The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 15
"They have only differed on some point of science," he thought; and being a man of no scientific passions (except in the matter of conveyancing), he even added: "It is nothing worse than that!"
"Sólo han discrepado en algún punto de ciencia", pensó; y siendo un hombre sin pasiones científicas (excepto en materia de transferencia de propiedades), incluso añadió: "¡No es nada peor que eso!"
He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.
Le dio a su amigo unos segundos para recuperar la compostura, y luego abordó la cuestión que había venido a plantear.
"Did you ever come across a _protégé_ of his—one Hyde?" he asked.
"¿Te has encontrado alguna vez con un protegido suyo, un tal Hyde?", preguntó.
"Hyde?" repeated Lanyon.
"¿Hyde?", repitió Lanyon.
"No. Never heard of him. Since my time."
"No. Nunca he oído hablar de él. Desde mi época."
That was the amount of information that the lawyer carried back with him to the great, dark bed on which he tossed to and fro, until the small hours of the morning began to grow large.
Esa fue la cantidad de información que el abogado llevó consigo de regreso a la gran cama oscura en la que se revolvía de un lado a otro, hasta que las primeras horas de la mañana comenzaron a hacerse grandes.
It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.
Fue una noche de poco descanso para su mente trabajadora, trabajando en mera oscuridad y asediada por preguntas.
Six o'clock struck on the bells of the church that was so conveniently near to Mr. Utterson's dwelling, and still he was digging at the problem.
Las seis sonaron en las campanas de la iglesia que estaba tan convenientemente cerca de la vivienda del señor Utterson, y todavía él estaba excavando en el problema.
Hitherto it had touched him on the intellectual side alone; but now his imagination also was engaged, or rather enslaved; and as he lay and tossed in the gross darkness of the night and the curtained room, Mr. Enfield's tale went by before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures.
Hasta entonces le había afectado sólo en el lado intelectual; pero ahora su imaginación también estaba comprometida, o más bien esclavizada; y mientras yacía y se revolvía en la densa oscuridad de la noche y la habitación con cortinas, el relato del señor Enfield pasaba ante su mente en un rollo de imágenes iluminadas.
Vocabulary
- Sólo
- Only, just, merely
- han
- They/you have (auxiliary verb, present perfect)
- discrepado
- Disagreed, differed in opinion
- en
- In, on, at
- algún
- Some, any (masculine singular before noun)
- punto
- Point, dot, matter
- de
- Of, from, about
- ciencia
- Science
- pensó
- He/she thought (preterite)
- y
- And
- siendo
- Being (gerund of ser)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular)
- hombre
- Man, male human
- sin
- Without
- pasiones
- Passions, strong emotions or interests
- científicas
- Scientific (feminine plural)
- excepto
- Except, with the exception of
- materia
- Matter, material, subject
- transferencia
- Transfer, transference
- propiedades
- Properties, characteristics, possessions
- incluso
- Even, including
- añadió
- He/she added (preterite)
- No
- No, not
- es
- Is, he/she/it is
- nada
- Nothing, anything (in negative sentences)
- peor
- Worse, worst
- que
- That, than, which
- eso
- That (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- Le
- To him/her/you (indirect object pronoun)
- dio
- He/she gave (preterite of dar)
- a
- To, at, for
- su
- His, her, their, your (possessive)
- amigo
- Friend (masculine)
- unos
- Some, a few (masculine plural)
- segundos
- Seconds (time units)
- para
- For, in order to
- recuperar
- To recover, regain, retrieve
- la
- The (feminine singular)
- compostura
- Composure, calmness
- luego
- Then, later, afterwards
- abordó
- He/she approached, tackled, addressed
- cuestión
- Question, matter, issue
- había
- There was/were; he/she had
- venido
- Come (past participle of venir)
- plantear
- To pose, raise, present (a question/problem)
- Te
- You (informal object pronoun)
- has
- You have (auxiliary verb, present perfect)
- encontrado
- Found, met, encountered (past participle)
- alguna
- Some, any (feminine singular)
- vez
- Time, occasion (alguna vez: ever)
- con
- With
- protegido
- Protégé, protected person
- suyo
- His, hers, yours, theirs (possessive pronoun)
- tal
- Such, such a
- preguntó
- He/she asked (preterite)
- repitió
- He/she repeated (preterite)
- Nunca
- Never
- he
- I have (auxiliary verb, present perfect)
- oído
- Heard (past participle of oír)
- hablar
- To speak, talk
- él
- He, him
- Desde
- Since, from
- mi
- My (possessive)
- época
- Epoch, era, time period
- Esa
- That (feminine demonstrative)
- fue
- Was, he/she/it was (preterite of ser)
- cantidad
- Quantity, amount
- información
- Information
- el
- The (masculine singular)
- abogado
- Lawyer, attorney
- llevó
- He/she carried, took (preterite of llevar)
- consigo
- With him/her/oneself
- regreso
- Return, coming back
- gran
- Great, big (apocopated form before singular noun)
- cama
- Bed
- oscura
- Dark (feminine)
- se
- Himself/herself/yourself (reflexive pronoun)
- revolvía
- Tossed, turned, stirred (imperfect)
- lado
- Side
- otro
- Other, another
- hasta
- Until, even, up to
- las
- The (feminine plural)
- primeras
- First (feminine plural)
- horas
- Hours
- mañana
- Morning, tomorrow
- comenzaron
- They/you began, started (preterite)
- hacerse
- To become, make oneself
- grandes
- Big, large, great (plural)
- Fue
- Was, it was (preterite of ser)
- una
- A, an, one (feminine singular)
- noche
- Night
- poco
- Little, few, not much
- descanso
- Rest, break
- mente
- Mind
- trabajadora
- Hardworking, worker (feminine)
- trabajando
- Working (gerund of trabajar)
- mera
- Mere, simple (feminine)
- oscuridad
- Darkness
- asediada
- Besieged, assailed (feminine past participle)
- por
- By, for, through
- preguntas
- Questions
- Las
- The (feminine plural)
- seis
- Six
- sonaron
- They/you rang, sounded (preterite)
- campanas
- Bells
- iglesia
- Church
- estaba
- Was, he/she/it was (imperfect of estar)
- tan
- So, as, such
- convenientemente
- Conveniently
- cerca
- Near, close
- vivienda
- Dwelling, housing, residence
- del
- Of the (contraction: de + el)
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman
- todavía
- Still, yet
- excavando
- Excavating, digging (gerund)
- problema
- Problem
- Hasta
- Until, even, up to
- entonces
- Then, at that time
- le
- To him/her/you (indirect object pronoun)
- afectado
- Affected (past participle)
- sólo
- Only, just, merely
- intelectual
- Intellectual
- pero
- But
- ahora
- Now
- imaginación
- Imagination
- también
- Also, too, as well
- comprometida
- Compromised, engaged, committed (feminine)
- o
- Or
- más
- More, most
- bien
- Well, good, quite
- esclavizada
- Enslaved (feminine past participle)
- mientras
- While, whereas
- yacía
- He/she/it lay (imperfect of yacer)
- densa
- Dense, thick (feminine)
- habitación
- Room, bedroom
- cortinas
- Curtains
- relato
- Story, tale, account
- pasaba
- Passed, was passing (imperfect of pasar)
- ante
- Before, in front of
- rollo
- Roll, scroll
- imágenes
- Images, pictures
- iluminadas
- Illuminated, lit up (feminine plural)
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