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You should be back, if you set out at once on the receipt of this, long before midnight; but I will leave you that amount of margin, not only in the fear of one of those obstacles that can neither be prevented nor foreseen, but because an hour when your servants are in bed is to be preferred for what will then remain to do.

Deberías estar de vuelta, si partes de inmediato al recibir esto, mucho antes de medianoche; pero te dejaré ese margen de tiempo, no solo por temor a uno de esos obstáculos que no pueden prevenirse ni preverse, sino porque una hora en que tus criados estén en la cama es preferible para lo que entonces quedará por hacer.

At midnight, then, I have to ask you to be alone in your consulting room, to admit with your own hand into the house a man who will present himself in my name, and to place in his hands the drawer that you will have brought with you from my cabinet.

A medianoche, entonces, debo pedirte que estés solo en tu consultorio, que admitas con tu propia mano en la casa a un hombre que se presentará en mi nombre, y que coloques en sus manos el cajón que habrás traído contigo de mi gabinete.

Then you will have played your part and earned my gratitude completely.

Entonces habrás cumplido tu parte y ganado mi gratitud completamente.

Five minutes afterwards, if you insist upon an explanation, you will have understood that these arrangements are of capital importance; and that by the neglect of one of them, fantastic as they must appear, you might have charged your conscience with my death or the shipwreck of my reason.

Cinco minutos después, si insistes en una explicación, habrás comprendido que estos arreglos son de capital importancia; y que por el descuido de uno de ellos, por fantásticos que parezcan, podrías haber cargado tu conciencia con mi muerte o el naufragio de mi razón.

Confident as I am that you will not trifle with this appeal, my heart sinks and my hand trembles at the bare thought of such a possibility.

Por confiado que esté en que no tomarás a la ligera esta súplica, mi corazón se hunde y mi mano tiembla ante el simple pensamiento de tal posibilidad.

Think of me at this hour, in a strange place, labouring under a blackness of distress that no fancy can exaggerate, and yet well aware that, if you will but punctually serve me, my troubles will roll away like a story that is told.

Piensa en mí a esta hora, en un lugar extraño, trabajando bajo una negrura de angustia que ninguna fantasía puede exagerar, y sin embargo muy consciente de que, si tan solo me sirves puntualmente, mis problemas se desvanecerán como un cuento que se relata.

Vocabulary

Deberías
You should (conditional form of deber)
estar
to be (temporary states or locations)
de
of, from (preposition)
vuelta
return, turn, change (noun)
si
if (conditional conjunction)
partes
you leave, depart; parts (verb/noun)
inmediato
immediate, right away (adjective)
al
to the (contraction of a + el)
recibir
to receive, get (infinitive verb)
esto
this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
mucho
much, a lot, very (adverb/adjective)
antes
before, earlier (adverb/preposition)
medianoche
midnight (noun)
pero
but (coordinating conjunction)
te
you, to you (object pronoun)
dejaré
I will leave, allow (future tense)
ese
that (masculine demonstrative adjective)
margen
margin, edge, leeway (noun)
tiempo
time, weather (noun)
no
no, not (negation adverb)
solo
only, alone, single (adverb/adjective)
por
for, by, through (preposition)
temor
fear, dread (noun)
a
to, at (preposition)
uno
one, a, an (number/article)
esos
those (masculine plural demonstrative)
obstáculos
obstacles, hindrances (noun plural)
que
that, which, who (relative pronoun/conjunction)
pueden
they can, are able to (verb)
prevenirse
to be prevented, avoided (reflexive verb)
ni
nor, neither (negative conjunction)
preverse
to be foreseen, anticipated (reflexive verb)
sino
but rather, except (conjunction)
porque
because (causal conjunction)
una
a, an, one (feminine article/number)
hora
hour, time (noun)
en
in, on, at (preposition)
tus
your (plural possessive adjective)
criados
servants, raised (noun/past participle)
estén
they are, be (subjunctive form)
la
the (feminine definite article)
cama
bed (noun)
es
is, he/she/it is (verb)
preferible
preferable, better (adjective)
para
for, to, in order to (preposition)
lo
it, him, the (article/pronoun)
entonces
then, at that time (adverb)
quedará
will remain, stay (future tense verb)
hacer
to do, make (infinitive verb)
A
to, at (preposition, capitalized)
debo
I must, should, owe (verb)
pedirte
to ask you, request from you
estés
you are, be (subjunctive form)
tu
your (singular possessive adjective)
consultorio
doctor's office, consulting room (noun)
admitas
you admit, allow (subjunctive verb)
con
with (preposition)
propia
own, proper (feminine adjective)
mano
hand (noun)
casa
house, home (noun)
un
a, an, one (masculine article)
hombre
man, human being (noun)
se
reflexive pronoun, himself, herself, itself, themselves
presentará
will present, appear (future tense verb)
mi
my (possessive adjective)
nombre
name (noun)
y
and (coordinating conjunction)
coloques
you place, put (subjunctive verb)
sus
his, her, their, your (possessive adjective)
manos
hands (noun plural)
el
the (masculine definite article)
cajón
drawer, box, crate (noun)
habrás
you will have (future perfect verb)
traído
brought (past participle of traer)
contigo
with you (prepositional pronoun)
gabinete
cabinet, office, study (noun)
Entonces
Then, at that time (adverb, capitalized)
cumplido
fulfilled, accomplished, compliment (adjective/noun)
parte
part, portion, share (noun)
ganado
won, earned, gained, cattle (verb/noun)
gratitud
gratitude, thankfulness (noun)
completamente
completely, entirely, fully (adverb)
Cinco
Five (number, capitalized)
minutos
minutes (noun plural)
después
after, afterwards, later (adverb)
insistes
you insist, persist (verb)
explicación
explanation, clarification (noun)
comprendido
understood, comprehended (past participle)
estos
these (masculine plural demonstrative)
arreglos
arrangements, repairs, agreements (noun)
son
they are, are (verb)
capital
capital, crucial, main (adjective/noun)
importancia
importance, significance (noun)
descuido
carelessness, neglect, oversight (noun)
ellos
they, them (masculine pronoun)
fantásticos
fantastic, amazing, unreal (adjective plural)
parezcan
they seem, appear (subjunctive verb)
podrías
you could, might (conditional verb)
haber
to have (auxiliary verb), there is/are
cargado
loaded, charged, burdened (past participle)
conciencia
conscience, consciousness, awareness (noun)
muerte
death (noun)
o
or (coordinating conjunction)
naufragio
shipwreck, disaster (noun)
razón
reason, right, rationale (noun)
Por
For, by, through (preposition, capitalized)
confiado
confident, trusting, trusted (adjective/past participle)
esté
be, is (subjunctive form)
tomarás
you will take, drink (future verb)
ligera
light, slight, minor (feminine adjective)
esta
this (feminine demonstrative adjective)
súplica
plea, supplication, request (noun)
corazón
heart (noun)
hunde
sinks, plunges, collapses (verb)
tiembla
trembles, shakes, shivers (verb)
ante
before, in front of, faced with
simple
simple, mere, plain (adjective)
pensamiento
thought, thinking (noun)
tal
such, so, like that (adjective)
posibilidad
possibility, chance (noun)
Piensa
Think, thinks (verb imperative/present, capitalized)
me (prepositional pronoun with accent)
lugar
place, location, spot (noun)
extraño
strange, odd, foreign (adjective)
trabajando
working (present participle/gerund)
bajo
under, low, short (preposition/adjective)
negrura
blackness, darkness (noun)
angustia
anguish, distress, anxiety (noun)
ninguna
no, none, not any (feminine adjective)
fantasía
fantasy, imagination, fiction (noun)
puede
can, is able to, may (verb)
exagerar
to exaggerate, overstate (infinitive verb)
sin
without (preposition)
embargo
however, nevertheless, seizure (noun)
muy
very, quite, really (adverb)
consciente
conscious, aware (adjective)
tan
so, as, such (adverb)
me
me, to me (object pronoun)
sirves
you serve, help (verb)
puntualmente
punctually, promptly, on time (adverb)
mis
my (plural possessive adjective)
problemas
problems, issues (noun plural)
desvanecerán
will vanish, fade away (future verb)
como
like, as, how (conjunction/adverb)
cuento
story, tale, I tell (noun/verb)
relata
relates, narrates, tells (verb)
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