The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 40
Insensibly the lawyer melted.
Insensiblemente el abogado se ablandó.
There was no man from whom he kept fewer secrets than Mr. Guest; and he was not always sure that he kept as many as he meant.
No había hombre a quien guardara menos secretos que al señor Guest; y no siempre estaba seguro de guardar tantos como pretendía.
Guest had often been on business to the doctor's; he knew Poole; he could scarce have failed to hear of Mr. Hyde's familiarity about the house; he might draw conclusions: was it not as well, then, that he should see a letter which put that mystery to right?
Guest había ido a menudo por negocios a casa del doctor; conocía a Poole; difícilmente podía no haber oído hablar de la familiaridad del señor Hyde en la casa; podía sacar conclusiones: ¿no era conveniente, entonces, que viera una carta que aclarara ese misterio?
and above all since Guest, being a great student and critic of handwriting, would consider the step natural and obliging?
y sobre todo dado que Guest, siendo un gran estudioso y crítico de la caligrafía, consideraría el paso natural y cortés?
The clerk, besides, was a man of counsel; he could scarce read so strange a document without dropping a remark; and by that remark Mr. Utterson might shape his future course.
El empleado, además, era un hombre de consejo; difícilmente podía leer un documento tan extraño sin soltar un comentario; y por ese comentario el señor Utterson podría orientar su futuro proceder.
"This is a sad business about Sir Danvers," he said.
"Este es un asunto triste lo de Sir Danvers", dijo.
"Yes, sir, indeed. It has elicited a great deal of public feeling," returned Guest.
"Sí, señor, en efecto. Ha suscitado mucho sentimiento público", respondió Guest.
"The man, of course, was mad."
"El hombre, por supuesto, estaba loco."
"I should like to hear your views on that," replied Utterson.
"Me gustaría oír su opinión al respecto", respondió Utterson.
"I have a document here in his handwriting; it is between ourselves, for I scarce know what to do about it; it is an ugly business at the best.
"Tengo aquí un documento con su letra; queda entre nosotros, pues apenas sé qué hacer con él; es un asunto desagradable en el mejor de los casos.
But there it is; quite in your way: a murderer's autograph."
Pero ahí está; justo de su especialidad: el autógrafo de un asesino."
Guest's eyes brightened, and he sat down at once and studied it with passion.
Los ojos de Guest se iluminaron, y se sentó de inmediato y lo estudió con pasión.
"No sir," he said: "not mad; but it is an odd hand.
"No señor", dijo: "no está loco; pero es una letra extraña.
Vocabulary
- Insensiblemente
- Imperceptibly, gradually without being noticed
- abogado
- Lawyer, attorney
- ablandó
- Softened, became more lenient (preterite of ablandar)
- hombre
- Man, male person
- quien
- Whom, who (relative pronoun)
- guardara
- Kept, guarded (imperfect subjunctive of guardar)
- menos
- Less, fewer
- secretos
- Secrets
- señor
- Mister, sir, gentleman
- siempre
- Always
- seguro
- Sure, certain, safe
- guardar
- To keep, to guard, to save
- tantos
- So many, as many
- pretendía
- Intended, claimed (imperfect of pretender)
- ido
- Gone (past participle of ir)
- menudo
- Often (in phrase a menudo), small
- negocios
- Business, affairs
- casa
- House, home
- doctor
- Doctor
- conocía
- Knew, was acquainted with (imperfect of conocer)
- difícilmente
- Hardly, with difficulty
- oído
- Heard (past participle of oír), ear
- hablar
- To speak, to talk
- familiaridad
- Familiarity, closeness
- sacar
- To take out, to extract, to draw
- conclusiones
- Conclusions
- conveniente
- Convenient, advisable, suitable
- entonces
- Then, at that time
- viera
- Saw, see (imperfect subjunctive of ver)
- carta
- Letter (correspondence), card
- aclarara
- Clarified, cleared up (imperfect subjunctive of aclarar)
- ese
- That (masculine demonstrative adjective)
- misterio
- Mystery
- sobre
- On, about, over (preposition)
- todo
- All, everything, whole
- dado
- Given (past participle of dar), dice
- gran
- Great, big (shortened form of grande)
- estudioso
- Studious, scholarly
- crítico
- Critic, critical
- caligrafía
- Handwriting, calligraphy
- consideraría
- Would consider (conditional of considerar)
- paso
- Step, pace, passage
- natural
- Natural
- cortés
- Courteous, polite
- empleado
- Employee, clerk
- además
- Besides, moreover, in addition
- consejo
- Advice, counsel, council
- leer
- To read
- documento
- Document
- tan
- So, such, as
- extraño
- Strange, odd, foreign
- sin
- Without
- soltar
- To release, to let go, to blurt out
- comentario
- Comment, remark
- orientar
- To orient, to guide, to direct
- futuro
- Future
- proceder
- To proceed, procedure, conduct
- Este
- This (masculine demonstrative)
- asunto
- Matter, affair, subject, issue
- triste
- Sad, sorrowful
- efecto
- Effect, indeed
- suscitado
- Aroused, provoked (past participle of suscitar)
- mucho
- Much, a lot, very
- sentimiento
- Feeling, sentiment, sorrow
- público
- Public
- respondió
- Responded, answered (preterite of responder)
- supuesto
- Supposed, assumed (past participle of suponer)
- loco
- Crazy, mad, insane
- gustaría
- Would like (conditional of gustar)
- oír
- To hear
- opinión
- Opinion
- respecto
- Respect, regard, relation (used in al respecto)
- aquí
- Here
- letra
- Letter (of alphabet), handwriting, lyrics
- queda
- Remains, stays (present tense of quedar)
- entre
- Between, among
- nosotros
- Us, we
- pues
- Well, then, because, since
- apenas
- Hardly, barely, scarcely
- desagradable
- Unpleasant, disagreeable
- mejor
- Better, best
- casos
- Cases
- ahí
- There
- justo
- Just, fair, exactly, right
- especialidad
- Specialty, specialization
- autógrafo
- Autograph, signature
- asesino
- Murderer, assassin, killer
- ojos
- Eyes
- iluminaron
- Lit up, illuminated (preterite of iluminar)
- sentó
- Sat down (preterite of sentar/sentarse)
- inmediato
- Immediate, right away
- estudió
- Studied, examined (preterite of estudiar)
- pasión
- Passion
- extraña
- Strange, odd (feminine), estranges
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