror,asoulboilingwithcauselesshatreds,andabodythatseemednotstrongenoughtocontaintheragingenergiesoflife. ThepowersofHydeseemedtohavegrownwiththesicklinessofJekyll. Andcertainlythehatethatnowdividedthemwasequaloneachside. WithJekyll,itwasathingofvitalinstinct.
