The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 41
"And by all accounts a very odd writer," added the lawyer.
"Y según todos los informes, un escritor muy extraño," añadió el abogado.
Just then the servant entered with a note.
Justo entonces el criado entró con una nota.
"Is that from Dr. Jekyll, sir?" inquired the clerk.
"¿Es eso del Dr. Jekyll, señor?" preguntó el empleado.
"I thought I knew the writing.
"Creí reconocer la escritura.
Anything private, Mr. Utterson?"
¿Algo privado, Sr. Utterson?"
"Only an invitation to dinner.
"Solo una invitación a cenar.
Why?
¿Por qué?
Do you want to see it?"
¿Quiere verla?"
"One moment.
"Un momento.
I thank you, sir;" and the clerk laid the two sheets of paper alongside and sedulously compared their contents.
Se lo agradezco, señor;" y el empleado colocó las dos hojas de papel una al lado de la otra y comparó diligentemente sus contenidos.
"Thank you, sir," he said at last, returning both; "it's a very interesting autograph."
"Gracias, señor," dijo finalmente, devolviéndolas ambas; "es una autografía muy interesante."
There was a pause, during which Mr. Utterson struggled with himself.
Hubo una pausa, durante la cual el Sr. Utterson luchó consigo mismo.
"Why did you compare them, Guest?" he inquired suddenly.
"¿Por qué las comparó, Guest?" preguntó de repente.
"Well, sir," returned the clerk, "there's a rather singular resemblance; the two hands are in many points identical: only differently sloped."
"Bueno, señor," respondió el empleado, "hay un parecido bastante singular; las dos escrituras son en muchos puntos idénticas: solo tienen diferente inclinación."
"Rather quaint," said Utterson.
"Bastante curioso," dijo Utterson.
"It is, as you say, rather quaint," returned Guest.
"Es, como usted dice, bastante curioso," respondió Guest.
"I wouldn't speak of this note, you know," said the master.
"No hablaría de esta nota, ya sabe," dijo el señor.
"No, sir," said the clerk.
"No, señor," dijo el empleado.
"I understand."
"Entiendo."
But no sooner was Mr. Utterson alone that night, than he locked the note into his safe, where it reposed from that time forward.
Pero tan pronto como el Sr. Utterson estuvo solo esa noche, guardó la nota en su caja fuerte, donde reposó desde ese momento en adelante.
"What!" he thought.
"¡Qué!" pensó.
"Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer!"
"¡Henry Jekyll falsifica para un asesino!"
And his blood ran cold in his veins.
Y su sangre se heló en sus venas.
INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
INCIDENTE DEL DR. LANYON
Time ran on; thousands of pounds were offered in reward, for the death of Sir Danvers was resented as a public injury; but Mr.
El tiempo transcurrió; se ofrecieron miles de libras de recompensa, pues la muerte de Sir Danvers fue resentida como una ofensa pública; pero el Sr.
Vocabulary
- Y
- And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
- según
- According to; depending on
- todos
- All; everyone; every
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- informes
- Reports; accounts; pieces of information
- un
- A; an; masculine singular indefinite article
- escritor
- Writer; author
- muy
- Very; quite; adverb intensifying adjectives
- extraño
- Strange; odd; weird
- añadió
- He/she added; said additionally
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- abogado
- Lawyer; attorney
- Justo
- Just; exactly; right at that moment
- entonces
- Then; at that time
- criado
- Servant; domestic worker
- entró
- He/she entered; came in
- con
- With; accompanying
- una
- A; an; feminine singular indefinite article
- nota
- Note; message; written communication
- Es
- Is; third person singular of ser/estar
- eso
- That; demonstrative pronoun
- del
- Of the; from the; contraction de+el
- Dr
- Doctor; abbreviated title
- señor
- Sir; mister; gentleman
- preguntó
- He/she asked; questioned
- empleado
- Employee; clerk; worker
- Creí
- I believed; I thought
- reconocer
- To recognize; to identify
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- escritura
- Handwriting; writing; script
- Algo
- Something; somewhat
- privado
- Private; personal; confidential
- Sr
- Mr.; señor abbreviated
- Solo
- Only; just; merely
- invitación
- Invitation
- a
- To; at; preposition indicating direction
- cenar
- To dine; to have dinner
- Por
- For; by; through; because of
- qué
- What; why; interrogative pronoun
- Quiere
- He/she wants; you want formal
- verla
- To see it; ver + la pronoun
- Un
- A; an; one; masculine indefinite article
- momento
- Moment; instant
- Se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself
- lo
- It; him; masculine direct object pronoun
- agradezco
- I appreciate; I thank
- y
- And; conjunction
- colocó
- He/she placed; put; positioned
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- dos
- Two; number
- hojas
- Sheets; leaves; pages
- de
- Of; from; preposition
- papel
- Paper
- al
- To the; at the; contraction a+el
- lado
- Side; beside; next to
- otra
- Other; another; feminine
- comparó
- He/she compared
- diligentemente
- Diligently; carefully; attentively
- sus
- His; her; their; your possessive plural
- contenidos
- Contents; what is contained
- Gracias
- Thank you; thanks
- dijo
- He/she said
- finalmente
- Finally; at last; eventually
- devolviéndolas
- Returning them; giving them back feminine plural
- ambas
- Both; feminine plural
- es
- Is; third person singular ser/estar
- interesante
- Interesting
- Hubo
- There was; there were
- pausa
- Pause; break
- durante
- During; while; throughout
- cual
- Which; that; relative pronoun
- luchó
- He/she struggled; fought
- consigo
- With oneself; with himself/herself
- mismo
- Same; self; very
- repente
- Suddenly; de repente means suddenly
- Bueno
- Good; well; okay
- respondió
- He/she responded; answered
- hay
- There is; there are
- parecido
- Resemblance; similarity; alike
- bastante
- Quite; enough; rather; fairly
- singular
- Singular; unique; remarkable
- escrituras
- Handwritings; writings; scripts
- son
- Are; third person plural of ser
- en
- In; on; at; preposition
- muchos
- Many; a lot of; masculine plural
- puntos
- Points; aspects; dots
- idénticas
- Identical; same; feminine plural
- solo
- Only; just; alone
- tienen
- They have; you have plural
- diferente
- Different; distinct
- inclinación
- Inclination; slant; tilt; tendency
- Bastante
- Quite; rather; enough
- curioso
- Curious; odd; strange
- como
- Like; as; how
- usted
- You; formal singular
- dice
- He/she says; you say formal
- No
- No; not
- hablaría
- I would speak; I would talk
- esta
- This; feminine singular demonstrative
- ya
- Already; now; yet
- sabe
- He/she knows; you know formal
- Entiendo
- I understand
- Pero
- But; however
- tan
- So; as; such
- pronto
- Soon; quickly; early
- estuvo
- He/she was; preterite of estar
- esa
- That; feminine singular demonstrative
- noche
- Night; evening
- guardó
- He/she kept; stored; put away
- su
- His; her; your; their possessive singular
- caja
- Box; case; safe
- fuerte
- Strong; safe; strongbox
- donde
- Where; in which
- reposó
- It rested; it remained
- desde
- Since; from; starting from
- ese
- That; masculine singular demonstrative
- adelante
- Forward; ahead; from then on
- Qué
- What; how; exclamatory/interrogative
- pensó
- He/she thought
- falsifica
- He/she forges; falsifies
- para
- For; in order to; to
- asesino
- Murderer; killer; assassin
- sangre
- Blood
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; himself/herself/itself
- heló
- It froze; became frozen
- venas
- Veins
- INCIDENTE
- Incident; event; occurrence
- DEL
- Of the; from the; de+el contraction
- DR
- Doctor; abbreviated title
- El
- The; masculine singular definite article
- tiempo
- Time; weather
- transcurrió
- It passed; elapsed; went by
- ofrecieron
- They offered
- miles
- Thousands
- libras
- Pounds; British currency
- recompensa
- Reward; recompense
- pues
- Well; since; because; then
- muerte
- Death
- fue
- Was; he/she was; went
- resentida
- Resented; felt; taken as offense
- ofensa
- Offense; insult
- pública
- Public; feminine
- pero
- But; however
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