The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 63
Poole disinterred the axe from under a stack of packing straw; the candle was set upon the nearest table to light them to the attack; and they drew near with bated breath to where that patient foot was still going up and down, up and down, in the quiet of the night.
Poole desenterró el hacha de debajo de un montón de paja de embalaje; la vela fue colocada sobre la mesa más cercana para alumbrarles en el ataque; y se acercaron con aliento contenido hacia donde aquel pie paciente seguía subiendo y bajando, subiendo y bajando, en la quietud de la noche.
"Jekyll," cried Utterson, with a loud voice, "I demand to see you."
—Jekyll —gritó Utterson, con voz fuerte—, exijo verle.
He paused a moment, but there came no reply.
Hizo una pausa un momento, pero no hubo respuesta.
"I give you fair warning, our suspicions are aroused, and I must and shall see you," he resumed; "if not by fair means, then by foul—if not of your consent, then by brute force!"
—Le advierto lealmente, nuestras sospechas están despertadas, y debo y he de verle —prosiguió—; si no es por las buenas, entonces por las malas; si no es con su consentimiento, ¡entonces por la fuerza bruta!
"Utterson," said the voice, "for God's sake, have mercy!"
—Utterson —dijo la voz—, ¡por el amor de Dios, tenga piedad!
"Ah, that's not Jekyll's voice—it's Hyde's!" cried Utterson.
—¡Ah, esa no es la voz de Jekyll, es la de Hyde! —gritó Utterson.
"Down with the door, Poole!"
—¡Abajo la puerta, Poole!
Poole swung the axe over his shoulder; the blow shook the building, and the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges.
Poole balanceó el hacha sobre su hombro; el golpe sacudió el edificio, y la puerta de bayeta roja saltó contra la cerradura y las bisagras.
A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror, rang from the cabinet.
Un chillido lúgubre, como de mero terror animal, resonó desde el gabinete.
Up went the axe again, and again the panels crashed and the frame bounded; four times the blow fell; but the wood was tough and the fittings were of excellent workmanship; and it was not until the fifth, that the lock burst and the wreck of the door fell inwards on the carpet.
El hacha subió de nuevo, y otra vez los paneles crujieron y el marco rebotó; cuatro veces cayó el golpe; pero la madera era resistente y los herrajes eran de excelente manufactura; y no fue hasta el quinto golpe que la cerradura estalló y los restos de la puerta cayeron hacia adentro sobre la alfombra.
The besiegers, appalled by their own riot and the stillness that had succeeded, stood back a little and peered in.
Los asediadores, consternados por su propio alboroto y la quietud que había seguido, retrocedieron un poco y miraron dentro.
Vocabulary
- desenterró
- dug up, unearthed (past tense of desenterrar)
- hacha
- axe, hatchet
- debajo
- underneath, below
- montón
- pile, heap
- paja
- straw, hay
- embalaje
- packing, packaging material
- vela
- candle; sail
- colocada
- placed, positioned (feminine past participle)
- sobre
- on, over, above
- mesa
- table
- cercana
- near, nearby, close (feminine adjective)
- alumbrarles
- to illuminate them, to light their way
- ataque
- attack, assault
- acercaron
- approached, came near (past tense)
- aliento
- breath, breathing
- contenido
- contained, held back; content
- hacia
- toward, towards
- aquel
- that (masculine demonstrative, distant)
- pie
- foot
- paciente
- patient
- seguía
- continued, kept on (imperfect tense)
- subiendo
- going up, rising (gerund)
- bajando
- going down, descending (gerund)
- quietud
- stillness, quietness
- noche
- night
- gritó
- shouted, yelled (past tense of gritar)
- voz
- voice
- fuerte
- strong, loud
- exijo
- I demand, I require
- verle
- to see him
- Hizo
- made, did (past tense of hacer)
- pausa
- pause, break
- momento
- moment
- hubo
- there was, there were (past tense haber)
- respuesta
- answer, response
- advierto
- I warn, I advise
- lealmente
- loyally, faithfully
- sospechas
- suspicions
- despertadas
- awakened, aroused (feminine plural past participle)
- debo
- I must, I owe
- prosiguió
- continued, proceeded (past tense)
- buenas
- good (feminine plural); willingly, nicely
- entonces
- then, so
- malas
- bad (feminine plural); by force
- consentimiento
- consent, agreement
- fuerza
- force, strength
- bruta
- brute, brutal (feminine adjective)
- amor
- love
- Dios
- God
- tenga
- have, may have (subjunctive of tener)
- piedad
- mercy, pity
- Abajo
- down, downstairs
- puerta
- door
- balanceó
- swung, balanced (past tense)
- hombro
- shoulder
- golpe
- blow, hit, strike
- sacudió
- shook, jolted (past tense)
- edificio
- building
- bayeta
- baize, flannel cloth
- roja
- red (feminine adjective)
- saltó
- jumped, leaped (past tense)
- contra
- against
- cerradura
- lock
- bisagras
- hinges
- chillido
- shriek, scream
- lúgubre
- gloomy, dismal, lugubrious
- mero
- mere, simple
- terror
- terror, fear
- animal
- animal
- resonó
- resounded, echoed (past tense)
- desde
- from, since
- gabinete
- cabinet; office, study
- subió
- went up, climbed (past tense)
- nuevo
- new, again
- vez
- time, occasion
- paneles
- panels
- crujieron
- creaked, cracked (past tense)
- marco
- frame
- rebotó
- bounced, rebounded (past tense)
- cuatro
- four
- veces
- times
- cayó
- fell (past tense of caer)
- madera
- wood
- resistente
- resistant, sturdy, strong
- herrajes
- hardware, metal fittings
- excelente
- excellent
- manufactura
- manufacture, craftsmanship
- hasta
- until, up to, even
- quinto
- fifth
- estalló
- burst, exploded (past tense)
- restos
- remains, remnants
- cayeron
- fell (third person plural past tense)
- adentro
- inside, indoors
- alfombra
- carpet, rug
- asediadores
- besiegers, attackers
- consternados
- dismayed, shocked (masculine plural adjective)
- propio
- own, proper
- alboroto
- commotion, uproar
- seguido
- followed; continued (past participle)
- retrocedieron
- retreated, drew back (past tense)
- poco
- little, few, a bit
- miraron
- looked (past tense of mirar)
- dentro
- inside, within
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