Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Imusthavestareduponitfornearhalfaminute,sunkasIwasinthemerestupidityofwonder,beforeterrorwokeupinmybreastassuddenandstartlingasthecrashofcymbals;andboundingfrommybed,Irushedtothemirror. Atthesightthatmetmyeyes,mybloodwaschangedintosomethingexquisitelythinandicy. Yes,IhadgonetobedHenryJekyll,IhadawakenedEdwardHyde. Howwasthistobeexplained? Iaskedmyself,andthen,withanotherboundofterror—howwasittoberemedied? Itwaswelloninthemorning;theservantswereup;allmydrugswereinthecabinet—alongjourneydowntwopairsofstairs,throughthebackpassage,acrosstheopencourtandthroughtheanatomicaltheatre,fromwhereIwasthenstandinghorror-struck. Itmightindeedbepossibletocovermyface;butofwhatusewasthat,whenIwasunabletoconcealthealterationinmystature? Andthenwithanoverpoweringsweetnessofrelief,itcamebackuponmymindthattheservantswerealreadyusedtothecomingandgoingofmysecondself. Ihadsoondressed,aswellasIwasable,inclothesofmyownsize: hadsoonpassedthroughthehouse,whereBradshawstaredanddrewbackatseeingMr.Hydeatsuchanhourandinsuchastrangearray; andtenminuteslater,Dr.Jekyllhadreturnedtohisownshapeandwassittingdown,withadarkenedbrow,tomakeafeintofbreakfasting.
Smallindeedwasmyappetite.
