22 The Uncontrollable Mr. Hyde

CHAPTER 22 The Uncontrollable Mr. Hyde "Two months before the murder of Sir Danvers, I returned from one of Hyde's adventures. I switched back to Jekyll and went to bed. I woke up with a very odd feeling. I recognized the room around me as my own, but something was wrong. I felt as though I was not in the right place. I lay on my bed wondering about this situation. I was

第二十二章无法控制的海德先生“在丹弗斯爵士被杀的两个月前，我从海德的一次冒险中回来。 我换回杰基尔，上床睡觉了。 我醒来时有一种很奇怪的感觉。 我认出我周围的房间是我自己的，但有些不对劲。 我觉得我好像没来对地方。 我躺在床上，对这种情况感到纳闷。 我是

convinced that there must be some logical and scientific answer to my discomfort. I was deep in thought when I noticed my hand. It was not the hand of Dr. Henry Jekyll. It was thin with sharp, large knuckles. It was the hand of Mr. Edward Hyde. "I must have stared at that hand for nearly a minute. I was so caught up in the wonder of it all. When it finally all came together for me, I jumped out of bed and ran to the mirror. I could not believe my eyes. Yes, I had gone to bed as Henry Jekyll and woken up as Edward Hyde. How could this have happened? The next, perhaps more immediately important question, was how could this be remedied? It was mid-morning. All the servants were up and the medicine was in the laboratory. There was no way I could walk across the courtyard to get it. I would be able to cover my face, but that would not disguise me enough. Thankfully, I

相信我的不适一定有某种合乎逻辑和科学的答案。 当我注意到我的手时，我陷入了沉思。 那不是医生的手。 亨利·哲基尔。它很瘦，指关节又大又尖。 那是爱德华·海德先生的笔迹。 “我一定盯着那只手看了将近一分钟。 我被这一切的奇妙所吸引。 当我终于想通了，我跳下床跑到镜子前。 我简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。 是的，我睡觉时还是亨利·杰基尔，醒来时却是爱德华·海德。 怎么会发生这种事呢？ 下一个，也许是更直接重要的问题，是如何补救？ 那是上午十点左右。所有的仆人都起来了，药也在实验室里。 我不可能穿过院子去拿它。 我可以遮住我的脸，但这不足以伪装我。 值得庆幸的是,我

took a breath and realized that my servants were already used to Hyde's coming and going. I dressed quickly and left the room. I passed Bradshaw, the footman, who was taken aback by the presence of Hyde so early in the day. My loose-fitting clothes must also have caught his eye. Mr. Hyde disappeared across the courtyard. Ten minutes later, Dr. Jekyll was sitting down to breakfast, pretending to be interested in food. "I knew that I would not be able to continue with my double life. I was losing control over it. Hyde was too developed now. I suspected that he had actually grown in strength. I had changed from Jekyll to Hyde without taking the medicine. My mind —or my body, I don't know which— switched on its own. The medicine was already losing its power. I had to drink three times as much medicine to switch back and forth. When I started this experiment, it was

我吸了一口气，意识到我的仆人们已经习惯了海德的来来去去。 我迅速穿好衣服，离开了房间。 我从男仆布拉德肖身边走过，他看到海德这么早就出现，吓了一跳。 我宽松的衣服一定也引起了他的注意。 海德先生从院子那头消失了。 十分钟后，杰基尔博士坐下来吃早饭，假装对食物感兴趣。 “我知道我无法继续我的双重生活。 我对它失去了控制。 海德现在太发达了。 我怀疑他的力量实际上已经增强了。 我没有吃药就从杰基尔变成了海德。 我的思想——或者我的身体，我不知道是哪一个——自己切换了。 这种药已经失去了药效。 我不得不喝三倍的药来来回切换。 当我开始这个实验时，它是

difficult to leave the Dr. Jekyll side behind. Now it was quite the opposite. The events of that morning confirmed that it was now more difficult to lose Mr. Hyde. It was clear that I was losing hold on my original and better self. My evil, criminal side was becoming too strong. "I knew that I must choose between the two. Jekyll was worried and curious about Hyde's actions and well-being. Hyde was completely indifferent to Jekyll. Losing Hyde meant losing certain evils that I had grown to enjoy. But leaving Jekyll behind meant that I would be friendless and hated by all. I knew I could not live with that outcome. "So I left Hyde behind. I still kept the apartment in Soho and Hyde's clothes hung in the closet of my laboratory, but I did not use the medicine. For two months I led a quiet and careful life. And I was happy with this life for a while. My conscience was clear.

很难离开博士。 杰基尔背后。现在情况完全相反了。 那天早上发生的事情证实，现在要失去海德先生更加困难了。 很明显，我正在失去对最初的、更好的自己的控制。 我邪恶、犯罪的一面变得太强烈了。 “我知道我必须在两者之间做出选择。 杰基尔对海德的行为和幸福感到担心和好奇。 海德对杰基尔完全漠不关心。 失去海德就意味着失去了我已经喜欢上的某些邪恶。 但离开杰基尔意味着我将失去朋友，被所有人憎恨。 我知道我无法忍受这样的结果。 “所以我把海德留下了。我仍然保留着苏荷和海德公寓的衣服，挂在我实验室的壁橱里，但我没有使用这种药。 两个月来，我过着平静而谨慎的生活。 有一段时间，我对这种生活很满意。 我问心无愧。

But the desires and instincts were not gone, only resting. I once again found myself mixing, then drinking, the potion. "My devil had been long caged. Hyde arrived with a roar and a fury that I had not expected. Even while I was drinking the potion I knew this time would be different. I knew that Hyde wanted to make up for lost time. And it was in this state that Hyde came upon Sir Danvers in the laneway. My memory of the event is weak. Hyde was in a blind rage. It all happened so quickly. "I am to blame for all of this, because it was Hyde who performed the awful deed, but please believe this is not something Jekyll could have even considered. I knew that my life was over at that moment, too. Hyde, or I, fled from the scene. I ran to the apartment in Soho. I burned all my papers to destroy any evidence. Then I started to roam the streets of London. Hyde contemplated other

但是欲望和本能并没有消失，只是在休息。 我又一次把药水调好，然后喝了下去。 “我的魔鬼被囚禁了很久。 海德带着我没有预料到的咆哮和愤怒来了。 即使在我喝药水的时候我就知道这次会不一样。 我知道海德想要弥补失去的时间。 就在这种情况下，海德在巷道里遇到了丹弗斯爵士。 我对那件事的记忆力很差。 海德勃然大怒。这一切发生得太快了。 “这一切都是我的错，因为是海德干的坏事，但请相信，杰基尔根本不会想到这一点。 我知道我的生命也在那一刻结束了。 海德，或者我，逃离了现场。 我跑到苏荷区的公寓。 我烧掉了所有的文件来销毁证据。 然后我开始在伦敦的街道上漫步。 海德沉思着

murders he would like to perform. Now that he had the taste of one, I feared he would not stop. "As soon as I became Jekyll again, I fell to my knees and begged God for mercy. I knew that there could be no more Hyde. Making this final decision felt like freedom. I hadn't even realized how much it felt like a prison. To make sure that I wouldn't be tempted and Hyde would not be able to walk through the back door, I broke the lock. Then I crushed the gate key underfoot. "I learned the next day that my own maid was a witness to the murder. I was horrified to hear Hyde named as the killer. I hadn't even realized it was Sir Danvers that I met in the alley. Hyde's fury was so strong that my Jekyll side was completely overwhelmed. My evil side—Mr. Hyde—had complete control of my body and mind. "I resolved to live the life of a reformed

他想要表演的谋杀。 现在他已经尝过了，我担心他不会停下来。 “我一变回杰基尔，就跪在地上祈求上帝的宽恕。 我知道不会再有海德了。 做出最后的决定就像获得了自由。 我甚至没有意识到这感觉有多像监狱。 为了确保我不会受到诱惑，海德也不会从后门进去，我把锁打开了。 然后我把大门钥匙踩在脚下。 “第二天我才知道，我自己的女仆是谋杀案的证人。 听到海德被指为凶手，我吓坏了。 我甚至没有意识到我在巷子里遇到的是丹弗斯爵士。 海德的愤怒是如此强烈，以至于我那杰基尔的一面完全被淹没了。 我邪恶的一面——先生。海德完全控制了我的身心。 “我决心过改过自新的生活