The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 69
It is now ten; I must go home and read these documents in quiet; but I shall be back before midnight, when we shall send for the police.
Son ahora las diez; debo ir a casa y leer estos documentos en tranquilidad; pero volveré antes de medianoche, cuando mandaremos llamar a la policía.
They went out, locking the door of the theatre behind them; and Utterson, once more leaving the servants gathered about the fire in the hall, trudged back to his office to read the two narratives in which this mystery was now to be explained.
Salieron, cerrando con llave la puerta del teatro tras ellos; y Utterson, dejando una vez más a los sirvientes reunidos alrededor del fuego en el vestíbulo, caminó pesadamente de vuelta a su oficina para leer las dos narrativas en las que este misterio iba ahora a ser explicado.
DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
NARRATIVA DEL DR. LANYON
On the ninth of January, now four days ago, I received by the evening delivery a registered envelope, addressed in the hand of my colleague and old school companion, Henry Jekyll.
El nueve de enero, hace ahora cuatro días, recibí por el reparto vespertino un sobre certificado, dirigido de puño y letra de mi colega y viejo compañero de escuela, Henry Jekyll.
I was a good deal surprised by this; for we were by no means in the habit of correspondence; I had seen the man, dined with him, indeed, the night before; and I could imagine nothing in our intercourse that should justify formality of registration.
Me sorprendió bastante esto; pues no teníamos en absoluto la costumbre de escribirnos; había visto al hombre, cenado con él, de hecho, la noche anterior; y no podía imaginar nada en nuestro trato que justificara la formalidad del certificado.
The contents increased my wonder; for this is how the letter ran:
El contenido aumentó mi asombro; pues así decía la carta:
"10_th December_, 18—.
"10 de diciembre de 18—.
"Dear Lanyon,—You are one of my oldest friends; and although we may have differed at times on scientific questions, I cannot remember, at least on my side, any break in our affection.
"Querido Lanyon,—Usted es uno de mis más viejos amigos; y aunque podamos haber diferido a veces en cuestiones científicas, no puedo recordar, al menos de mi parte, ruptura alguna en nuestro afecto.
There was never a day when, if you had said to me, 'Jekyll, my life, my honour, my reason, depend upon you,' I would not have sacrificed my left hand to help you.
Nunca hubo un día en que, si usted me hubiera dicho, 'Jekyll, mi vida, mi honor, mi razón, dependen de ti,' yo no hubiera sacrificado mi mano izquierda para ayudarle.
Vocabulary
- Son
- They are; third person plural present of ser
- ahora
- Now; at the present time
- las
- The; feminine plural definite article
- diez
- Ten; the number 10
- debo
- I must; first person singular present of deber
- ir
- To go; verb of motion
- a
- To; preposition indicating direction or destination
- casa
- House; home; dwelling place
- y
- And; conjunction connecting words or phrases
- leer
- To read; verb for reading text
- estos
- These; masculine plural demonstrative adjective
- documentos
- Documents; official papers or records
- en
- In; preposition indicating location or context
- tranquilidad
- Tranquility; peace; calmness; state of being peaceful
- pero
- But; conjunction showing contrast
- volveré
- I will return; first person future of volver
- antes
- Before; earlier in time
- de
- Of; from; preposition indicating possession or origin
- medianoche
- Midnight; twelve o'clock at night
- cuando
- When; at what time; conjunction
- mandaremos
- We will send; first person plural future tense
- llamar
- To call; to summon; to telephone
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- policía
- Police; law enforcement
- Salieron
- They left; third person plural preterite of salir
- cerrando
- Closing; locking; present participle of cerrar
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- llave
- Key; device for locking or unlocking
- puerta
- Door; entrance or exit
- del
- Of the; contraction of de plus el
- teatro
- Theater; theatre; place for performances
- tras
- Behind; after; following
- ellos
- They; them; masculine plural pronoun
- dejando
- Leaving; abandoning; present participle of dejar
- una
- A; an; one; feminine singular indefinite article
- vez
- Time; occasion; instance
- más
- More; most; additional
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article
- sirvientes
- Servants; domestic workers
- reunidos
- Gathered; assembled; past participle of reunir
- alrededor
- Around; surrounding; in the vicinity of
- fuego
- Fire; flames; combustion
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article
- vestíbulo
- Vestibule; lobby; entrance hall
- caminó
- He/she walked; third person singular preterite of caminar
- pesadamente
- Heavily; with heavy steps; in weighted manner
- vuelta
- Return; turn; back
- su
- His; her; your; possessive adjective
- oficina
- Office; workplace for administrative work
- para
- For; in order to; preposition of purpose
- dos
- Two; the number 2
- narrativas
- Narratives; stories; accounts
- que
- That; which; relative pronoun or conjunction
- este
- This; masculine singular demonstrative adjective
- misterio
- Mystery; puzzle; enigma
- iba
- Was going; imperfect tense of ir
- ser
- To be; essential verb of existence
- explicado
- Explained; clarified; past participle of explicar
- NARRATIVA
- Narrative; story; account
- DEL
- Of the; contraction of de plus el
- DR
- Dr.; abbreviation for doctor
- El
- The; masculine singular definite article
- nueve
- Nine; the number 9
- enero
- January; first month of the year
- hace
- Ago; makes; third person singular of hacer
- cuatro
- Four; the number 4
- días
- Days; plural of day
- recibí
- I received; first person singular preterite of recibir
- por
- By; for; through; preposition
- reparto
- Distribution; delivery; division
- vespertino
- Evening; afternoon; pertaining to evening time
- un
- A; an; one; masculine singular indefinite article
- sobre
- Envelope; on; above; over
- certificado
- Certified; registered; certificate
- dirigido
- Addressed; directed; past participle of dirigir
- puño
- Fist; hand; handful
- letra
- Letter; handwriting; lyrics
- mi
- My; first person singular possessive adjective
- colega
- Colleague; coworker; professional associate
- viejo
- Old; elderly; ancient
- compañero
- Companion; partner; mate
- escuela
- School; educational institution
- Me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- sorprendió
- Surprised; amazed; third person singular preterite of sorprender
- bastante
- Quite; enough; rather; fairly
- esto
- This; neuter demonstrative pronoun
- pues
- Well; since; because; then
- no
- No; not; negation adverb
- teníamos
- We had; first person plural imperfect of tener
- absoluto
- Absolute; complete; total
- costumbre
- Custom; habit; usual practice
- escribirnos
- To write to each other; reciprocal infinitive
- había
- There was; had; imperfect tense of haber
- visto
- Seen; past participle of ver
- al
- To the; contraction of a plus el
- hombre
- Man; human; male person
- cenado
- Dined; had dinner; past participle of cenar
- él
- He; him; masculine singular subject pronoun
- hecho
- Fact; done; made; past participle of hacer
- noche
- Night; evening; nighttime
- anterior
- Previous; former; prior
- podía
- Could; was able; imperfect tense of poder
- imaginar
- To imagine; to picture; to envision
- nada
- Nothing; anything; not at all
- nuestro
- Our; first person plural possessive adjective
- trato
- Deal; treatment; agreement; interaction
- justificara
- Justified; imperfect subjunctive of justificar
- formalidad
- Formality; proper procedure; correctness
- contenido
- Content; contents; what is contained
- aumentó
- Increased; augmented; third person singular preterite of aumentar
- asombro
- Astonishment; amazement; wonder
- así
- So; thus; in this way
- decía
- Said; was saying; imperfect tense of decir
- carta
- Letter; card; correspondence
- diciembre
- December; twelfth month of the year
- Querido
- Dear; beloved; used in letter salutations
- Usted
- You; formal second person singular pronoun
- es
- Is; third person singular present of ser
- uno
- One; a single unit
- mis
- My; first person plural possessive adjective
- viejos
- Old; elderly; plural of viejo
- amigos
- Friends; plural of amigo
- aunque
- Although; even though; despite
- podamos
- We can; first person plural present subjunctive poder
- haber
- To have; auxiliary verb for compound tenses
- diferido
- Differed; disagreed; past participle of diferir
- veces
- Times; occasions; plural of vez
- cuestiones
- Questions; issues; matters
- científicas
- Scientific; relating to science
- puedo
- I can; first person singular present of poder
- recordar
- To remember; to recall; to remind
- menos
- Less; minus; fewer
- parte
- Part; portion; section
- ruptura
- Rupture; break; breaking
- alguna
- Some; any; feminine singular of alguno
- afecto
- Affection; fondness; love
- Nunca
- Never; not ever; at no time
- hubo
- There was; preterite tense of haber
- día
- Day; daytime; 24-hour period
- si
- If; whether; conditional conjunction
- usted
- You; formal second person singular pronoun
- me
- Me; first person singular object pronoun
- hubiera
- Had; would have; imperfect subjunctive of haber
- dicho
- Said; told; past participle of decir
- vida
- Life; existence; living
- honor
- Honor; dignity; reputation
- razón
- Reason; logic; rightness
- dependen
- Depend; third person plural present of depender
- ti
- You; informal second person singular prepositional pronoun
- yo
- I; first person singular subject pronoun
- sacrificado
- Sacrificed; given up; past participle of sacrificar
- mano
- Hand; body part used for grasping
- izquierda
- Left; left-hand side
- ayudarle
- To help him/her; infinitive plus pronoun
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