Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Attheinn,asIentered,Ilookedaboutmewithsoblackacountenanceasmadetheattendantstremble; notalookdidtheyexchangeinmypresence;butobsequiouslytookmyorders,ledmetoaprivateroom,andbroughtmewherewithaltowrite. Hydeindangerofhislifewasacreaturenewtome;shakenwithinordinateanger,strungtothepitchofmurder,lustingtoinflictpain. Yetthecreaturewasastute; masteredhisfurywithagreateffortofthewill;composedhistwoimportantletters,onetoLanyonandonetoPoole;andthathemightreceiveactualevidenceoftheirbeingposted,sentthemoutwithdirectionsthattheyshouldberegistered.
Thenceforward,hesatalldayoverthefireintheprivateroom,gnawinghisnails;therehedined,sittingalonewithhisfears,thewaitervisiblyquailingbeforehiseye;andthence,whenthenightwasfullycome,hesetforthinthecornerofaclosedcab,andwasdriventoandfroaboutthestreetsofthecity. He,Isay—Icannotsay,I. ThatchildofHellhadnothinghuman;nothinglivedinhimbutfearandhatred. Andwhenatlast,thinkingthedriverhadbeguntogrowsuspicious,hedischargedthecabandventuredonfoot,attiredinhismisfittingclothes,anobjectmarkedoutforobservation,intothemidstofthenocturnalpassengers,thesetwobasepassionsragedwithinhimlikeatempest. Hewalkedfast,huntedbyhisfears,chatteringtohimself,skulkingthroughtheless-frequentedthoroughfares,countingtheminutesthatstilldividedhimfrommidnight.
