The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 15
"They have only differed on some point of science," he thought; and being a man of no scientific passions (except in the matter of conveyancing), he even added: "It is nothing worse than that!"
"Hanno solo avuto un disaccordo su qualche punto scientifico," pensò; e poiché era un uomo privo di passioni scientifiche (eccetto in materia di trasferimento di proprietà), aggiunse persino: "Non è niente di peggio di così!"
He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.
Concesse al suo amico qualche secondo per riprendere la calma, e poi si avvicinò alla questione che era venuto a porre.
"Did you ever come across a _protégé_ of his—one Hyde?" he asked.
"Vi siete mai imbattuto in un suo _protégé_ — un certo Hyde?" chiese.
"Hyde?" repeated Lanyon. "No. Never heard of him. Since my time."
"Hyde?" ripeté Lanyon. "No. Non ne ho mai sentito parlare. Da quando ho lasciato."
That was the amount of information that the lawyer carried back with him to the great, dark bed on which he tossed to and fro, until the small hours of the morning began to grow large.
Era questa la quantità di informazioni che l'avvocato portò con sé al grande, buio letto sul quale si rigirò continuamente, finché le piccole ore del mattino cominciarono a farsi grandi.
It was a night of little ease to his toiling mind, toiling in mere darkness and besieged by questions.
Fu una notte di scarso riposo per la sua mente affaticata, che faticava nel buio più assoluto e assediata dalle domande.
Six o'clock struck on the bells of the church that was so conveniently near to Mr. Utterson's dwelling, and still he was digging at the problem.
Le sei suonarono alle campane della chiesa che era così comodamente vicina all'abitazione del signor Utterson, e ancora egli stava scavando nel problema.
Hitherto it had touched him on the intellectual side alone; but now his imagination also was engaged, or rather enslaved; and as he lay and tossed in the gross darkness of the night and the curtained room, Mr. Enfield's tale went by before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures.
Fino ad allora lo aveva toccato solo sul piano intellettuale; ma ora anche la sua immaginazione era coinvolta, o piuttosto asservita; e mentre giaceva e si agitava nell'oscurità densa della notte e della stanza con le tende tirate, il racconto del signor Enfield sfilava davanti alla sua mente come un rotolo di immagini illuminate.
Vocabulary
- hanno
- they have (present tense of avere)
- solo
- only; alone
- avuto
- had (past participle of avere)
- un
- a, an (masculine singular article)
- disaccordo
- disagreement; discord
- su
- on; about; over
- qualche
- some; a few
- punto
- point; dot; period
- scientifico
- scientific; relating to science
- pensò
- he/she thought (past tense of pensare)
- poiché
- because; since; as
- era
- he/she was (imperfect of essere)
- uomo
- man; male person
- privo
- devoid of; lacking; without
- di
- of; from (preposition)
- passioni
- passions; strong emotions or interests
- scientifiche
- scientific; relating to science (plural feminine)
- eccetto
- except; with the exception of
- in
- in; into (preposition)
- materia
- matter; subject; material
- trasferimento
- transfer; moving; conveyance
- proprietà
- property; ownership; characteristic
- aggiunse
- he/she added (past tense of aggiungere)
- persino
- even; even so; up to and including
- Non
- not (negation)
- niente
- nothing; anything (in negations)
- peggio
- worse; worst
- così
- thus; so; like this
- Concesse
- he/she granted (past tense of concedere)
- al
- to the; at the (contraction)
- suo
- his; her; its; their (possessive)
- amico
- friend (masculine)
- secondo
- second; according to
- per
- for; in order to; by
- riprendere
- to resume; to take back; to regain
- la
- the (feminine singular article)
- calma
- calm; calmness; tranquility
- poi
- then; afterwards; next
- si
- himself; herself; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- avvicinò
- he/she approached (past tense of avvicinare)
- alla
- to the; at the (feminine contraction)
- questione
- question; issue; matter
- che
- that; which; what (relative pronoun)
- venuto
- come; arrived (past participle of venire)
- porre
- to place; to put; to pose
- Vi
- you (plural formal); there (archaic)
- siete
- you are (plural present of essere)
- mai
- ever; never
- imbattuto
- encountered; come across (past participle)
- certo
- certain; sure; definitely
- chiese
- he/she asked (past tense of chiedere)
- ripeté
- he/she repeated (past tense of ripetere)
- No
- no (negation)
- ne
- of it; of them; from it (pronoun)
- ho
- I have (present of avere)
- sentito
- heard (past participle of sentire)
- parlare
- to speak; to talk
- Da
- from; by; since
- quando
- when; how long
- lasciato
- left; abandoned (past participle of lasciare)
- Era
- was (past tense of essere)
- questa
- this (feminine singular demonstrative)
- quantità
- quantity; amount; sum
- informazioni
- information; data; details
- avvocato
- lawyer; attorney; advocate
- portò
- he/she carried (past tense of portare)
- con
- with; alongside; in company with
- sé
- himself; herself; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- grande
- great; big; large
- buio
- darkness; dark; gloomy
- letto
- bed; read (past participle of leggere)
- quale
- which; what; that which
- rigirò
- he/she turned over (past tense of rigirare)
- continuamente
- continuously; constantly; continually
- finché
- until; till; as long as
- le
- the (feminine plural article); her; them
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