Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Ihadlongsincepreparedmytincture; Ipurchasedatonce,fromafirmofwholesalechemists,alargequantityofaparticularsaltwhichIknew,frommyexperiments,tobethelastingredientrequired; andlateoneaccursednight,Icompoundedtheelements,watchedthemboilandsmoketogetherintheglass,andwhentheebullitionhadsubsided,withastrongglowofcourage,drankoffthepotion.
Themostrackingpangssucceeded:agrindinginthebones,deadlynausea,andahorrorofthespiritthatcannotbeexceededatthehourofbirthordeath. Thentheseagoniesbeganswiftlytosubside,andIcametomyselfasifoutofagreatsickness. Therewassomethingstrangeinmysensations,somethingindescribablynewand,fromitsverynovelty,incrediblysweet. Ifeltyounger,lighter,happierinbody;withinIwasconsciousofaheadyrecklessness,acurrentofdisorderedsensualimagesrunninglikeamill-raceinmyfancy,asolutionofthebondsofobligation,anunknownbutnotaninnocentfreedomofthesoul. Iknewmyself,atthefirstbreathofthisnewlife,tobemorewicked,tenfoldmorewicked,soldaslavetomyoriginalevil;andthethought,inthatmoment,bracedanddelightedmelikewine. Istretchedoutmyhands,exultinginthefreshnessofthesesensations;andintheact,IwassuddenlyawarethatIhadlostinstature.
Therewasnomirror,atthatdate,inmyroom; thatwhichstandsbesidemeasIwrite,wasbroughttherelateronandfortheverypurposeofthesetransformations.
