The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 94
But the hand which I now saw, clearly enough, in the yellow light of a mid-London morning, lying half shut on the bedclothes, was lean, corded, knuckly, of a dusky pallor and thickly shaded with a swart growth of hair.
Pero la mano que ahora veía, con bastante claridad, a la luz amarillenta de una mañana londinense, yaciendo medio cerrada sobre las sábanas, era delgada, nervuda, nudosa, de una palidez oscura y densamente sombreada con un crecimiento moreno de vello.
It was the hand of Edward Hyde.
Era la mano de Edward Hyde.
I must have stared upon it for near half a minute, sunk as I was in the mere stupidity of wonder, before terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals; and bounding from my bed I rushed to the mirror.
Debí haberla mirado fijamente durante casi medio minuto, sumido como estaba en la mera estupidez del asombro, antes de que el terror despertara en mi pecho tan súbito y sobresaltador como el estruendo de los címbalos; y saltando de mi cama me precipité hacia el espejo.
At the sight that met my eyes, my blood was changed into something exquisitely thin and icy.
Ante la visión que encontraron mis ojos, mi sangre se transformó en algo exquisitamente fino y helado.
Yes, I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde.
Sí, me había acostado siendo Henry Jekyll, había despertado siendo Edward Hyde.
How was this to be explained?
¿Cómo podía explicarse esto?
I asked myself; and then, with another bound of terror—how was it to be remedied?
Me pregunté a mí mismo; y luego, con otro salto de terror—¿cómo podía remediarse?
It was well on in the morning; the servants were up; all my drugs were in the cabinet—a long journey down two pairs of stairs, through the back passage, across the open court and through the anatomical theatre, from where I was then standing horror-struck.
Era bien entrada la mañana; los sirvientes estaban levantados; todas mis drogas estaban en el gabinete—un largo recorrido bajando dos tramos de escaleras, a través del pasillo trasero, cruzando el patio abierto y atravesando el teatro anatómico, desde donde yo estaba entonces de pie horrorizado.
It might indeed be possible to cover my face; but of what use was that, when I was unable to conceal the alteration in my stature?
Podría ciertamente ser posible cubrirme el rostro; pero ¿de qué servía eso, cuando era incapaz de ocultar la alteración en mi estatura?
And then with an overpowering sweetness of relief, it came back upon my mind that the servants were already used to the coming and going of my second self.
Y entonces, con una abrumadora dulzura de alivio, volvió a mi mente que los sirvientes ya estaban acostumbrados a las idas y venidas de mi segundo yo.
Vocabulary
- Pero
- but, however
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- mano
- hand
- que
- that, which, who
- ahora
- now
- veía
- saw, was seeing (imperfect tense of ver)
- con
- with
- bastante
- enough, quite, rather
- claridad
- clarity, clearness
- a
- to, at (preposition)
- luz
- light
- de
- of, from (preposition)
- una
- a, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- mañana
- morning
- medio
- half, middle, medium
- cerrada
- closed (feminine adjective)
- sobre
- on, over, about
- las
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- sábanas
- sheets (bed linens)
- era
- was, were (imperfect tense of ser)
- delgada
- thin, slim, slender (feminine)
- oscura
- dark (feminine adjective)
- y
- and
- un
- a, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- crecimiento
- growth
- moreno
- brown, dark, tanned
- Era
- was, were (imperfect tense of ser)
- Debí
- I must have (preterite of deber)
- haberla
- to have it (infinitive haber plus pronoun la)
- mirado
- looked, watched (past participle of mirar)
- fijamente
- fixedly, intently, steadily
- durante
- during, for (time duration)
- casi
- almost, nearly
- minuto
- minute (unit of time)
- como
- like, as, how
- estaba
- was, were (imperfect tense of estar)
- en
- in, on, at
- mera
- mere, simple, plain (feminine)
- del
- of the (contraction of de plus el)
- asombro
- astonishment, amazement
- antes
- before, earlier
- el
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- terror
- terror, dread
- despertara
- awakened, woke up (imperfect subjunctive of despertar)
- mi
- my (possessive adjective)
- pecho
- chest, breast
- tan
- so, such, as
- súbito
- sudden, abrupt
- los
- the (masculine plural definite article)
- saltando
- jumping, leaping (gerund of saltar)
- cama
- bed
- me
- me, myself (reflexive pronoun)
- hacia
- toward, towards
- espejo
- mirror
- Ante
- before, in front of, faced with
- visión
- vision, sight
- encontraron
- found, encountered (preterite of encontrar, third person plural)
- mis
- my (plural possessive adjective)
- ojos
- eyes
- sangre
- blood
- se
- himself, herself, themselves (reflexive pronoun)
- transformó
- transformed, changed (preterite of transformar)
- algo
- something, somewhat
- fino
- fine, thin, refined
- helado
- frozen, ice-cold, ice cream
- Sí
- yes
- había
- there was, there were, had (imperfect of haber)
- acostado
- laid down, gone to bed (past participle)
- siendo
- being (gerund of ser)
- despertado
- awakened, woken up (past participle of despertar)
- Cómo
- how, what
- podía
- could, was able to (imperfect of poder)
- explicarse
- to explain itself, be explained
- esto
- this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- Me
- me, myself (reflexive pronoun)
- pregunté
- I asked (preterite of preguntar)
- mí
- me (prepositional pronoun)
- mismo
- same, self, very
- luego
- then, later, afterwards
- otro
- other, another
- salto
- jump, leap
- cómo
- how
- bien
- well, good, very
- entrada
- entrance, entry
- sirvientes
- servants
- estaban
- were (imperfect of estar, third person plural)
- levantados
- raised, lifted, up, awake
- todas
- all (feminine plural)
- drogas
- drugs, medicines
- gabinete
- cabinet, office, study
- largo
- long
- recorrido
- journey, route, distance traveled
- bajando
- going down, descending (gerund of bajar)
- dos
- two
- tramos
- flights, sections, stretches
- escaleras
- stairs, staircase
- través
- through (used in phrase a través de)
- pasillo
- corridor, hallway
- trasero
- back, rear
- cruzando
- crossing (gerund of cruzar)
- patio
- courtyard, patio
- abierto
- open, opened (past participle of abrir)
- atravesando
- crossing through, traversing (gerund of atravesar)
- teatro
- theater, theatre
- desde
- from, since
- donde
- where
- yo
- I (subject pronoun)
- entonces
- then, at that time
- pie
- foot, standing
- horrorizado
- horrified, appalled
- Podría
- could, might (conditional of poder)
- ciertamente
- certainly, surely
- ser
- to be (infinitive)
- posible
- possible
- cubrirme
- to cover myself
- rostro
- face, countenance
- pero
- but, however
- qué
- what, which
- servía
- served, was useful (imperfect of servir)
- eso
- that (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- cuando
- when
- incapaz
- incapable, unable
- ocultar
- to hide, conceal
- alteración
- alteration, change, disturbance
- estatura
- stature, height
- Y
- and (capitalized)
- dulzura
- sweetness, gentleness
- alivio
- relief
- volvió
- returned, came back (preterite of volver)
- mente
- mind
- ya
- already, now, yet
- acostumbrados
- accustomed, used to (past participle, plural)
- idas
- goings, departures (feminine plural noun)
- venidas
- comings, arrivals
- segundo
- second
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