Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
ThisfamiliarthatIcalledoutofmyownsoul,andsentforthalonetodohisgoodpleasure,wasabeinginherentlymalignandvillainous;hiseveryactandthoughtcentredonself;drinkingpleasurewithbestialavidityfromanydegreeoftorturetoanother;relentlesslikeamanofstone. HenryJekyllstoodattimesaghastbeforetheactsofEdwardHyde;butthesituationwasapartfromordinarylaws,andinsidiouslyrelaxedthegraspofconscience. ItwasHyde,afterall,andHydealone,thatwasguilty. Jekyllwasnoworse;hewokeagaintohisgoodqualitiesseeminglyunimpaired; hewouldevenmakehaste,whereitwaspossible,toundotheevildonebyHyde. Andthushisconscienceslumbered.
IntothedetailsoftheinfamyatwhichIthusconnived(forevennowIcanscarcegrantthatIcommittedit)Ihavenodesignofentering;Imeanbuttopointoutthewarningsandthesuccessivestepswithwhichmychastisementapproached. Imetwithoneaccidentwhich,asitbroughtonnoconsequence,Ishallnomorethanmention. Anactofcrueltytoachildarousedagainstmetheangerofapasser-by,whomIrecognisedtheotherdayinthepersonofyourkinsman;thedoctorandthechild’sfamilyjoinedhim;thereweremomentswhenIfearedformylife; andatlast,inordertopacifytheirtoojustresentment,EdwardHydehadtobringthemtothedoor,andpaytheminachequedrawninthenameofHenryJekyll.
