Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда

The Last Night

           Thetwomenlookedateachotherwithascare. “Thisisbeyondme,Poole,”saidthelawyer. “Letusgobacktothecabinet.” 

           Theymountedthestairinsilence,andstillwithanoccasionalawe-struckglanceatthedeadbody,proceededmorethoroughlytoexaminethecontentsofthecabinet. Atonetable,thereweretracesofchemicalwork,variousmeasuredheapsofsomewhitesaltbeinglaidonglasssaucers,asthoughforanexperimentinwhichtheunhappymanhadbeenprevented. 

           “ThatisthesamedrugthatIwasalwaysbringinghim,”saidPoole;andevenashespoke,thekettlewithastartlingnoiseboiledover. 

           Thisbroughtthemtothefireside,wheretheeasy-chairwasdrawncosilyup,andthetea-thingsstoodreadytothesitter’selbow,theverysugarinthecup. Therewereseveralbooksonashelf;onelaybesidethetea-thingsopen,andUttersonwasamazedtofinditacopyofapiouswork,forwhichJekyllhadseveraltimesexpressedagreatesteem,annotated,inhisownhand,withstartlingblasphemies. 

           Next,inthecourseoftheirreviewofthechamber,thesearcherscametothechevalglass,intowhosedepthstheylookedwithaninvoluntaryhorror. Butitwassoturnedastoshowthemnothingbuttherosyglowplayingontheroof,thefiresparklinginahundredrepetitionsalongtheglazedfrontofthepresses,andtheirownpaleandfearfulcountenancesstoopingtolookin. 

           “Thisglasshaveseensomestrangethings,sir,”whisperedPoole. 

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