Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Thenight,however,wasfargoneintothemorning—themorning,blackasitwas,wasnearlyripefortheconceptionoftheday—theinmatesofmyhousewerelockedinthemostrigoroushoursofslumber; andIdetermined,flushedasIwaswithhopeandtriumph,toventureinmynewshapeasfarastomybedroom. Icrossedtheyard,whereintheconstellationslookeddownuponme,Icouldhavethought,withwonder,thefirstcreatureofthatsortthattheirunsleepingvigilancehadyetdisclosedtothem; Istolethroughthecorridors,astrangerinmyownhouse;andcomingtomyroom,IsawforthefirsttimetheappearanceofEdwardHyde.
Imustherespeakbytheoryalone,sayingnotthatwhichIknow,butthatwhichIsupposetobemostprobable. Theevilsideofmynature,towhichIhadnowtransferredthestampingefficacy,waslessrobustandlessdevelopedthanthegoodwhichIhadjustdeposed. Again,inthecourseofmylife,whichhadbeen,afterall,nine-tenthsalifeofeffort,virtue,andcontrol,ithadbeenmuchlessexercisedandmuchlessexhausted. Andhence,asIthink,itcameaboutthatEdwardHydewassomuchsmaller,slighter,andyoungerthanHenryJekyll. Evenasgoodshoneuponthecountenanceoftheone,evilwaswrittenbroadlyandplainlyonthefaceoftheother. Evilbesides(whichImuststillbelievetobethelethalsideofman)hadleftonthatbodyanimprintofdeformityanddecay. AndyetwhenIlookeduponthatuglyidolintheglass,Iwasconsciousofnorepugnance,ratherofaleapofwelcome.
