Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда

Search for Mr. Hyde

           Andatlasthispatiencewasrewarded. Itwasafinedrynight;frostintheair;thestreetsascleanasaballroomfloor;thelamps,unshaken,byanywind,drawingaregularpatternoflightandshadow. Byteno’clock,whentheshopswereclosed,theby-streetwasverysolitaryand,inspiteofthelowgrowlofLondonfromallround,verysilent. Smallsoundscarriedfar;domesticsoundsoutofthehouseswereclearlyaudibleoneithersideoftheroadway;andtherumouroftheapproachofanypassengerprecededhimbyalongtime. Mr.Uttersonhadbeensomeminutesathispost,whenhewasawareofanodd,lightfootstepdrawingnear. Inthecourseofhisnightlypatrols,hehadlonggrownaccustomedtothequainteffectwithwhichthefootfallsofasingleperson,whileheisstillagreatwayoff,suddenlyspringoutdistinctfromthevasthumandclatterofthecity. Yethisattentionhadneverbeforebeensosharplyanddecisivelyarrested;anditwaswithastrong,superstitiousprevisionofsuccessthathewithdrewintotheentryofthecourt. 

           “Mr.Utterson...wasawareofanodd,lightfootstepdrawingnear” 

           Thestepsdrewswiftlynearer,andswelledoutsuddenlylouderastheyturnedtheendofthestreet. Thelawyer,lookingforthfromtheentry,couldsoonseewhatmannerofmanhehadtodealwith. Hewassmallandveryplainlydressed,andthelookofhim,evenatthatdistance,wentsomehowstronglyagainstthewatcher’sinclination. 

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