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That evening Mr. Utterson came home with a troubled mind and
sat down toeat his dinner without feeling hungry. It was his
custom of a Sunday, when thismeal was over, to sit close by the
fire reading a book until the clock of a nearbychurch rang out the
hour of twelve. Then he would go quietly to bed. On thisnight
however, as soon as he had finished eating, he took up a candle
and went in-to his business room. There he opened his safe and
took from it a large envelope.On it were written the words:"Dr.
Jekyll's Will". The lawyer sat down with aclouded brow, opened the
envelope, and began to read the paper that was inside.
Dr. Jekyll had written his will himself, for Mr. Utterson
though he tookcharge of it now that it was made, had refused to
lend the least assistance in themaking of it; it provided not only
that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L.,
L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the
hands ofhis"friend and benefactor Edward Hyde," but that in case
of Dr. Jekyll's "disap-pearance or unexplained absence for any
period exceeding three calendar months,"the same man, Edward Hyde,
was to have everything that had belonged to thedoctor and free
from any burthen or obligation beyond the payment of a few
smallsums to the members of the doctor's household.
那天晚上，沃德逊先生无精打采地回到家里坐下来吃他的晚饭，但是却
一点食欲都没有。往常在星期天吃过晚饭后，他都要坐在炉火旁看书，直到
附近教堂的大钟敲十二响为止。然后就安安静静地去睡觉。但是这天晚上，
他却一吃完饭就拿起一支蜡烛，走进他的办公室。他打开保险柜，取出一个
大信封。那信封上写着“杰基尔博士遗嘱”几个字。律师忧心忡忡地坐了下
来，打开信封，开始阅读里面的遗嘱。
这是杰基尔博士亲笔写的遗嘱，因为沃德逊先生虽然现在负责保管和执
行这份已经立好的遗嘱，但在立定遗嘱的时候，他却拒绝了给予任何和遗嘱
相关关的协助。遗嘱上不仅写明如果医学博士、民法学博士、法学博士、皇
家学会会员亨利·杰基尔不幸去世，他所拥有的一切财产都归他的“朋友和
恩人爱德华·海德”所有，……