Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Hehadnowseenthefulldeformityofthatcreaturethatsharedwithhimsomeofthephenomenaofconsciousness,andwasco-heirwithhimtodeath: andbeyondtheselinksofcommunity,whichinthemselvesmadethemostpoignantpartofhisdistress,hethoughtofHyde,forallhisenergyoflife,asofsomethingnotonlyhellishbutinorganic. Thiswastheshockingthing;thattheslimeofthepitseemedtouttercriesandvoices;thattheamorphousdustgesticulatedandsinned;thatwhatwasdead,andhadnoshape,shouldusurptheofficesoflife. Andthisagain,thatthatinsurgenthorrorwasknittohimcloserthanawife,closerthananeye;laycagedinhisflesh,wherehehearditmutterandfeltitstruggletobeborn;andateveryhourofweakness,andintheconfidenceofslumber,prevailedagainsthimanddeposedhimoutoflife. ThehatredofHydeforJekyll,wasofadifferentorder. Histerrorofthegallowsdrovehimcontinuallytocommittemporarysuicide,andreturntohissubordinatestationofapartinsteadofaperson; butheloathedthenecessity,heloathedthedespondencyintowhichJekyllwasnowfallen,andheresentedthedislikewithwhichhewashimselfregarded. Hencetheape-liketricksthathewouldplayme,scrawlinginmyownhandblasphemiesonthepagesofmybooks,burningthelettersanddestroyingtheportraitofmyfather;andindeed,haditnotbeenforhisfearofdeath,hewouldlongagohaveruinedhimselfinordertoinvolvemeintheruin.
