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2 In search of Mr Hyde
2 寻找海德先生
After dinner that evening Mr Utterson went into his office and unlocked a cupboard. He took out an envelope.It contained the will of Doctor Henry Jekyll,and was written in the doctor's own handwriting.
那天晚上，吃了饭，厄特森先生走进自己的办公室，打开柜橱上的锁，拿出一个信封，里面装的是亨利·杰基尔博士的遗嘱，是立书人亲笔写的。
'If I die,or if I disappear for more than three months,'the will began,'I wish to leave everything I own to my dear friend Edward Hyde.'
“如果我死了，或者三个月不见踪影，”遗嘱上写道，“我希望把所有一切留给我亲爱的朋友——爱德华·海德。”
This will had both worried and annoyed Mr Utterson. To a lawyer it was an unusual and dangerous kind of will. It was bad enough when Edward Hyde was only an unknown name,but now that the lawyer knew something about Hyde, the will worried him more than ever. It had seemed like madness before；now it began to seem shameful. With a heavy heart Mr Utterson replaced the envelope in the cupboard,put on his coat and went to see his old friend Doctor Lanyon.
这份遗嘱让厄特森先生坐立不安。作为一名律师，他觉得这样的遗嘱既少见又危险。直到今天以前，他对这个爱德华·海德一无所知，这就够糟的了。可现在知道了一些有关海德的事情，遗嘱就更让他生气了。如果说以前这一切看起来是疯狂的，那么现在这个名字就是令人发指的。厄特森先生心事重重地把文件放进柜子里，穿上大衣，去找他的老朋友兰宁医生。
Doctor Lanyon was enjoying his after-dinner coffee.'Come in,old friend!' he cried. The two men had known each other since their school days.They sat for several minutes,drinking coffee and talking companionably of this and that. At last MrUtterson mentioned the thoughts that were worrying him.
兰宁医生正在品着饭后的咖啡。“哈！老朋友，快进来！”他大声嚷着。他们俩从上学的时候起就认识。俩人坐在一起，一边喝咖啡，一边闲扯着，最后厄特森先生谈起了自己心中的不安。
