The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 77
"Come, sir," said I.
"Vamos, señor", dije.
"You forget that I have not yet the pleasure of your acquaintance.
"Olvida usted que aún no he tenido el placer de conocerle.
Be seated, if you please."
Siéntese, por favor".
And I showed him an example, and sat down myself in my customary seat and with as fair an imitation of my ordinary manner to a patient, as the lateness of the hour, the nature of my preoccupations, and the horror I had of my visitor, would suffer me to muster.
Y le di ejemplo, y me senté yo mismo en mi asiento habitual y con la mejor imitación de mis modales ordinarios con un paciente que la tardanza de la hora, la naturaleza de mis preocupaciones y el horror que me inspiraba mi visitante me permitieron reunir.
"I beg your pardon, Dr. Lanyon," he replied civilly enough.
"Le ruego me perdone, Dr. Lanyon", respondió con bastante cortesía.
"What you say is very well founded; and my impatience has shown its heels to my politeness.
"Lo que usted dice está muy bien fundado; y mi impaciencia le ha mostrado los talones a mi cortesía.
I come here at the instance of your colleague, Dr. Henry Jekyll, on a piece of business of some moment; and I understood..."
Vengo aquí por instancia de su colega, el Dr. Henry Jekyll, por un asunto de cierta importancia; y tenía entendido..."
He paused and put his hand to his throat, and I could see, in spite of his collected manner, that he was wrestling against the approaches of the hysteria—"I understood, a drawer..."
Hizo una pausa y se llevó la mano a la garganta, y pude ver, a pesar de sus modales serenos, que estaba luchando contra los ataques de la histeria—"Tenía entendido, un cajón..."
But here I took pity on my visitor's suspense, and some perhaps on my own growing curiosity.
Pero aquí me apiadé de la ansiedad de mi visitante, y quizás también de mi propia curiosidad creciente.
"There it is, sir," said I, pointing to the drawer, where it lay on the floor behind a table and still covered with the sheet.
"Ahí está, señor", dije, señalando el cajón, que yacía en el suelo detrás de una mesa y aún cubierto con la sábana.
He sprang to it, and then paused, and laid his hand upon his heart; I could hear his teeth grate with the convulsive action of his jaws; and his face was so ghastly to see that I grew alarmed both for his life and reason.
Se abalanzó hacia él, y luego hizo una pausa, y puso su mano sobre su corazón; pude oír sus dientes rechinar con la acción convulsiva de sus mandíbulas; y su rostro era tan espantoso de ver que me alarmé tanto por su vida como por su razón.
"Compose yourself," said I.
"Cálmese", dije.
Vocabulary
- Vamos
- Let's go; come on
- señor
- sir; mister; gentleman
- dije
- I said (preterite of decir)
- Olvida
- forget; you forget (imperative/present of olvidar)
- usted
- you (formal)
- que
- that; which; who
- aún
- still; yet; even
- no
- no; not
- he
- I have (auxiliary verb for present perfect)
- tenido
- had (past participle of tener)
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- placer
- pleasure
- de
- of; from; about
- conocerle
- to meet him/you; to know him/you
- Siéntese
- sit down (formal command)
- por
- for; by; through; per
- favor
- favor; please
- Y
- and
- le
- him; her; you (indirect/direct object pronoun)
- di
- I gave (preterite of dar)
- ejemplo
- example
- y
- and
- me
- me; myself (reflexive/object pronoun)
- senté
- I sat down (preterite of sentarse)
- yo
- I (subject pronoun)
- mismo
- same; self; very
- en
- in; on; at
- mi
- my (possessive adjective)
- asiento
- seat
- habitual
- habitual; usual; customary
- con
- with
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- mejor
- better; best
- imitación
- imitation
- mis
- my (plural possessive adjective)
- modales
- manners
- ordinarios
- ordinary; common; vulgar
- un
- a; an; one (masculine indefinite article)
- paciente
- patient
- tardanza
- delay; lateness
- hora
- hour; time
- naturaleza
- nature
- preocupaciones
- worries; concerns; preoccupations
- horror
- horror; dread
- inspiraba
- inspired; was inspiring (imperfect of inspirar)
- visitante
- visitor
- permitieron
- they allowed; permitted (preterite of permitir)
- reunir
- to gather; to collect; to meet
- Le
- him; her; you (indirect/direct object pronoun)
- ruego
- I beg; request (present of rogar)
- perdone
- forgive; excuse (subjunctive/imperative of perdonar)
- respondió
- he/she responded; answered (preterite of responder)
- bastante
- enough; quite; rather
- cortesía
- courtesy; politeness
- Lo
- it; him (masculine direct object pronoun)
- dice
- says; tells (present of decir)
- está
- is; are (present of estar)
- muy
- very; quite
- bien
- well; good; fine
- fundado
- founded; based; well-founded
- impaciencia
- impatience
- ha
- has; have (auxiliary verb for present perfect)
- mostrado
- shown; displayed (past participle of mostrar)
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- talones
- heels; ankles
- a
- to; at; for
- Vengo
- I come (present of venir)
- aquí
- here
- instancia
- instance; request; petition
- su
- his; her; your; their (possessive adjective)
- colega
- colleague
- asunto
- matter; subject; affair; business
- cierta
- certain; some; true
- importancia
- importance; significance
- tenía
- had; used to have (imperfect of tener)
- entendido
- understood (past participle of entender)
- Hizo
- he/she did; made (preterite of hacer)
- una
- a; an; one (feminine indefinite article)
- pausa
- pause; break
- se
- himself; herself; yourself; themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- llevó
- took; carried (preterite of llevar)
- mano
- hand
- garganta
- throat
- pude
- I could; was able to (preterite of poder)
- ver
- to see
- pesar
- despite; regret; sorrow; to weigh
- sus
- his; her; your; their (plural possessive adjective)
- serenos
- serene; calm; watchmen
- estaba
- was; were (imperfect of estar)
- luchando
- fighting; struggling (gerund of luchar)
- contra
- against
- ataques
- attacks
- histeria
- hysteria
- Tenía
- had; used to have (imperfect of tener)
- cajón
- drawer; box; crate
- Pero
- but
- apiadé
- I took pity (preterite of apiadarse)
- ansiedad
- anxiety; worry
- quizás
- perhaps; maybe
- también
- also; too; as well
- propia
- own; proper
- curiosidad
- curiosity
- creciente
- growing; increasing; crescent
- Ahí
- there; over there
- señalando
- pointing; signaling (gerund of señalar)
- yacía
- lay; was lying (imperfect of yacer)
- suelo
- floor; ground; soil
- detrás
- behind
- tabla
- board; plank; table
- cubierto
- covered (past participle of cubrir)
- sábana
- sheet (bedsheet)
- Se
- himself; herself; yourself; themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- abalanzó
- rushed; lunged (preterite of abalanzarse)
- hacia
- towards; toward
- él
- he; him
- luego
- then; later; afterwards
- hizo
- did; made (preterite of hacer)
- puso
- put; placed (preterite of poner)
- sobre
- on; over; about
- corazón
- heart
- oír
- to hear
- dientes
- teeth
- rechinar
- to grind; to gnash; to creak
- acción
- action
- convulsiva
- convulsive
- mandíbulas
- jaws
- rostro
- face
- era
- was; were (imperfect of ser)
- tan
- so; as; such
- espantoso
- frightening; dreadful; appalling
- alarmé
- I alarmed; became alarmed (preterite of alarmarse)
- tanto
- so much; as much; so many
- vida
- life
- como
- as; like; how
- razón
- reason; right
- Cálmese
- calm down (formal command)
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