21 A New Perspective

CHAPTER 21 A New Perspective "Ihad no mirror in the lab. I eventually installed one in my office so I could watch the transformation. The first night, however, I had to sneak inside my own house. As I skulked across the courtyard, I noticed that the sky was full of stars. It occurred to me that in all of their millions of years in existence, they had never looked down on

“我的实验室里没有镜子。 最后我在办公室里装了一台，这样我就能看到它的转变。 然而，第一天晚上，我不得不偷偷溜进自己的房子。 当我蹑手蹑脚地穿过院子时，我注意到天空布满了星星。 我突然想到，在它们存在的数百万年里，它们从来没有看不起过别人

such a being like me before. I also knew that if my servants found me wandering through the corridors, they would summon the police. Looking into a hall mirror, I saw a dried-up and ugly face. I wondered if the evil in a man's soul could affect a face so strongly. My first guess was yes. There could be no other explanation for Hyde's awful appearance. It would seem that my "evil side" was not as developed as my good side. Of course, this only makes sense, since I had never allowed it time to grow or exercise. I had spent most of my life hiding it away, keeping it locked up and quiet. I wasn't disgusted, though. I recognized the reflection in the mirror as me. It was still me that I was looking at. This was unlike anyone else's reaction. Every single person—even you, my good friend Utterson—jumped back when he saw Edward Hyde. I think this is because people are used to looking at a person with

像我这样的人。 我也知道，如果我的仆人发现我在走廊里闲逛，他们会叫警察来。 照镜子时，我看到了一张干瘪丑陋的脸。 我想知道一个人灵魂中的邪恶是否能如此强烈地影响他的脸。 我的第一个猜测是肯定的。海德的可怕外表不可能有别的解释。 我的“邪恶的一面”似乎没有我的善良的一面发展。 当然，这是有道理的，因为我从来没有给它时间成长或锻炼。 我花了大半辈子的时间把它藏起来，把它锁起来，保持安静。 不过，我并不觉得恶心。 我认出镜子里的倒影就是我。 我看着的还是我自己。 这和其他人的反应不同。 每一个人——包括你，我的好朋友厄特森——看到爱德华·海德时都跳了回去。 我想这是因为人们习惯用

both good and evil inside him, the dual nature I spoke of earlier. Edward Hyde, however, was like no other. He was pure evil. "It was only then that the horrible thought occurred to me. What if I could not revert to my other self? I raced back to my laboratory. Quickly, I prepared the mixture again and drank it down. Again I was struck by terrible pains and spasms. When I recovered, I was relieved to see that I had returned to the body of Dr. Henry Jekyll.

他体内既有善也有恶，就是我之前说过的双重性。 然而，爱德华·海德却与众不同。 他是个十足的恶魔。就在那时，那个可怕的想法突然出现在我的脑海里。 如果我不能变回另一个自己怎么办？ 我跑回我的实验室。 我迅速地把混合物调好，一饮而尽。 我又一次感到剧痛和痉挛。 当我恢复过来的时候，我松了一口气，因为我看到我回到了医生的身体里。 亨利·哲基尔。

"Please believe that my plan were noble. I approached this experiment with purely scientific motives. But once I had reached a crossroads, I could not turn back. Something was unleashed in me. Perhaps it was simply curiosity. I'm afraid that I don't really know myself. Once I had discovered Mr. Hyde, he demanded to be let out more and more. He began to take root in the rest of my life.

“请相信我的计划是高尚的。 我做这个实验纯粹是出于科学的动机。 但是一旦我走到了十字路口，我就不能回头了。 某种东西在我心中被释放了。 也许只是出于好奇。 恐怕我并不真正了解自己。 我一发现海德先生，他就越来越要求放他出去。 他开始在我的余生中扎根。

"This change didn't happen overnight. I was still involved in my studies. I still saw friends and associates. Over time, though, I could feel Mr. Hyde growing in strength. He was developing rapidly. I was intrigued at first, but Mr. Hyde's presence was to become unwelcome. I was obsessed by this power. Knowing that with a quick drink of potion I could switch between the bodies of an evil villain and a gentleman doctor was too much for one man. It became a form of torture. It became more and more difficult for me to meet with others. I let friendships slip away. Only my servants kept me company. Hyde, on the other hand, was not hidden away. He lived a life among thieves and monsters. That was the perfect company for Mr. Hyde. "I—or perhaps I should say Hyde—rented that room in Soho. It was a place for him to stay in comfort and do whatever business he saw fit. In the meantime, I told all of my

“这种变化不是一夜之间发生的。 我还在学习。 我仍然看到朋友和同事。 不过，随着时间的推移，我能感觉到海德先生的力量在增长。 他发育得很快。 一开始我很感兴趣，但是海德先生的出现变得不受欢迎了。 我被这种力量迷住了。 我知道只要快速喝下魔药，我就能在一个邪恶的恶棍和一个绅士医生的身体之间切换，这对一个人来说太难了。 这变成了一种折磨。 对我来说，和别人见面越来越难了。 我让友谊悄悄溜走。 只有我的仆人陪伴着我。 另一方面，海德并没有隐藏起来。 他生活在小偷和怪物中间。 这对海德先生来说是一个完美的伙伴。 “我——或者我应该说是海德——在苏荷区租了那间房。 对他来说，这是一个舒适的地方，可以做任何他认为合适的事情。 同时，我告诉了我所有的

servants to admit Hyde into the house. I next drew up the will that bothered you so much. I worried that something might happen to my Jekyllside. I didn't want Hyde to be without money. Once I thought all sides had been taken care of, I actually began to enjoy the freedom of Mr. Hyde. "Hyde could do anything he liked and no one would blame Jekyll. Hyde could commit unspeakable, awful acts, but it would never be the fault of Dr. Jekyll. There were times when I—as Jekyll—tried to repair the damage done by Mr. Hyde, so I was not without feelings. Your cousin Enfield may have told you a story about Hyde causing injury to a young girl. I paid her family a large sum of money. I know that the check could not undo the harm, but it was all I felt I could do. For the most part, though, I turned a blind eye."

仆人们让海德进屋。 接下来我起草了那份让你很困扰的遗嘱。 我担心我的杰基尔赛德会出什么事。 我不想让海德身无分文。 一旦我认为所有方面都得到了照顾，我实际上开始享受海德先生的自由。 海德可以做任何他喜欢做的事，没有人会责怪杰基尔。 海德可能会做出难以形容的可怕行为，但这绝不是海德博士的错。 变身怪医。有几次，我——作为杰基尔——试图修复海德先生造成的伤害，所以我并非没有感情。 你的堂兄恩菲尔德可能告诉过你一个海德伤害一个小女孩的故事。 我付给她的家人一大笔钱。 我知道这张支票无法弥补伤害，但我觉得这是我所能做的。 不过，大多数情况下，我都睁一只眼闭一只眼。”