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Oscar Wilde – The Picture of Dorian Gray
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can translate into another manner or
as the lowest form of criticism is
corrupt without being charming. This is
only beauty. There is no such thing as
rage of Caliban seeing his own face in
of Caliban not seeing his own face in
mirrors. Diversity of opinion about
in accord with himself. We can forgive
We can forgive a man for making
admire it. The only excuse for making
and honey-coloured blossoms of
hardly able to bear the burden of
in front of the huge window, producing
London was like the bourdon note of
easel, stood the full-length portrait of
he had so skilfully mirrored in his art,
You do anything in the world to gain
leaves. Why, my dear Basil, he is
expression begins. Intellect is in itself
then in the Church they don't think.
what he was told to say when he was
when he was a boy of eighteen, and as
I am telling you the truth. There is
to any one. It is like surrendering
I would lose all my pleasure. It is
say, but somehow it seems to bring
one charm of marriage is that it makes
garden. "I believe that you are really
an extraordinary fellow. You never say
say a moral thing, and you never do
a wrong thing. Your cynicism is simply
simply a pose." "Being natural is simply
together and ensconced themselves on
bamboo seat that stood in the shade of
white daisies were tremulous. After
before I go, I insist on your answering
portrait that is painted with feeling is
smiled, and leaning down, plucked
moved to and fro in the languid air.
began to chirrup by the wall, and like
by the wall, and like a blue thread
some time. "Two months ago I went to
not savages. With an evening coat and
as you told me once, anybody, even
anybody, even a stock-broker, can gain
met, I felt that I was growing pale.
to tell me that I was on the verge of
of a terrible crisis in my life. I had
conscience that made me do so: it was
her curiously shrill voice?" "Yes; she is
believe some picture of mine had made
"I know she goes in for giving
I remember her bringing me up to
a new material his impression
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a mode of autobiography.
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a fault. Those who find
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a moral or an immoral book.
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a glass. The nineteenth
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a glass. The moral life of
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a work of art shows that the
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a man for making a useful
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a useful thing as long as he
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a useless thing is that one
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a laburnum, whose tremulous branches
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a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and
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a kind of momentary Japanese effect,
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a distant organ. In the centre of the
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a young man of extraordinary
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a smile of pleasure passed across his
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a reputation. As soon as you have
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A portrait like this would set you far
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a Narcissus, and you - well, of course
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a mode of exaggeration, and destroys
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A bishop keeps on saying at the age
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a boy of eighteen, and as a natural
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a natural consequence he always looks
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a fatality about all physical and
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a part of them. I have grown to love
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a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it
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a great deal of romance into one's life.
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a life of deception absolutely necessary
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a very good husband, but that you are
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a moral thing, and you never do a
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a wrong thing. Your cynicism is simply
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a pose." "Being natural is simply a pose,
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a pose, and the most irritating pose I
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a long bamboo seat that stood in the
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a tall laurel bush. The sunlight slipped
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a pause, Lord Henry pulled out his
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a question I put to you some time ago.
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a portrait of the artist, not of the
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a pink-petalled daisy from the grass
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A grasshopper began to chirrup by the
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a blue thread a long thin dragon-fly
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a long thin dragon-fly floated past on
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a crush at Lady Brandon's. You know
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a white tie, as you told me once,
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a stock-broker, can gain a reputation
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a reputation for being civilized. Well,
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A curious sensation of terror came
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a terrible crisis in my life. I had a
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a strange feeling that fate had in store
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a sort of cowardice. I take no credit to
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a peacock in everything but beauty,"
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a great success at the time, at least
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a rapid precis of all her guests. I
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a truculent and red-faced old gentleman
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ribbons, and hissing into my ear, in
"My dear fellow, she tried to found
a salon, and only succeeded in opening
friends at once." "Laughter is not at all
is not at all a bad beginning for
"Yes; horribly unjust of you. I make
my enemies for their good intellects.
his enemies. I have not got one who is
"And much less than
"And much less than a friend.
live correctly." "I don't agree with
the toe of his patent-leather boot with
If one puts forward an idea to
an idea to a true Englishman - always
history. The first is the appearance of
and the second is the appearance of
that. But he is much more to me than
is much more to me than a model or
differently. I can now recreate life in
- for he seems to me little more than
he defines for me the lines of
for me the lines of a fresh school,
separated the two, and have invented
mine, for which Agnew offered me such
he said, "Dorian Gray is to me simply
when no image of him is there. He is
is a suggestion, as I have said, of
passion is for publication. Nowadays
men treat art as if it were meant to be
of you?" The painter considered for
"He likes me," he answered after
course I flatter him dreadfully. I find
I shall be sorry for having said. As
and we sit in the studio and talk of
horribly thoughtless, and seems to take
to some one who treats it as if it were
it were a flower to put in his coat,
to charm his vanity, an ornament for
you will tire sooner than he will. It is
of the thoroughly well-informed man is
man is a dreadful thing. It is like
a dreadful thing. It is like a bricfriend, and he will seem to you to be
perfectly cold and indifferent. It will be
you. What you have told me is quite
you have told me is quite a romance,
might call it, and the worst of having
tragedies." And Lord Henry struck
" And Lord Henry struck a light on
dainty silver case and began to smoke
and began to smoke a cigarette with
as if he had summed up the world in
up the world in a phrase. There was
"Where was it?" asked Hallward, with
She told me she had discovered
said that he was very earnest and had
nature. I at once pictured to myself
to wait, Parker: I shall be in in
my dearest friend," he said. "He has
he said. "He has a simple and
back to them, turning over the pages of
a tragic whisper which must have been
a salon, and only succeeded in opening
a restaurant. How could I admire her?
a bad beginning for a friendship, and
a friendship, and it is far the best
a great difference between people. I
A man cannot be too careful in the
a fool. They are all men of some
a friend. A sort of brother, I suppose?"
A sort of brother, I suppose?" "Oh,
a single word that you have said, and,
a tasselled ebony cane. "How English
a true Englishman - always a rash
a rash thing to do - he never dreams
a new medium for art, and the second
a new personality for art also. What
a model or a sitter. I won't tell you
a sitter. I won't tell you that I am
a way that was hidden from me
a lad, though he is really over twenty a fresh school, a school that is to have
a school that is to have in it all the
a realism that is vulgar, an ideality
a huge price but which I would not
a motive in art. You might see
a suggestion, as I have said, of a new
a new manner. I find him in the
a broken heart will run to many
a form of autobiography. We have lost
a few moments. "He likes me," he
a pause; "I know he likes me. Of
a strange pleasure in saying things to
a rule, he is charming to me, and we
a thousand things. Now and then,
a real delight in giving me pain. Then
a flower to put in his coat, a bit of
a bit of decoration to charm his vanity,
a summer's day." "Days in summer,
a sad thing to think of, but there is no
a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a
a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and
a -brac shop, all monsters and dust, with
a little out of drawing, or you won't
a great pity, for it will alter you. What
a romance, a romance of art one
a romance of art one might call it, and
a romance of any kind is that it leaves
a light on a dainty silver case and
a dainty silver case and began to
a cigarette with a self-conscious and
a self-conscious and satisfied air, as if
a phrase. There was a rustle of
a rustle of chirruping sparrows in the
a slight frown. "Don't look so angry,
a wonderful young man who was going
a beautiful nature. I at once pictured
a creature with spectacles and lank
a few moments." The man bowed and
a simple and a beautiful nature. Your
a beautiful nature. Your aunt was
a volume of Schumann's "Forest Scenes.
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am tired of sitting, and I don't want
swinging round on the music-stool in
When he caught sight of Lord Henry,
a faint blush coloured his cheeks for
mine. I have just been telling him what
at present," answered Dorian with
look of penitence. "I promised to go to
all about it. We were to have played
The audience probably thought it was
he glanced at him, hesitated for
that, Mr. Gray. It is so tedious
I must go. I have promised to meet
and it is horribly dull standing on
to what Lord Henry says. He has
stepped up on the dais with the air of
air of a young Greek martyr, and made
Henry, to whom he had rather taken
He was so unlike Basil. They made
a delightful contrast. And he had such
he had such a beautiful voice. After
he said to him, "Have you really
Basil says?" "There is no such thing as
of view." "Why?" "Because to influence
of some one else's music, an actor of
And yet - " "Just turn your head
a little more to the right, Dorian, like
in his work and conscious only that
believe that the world would gain such
and has done with its sin, for action is
remains then but the recollection of
of a pleasure, or the luxury of
a regret. The only way to get rid of
But music was not articulate. It was not
not escape from them. And yet what
them! They seemed to be able to give
form to formless things, and to have
words had produced, and, remembering
that he had read when he was sixteen,
Dorian Gray was passing through
you compliments. You mustn't believe
all their gilded threads. There was
senses by means of the soul. You are
cool, white, flowerlike hands, even, had
spoke, like music, and seemed to have
being afraid. Why had it been left for
was there to be afraid of? He was not
afraid of? He was not a schoolboy or
Will it always be so? ... You have
Don't frown. You have. And beauty is
they quickly take away. You have only
new sensations. Be afraid of nothing....
not do. The world belongs to you for
if you were wasted. For there is such
time that your youth will last - such
as yellow next June as it is now. In
fell from his hand upon the gravel.
furry bee came and buzzed round it for
brain and calls on us to yield. After
it creeping into the stained trumpet of
pear-tree at the corner of the garden
I always be glad?" "Always! That is
a life-sized portrait of myself,"
a wilful, petulant manner. When he
a faint blush coloured his cheeks for a
a moment, and he started up. "I beg
a capital sitter you were, and now you
a funny look of penitence. "I promised
a club in Whitechapel with her last
a duet together - three duets, I believe.
a duet. When Aunt Agatha sits down
a moment, and then said, "Harry, I
a subject that one would have to talk
a man at the Orleans. Good-bye, Mr
a platform and trying to look pleasant.
a very bad influence over all his
a young Greek martyr, and made a
a little moue of discontent to Lord
a fancy. He was so unlike Basil. They
a delightful contrast. And he had such
a beautiful voice. After a few moments
a few moments he said to him, "Have
a very bad influence, Lord Henry? As
a good influence, Mr. Gray. All
a person is to give him one's own soul.
a part that has not been written for
a little more to the right, Dorian, like a
a good boy," said the painter, deep in
a look had come into the lad's face
a fresh impulse of joy that we would
a mode of purification. Nothing remains
a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret.
a regret. The only way to get rid of a
a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it,
a new world, but rather another chaos,
a subtle magic there was in them!
a plastic form to formless things, and
a music of their own as sweet as that
a book that he had read when he was
a book which had revealed to him
a similar experience. He had merely
a word that he says." "He has certainly
a look of fear in his eyes, such as
a wonderful creation. You know more
a curious charm. They moved, as he
a language of their own. But he felt
a stranger to reveal him to himself?
a schoolboy or a girl. It was absurd to
a girl. It was absurd to be frightened. "
a wonderfully beautiful face, Mr. Gray.
a form of genius - is higher, indeed,
a few years in which to live really,
A new Hedonism - that is what our
a season.... The moment I met you I
a little time that your youth will last a little time. The common hill-flowers
a month there will be purple stars on
A furry bee came and buzzed round it
a moment. Then it began to scramble
a time the bee flew away. He saw it
a Tyrian convolvulus. The flower
a thrush began to sing. "You are glad
a dreadful word. It makes me shudder
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trying to make it last for ever. It is
word, too. The only difference between
only difference between a caprice and
lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts
"In that case, let our friendship be
Lord Henry flung himself into
stepped back to look at his work from
to brood over everything. After about
Hallward stopped painting, looked for
long time at Dorian Gray, and then for
examined the picture. It was certainly
certainly a wonderful work of art, and
drew back, and his cheeks flushed for
flushed for a moment with pleasure.
of his own beauty came on him like
flashed across him. Yes, there would be
and uncouth. As he thought of it,
pang of pain struck through him like
into amethyst, and across them came
came a mist of tears. He felt as if
like it?" cried Hallward at last, stung
of course," answered the painter. "He is
your friends. I am no more to you than
t talk like that. I have never had such
was going to rip up the canvas. With
I wonder who it was defined man as
"and I don't allow people to call me
existed." "And you know you have been
You have lived since then." There came
the door, and the butler entered with
a laden tea-tray and set it down upon
upon a small Japanese table. There was
of cups and saucers and the hissing of
china dishes were brought in by
with an old friend, so I can send him
from coming in consequence of
I think that would be
all the surprise of candour." "It is such
really. I would sooner not. I have
Hallward. "That is something." "What
"Why, even in love it is purely
Good-bye, Basil. It has been
the painter flung himself down on
flung himself down on a sofa, and
to call on his uncle, Lord Fermor,
retired from the diplomatic service in
not being offered the Embassy at Paris,
of having coal was that it enabled
on his own hearth. In politics he was
he roundly abused them for being
for being a pack of Radicals. He was
hero to his valet, who bullied him, and
were out of date, but there was
the room, he found his uncle sitting in
in a rough shooting-coat, smoking
I suppose," said Lord Fermor, making
never pay mine. Credit is the capital of
although those fellows nowadays write
pure humbug from beginning to end. If
from beginning to end. If a man is
knows quite enough, and if he is not
a meaningless word, too. The only
a caprice and a lifelong passion is that
a lifelong passion is that the caprice
a little longer." As they entered the
a caprice," he murmured, flushing at
a large wicker arm-chair and watched
a distance. In the slanting beams that
a quarter of an hour Hallward stopped
a long time at Dorian Gray, and then
a long time at the picture, biting the
a wonderful work of art, and a
a wonderful likeness as well. "My dear
a moment with pleasure. A look of joy
A look of joy came into his eyes, as if
a revelation. He had never felt it
a day when his face would be
a sharp pang of pain struck through
a knife and made each delicate fibre of
a mist of tears. He felt as if a hand
a hand of ice had been laid upon his
a little by the lad's silence, not
a very lucky fellow." "How sad it is!"
a green bronze figure. Hardly as much,
a friend as you, and I shall never have
a stifled sob the lad leaped from the
a rational animal. It was the most
a silly boy." "You know the picture is
a little silly, Mr. Gray, and that you
a knock at the door, and the butler
a laden tea-tray and set it down upon a
a small Japanese table. There was a
a rattle of cups and saucers and the
a fluted Georgian urn. Two
a page. Dorian Gray went over and
a wire to say that I am ill, or that
a subsequent engagement. I think that
a rather nice excuse: it would have all
a bore putting on one's dress-clothes,"
a lot of work to do." "Well, then
a fuss people make about fidelity!"
a question for physiology. It has
a most interesting afternoon." As the
a sofa, and a look of pain came into
a look of pain came into his face.
a genial if somewhat rough-mannered
a capricious moment of annoyance on
a post to which he considered that he
a gentleman to afford the decency of
a Tory, except when the Tories were
a pack of Radicals. He was a hero to
a hero to his valet, who bullied him,
a terror to most of his relations, whom
a good deal to be said for his
a rough shooting-coat, smoking a
a cheroot and grumbling over The
a wry face. "Well, sit down and tell
a younger son, and one lives
a lot of nonsense. When I was in the
a man is a gentleman, he knows quite
a gentleman, he knows quite enough,
a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad
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Lord Kelso's grandson. His mother was
the men frantic by running away with
away with a penniless young fellow young fellow - a mere nobody, sir,
- a mere nobody, sir, a subaltern in
yesterday. The poor chap was killed in
poor chap was killed in a duel at Spa
spitted his man as if he had been
to him again. Oh, yes; it was
business. The girl died, too, died within
too, died within a year. So she left
If he is like his mother, he must be
the old man. "He should have
grandfather hated Kelso, thought him
about their fares. They made quite
I didn't dare show my face at Court for
of that family were. The men were
She laughed at him, and there wasn't
I am told," muttered his uncle. "
exhausts them, but they are capital at
flying. I don't think Dartmoor has
had yet stirred him by its suggestion of
of a strange, almost modern romance.
beautiful woman risking everything for
risking everything for a mad passion.
wild weeks of happiness cut short by
Months of voiceless agony, and then
club, the red candleshades staining to
gracious form, and let it tarry there for
into another as though it were
as though it were a subtle fluid or
fluid or a strange perfume: there was
grossly common in its aims.... He was
too, this lad, whom by so curious
studio, or could be fashioned into
not do with him. He could be made
with him. He could be made a Titan or
could be made a Titan or a toy. What
destined to fade! ... And Basil? From
as it were, refined, and gaining
carved it in the coloured marbles of
He invented
to him shyly from the end of the table,
Opposite was the Duchess of Harley,
sat, on her right, Sir Thomas Burdon,
with the Liberals, in accordance with
one of his aunt's oldest friends,
dowdy that she reminded one of
she had on the other side Lord Faudel,
middle-aged mediocrity, as bald as
Like all people who try to exhaust
Paris," chuckled Sir Thomas, who had
Henry," murmured Mr. Erskine, with
way...." rejoined the baronet. "Was that
he looked down the table and caught
the better." "Still, the East End is
problem," remarked Sir Thomas with
be able to look her in the face without
look her in the face without a blush." "
an old woman like myself blushes, it is
become young again." He thought for
a Devereux, Lady Margaret Devereux.
a penniless young fellow - a mere
a mere nobody, sir, a subaltern in a
a subaltern in a foot regiment, or
a foot regiment, or something of that
a duel at Spa a few months after the
a few months after the marriage.
a pigeon. The thing was hushed up,
a bad business. The girl died, too, died
a year. So she left a son, did she
a son, did she? I had forgotten that.
a good-looking chap." "He is very good
a pot of money waiting for him if
a mean dog. He was, too. Came to
a story of it. I didn't dare show my
a month. I hope he treated his
a poor lot, but, egad! the women were
a girl in London at the time who
A long engagement exhausts them, but
a steeplechase. They take things flying.
a chance." "Who are her people?"
a strange, almost modern romance. A
A beautiful woman risking everything
a mad passion. A few wild weeks of
A few wild weeks of happiness cut
a hideous, treacherous crime. Months
a child born in pain. The mother
a richer rose the wakening wonder of
a moment; to hear one's own
a subtle fluid or a strange perfume:
a strange perfume: there was a real
a real joy in that - perhaps the most
a marvellous type, too, this lad, whom
a chance he had met in Basil's studio,
a marvellous type, at any rate. Grace
a Titan or a toy. What a pity it was
a toy. What a pity it was that such
a pity it was that such beauty was
a psychological point of view, how
a kind of symbolical value, as though
a sonnet-sequence? But in our own
a facile excuse, and having taken the
a flush of pleasure stealing into his
a lady of admirable good-nature and
a Radical member of Parliament, who
a wise and well-known rule. The post on
a perfect saint amongst women, but so
a badly bound hymn-book. Fortunately
a most intelligent middle-aged
a ministerial statement in the House of
a subject, he exhausted his listeners.
a large wardrobe of Humour's cast-off
a smile. "Paradoxes are all very well in
a paradox?" asked Mr. Erskine. "I did
a bright answering glance. "But they
a very important problem," remarked
a grave shake of the head. "Quite so,"
a blush." "A blush is very becoming,
A blush is very becoming, Duchess,"
a very bad sign. Ah! Lord Henry, I
a moment. "Can you remember any
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asked, looking at her across the table. "
has merely to repeat one's follies." "
"I must put it into practice." "
of life. Nowadays most people die of
one never regrets are one's mistakes."
of folly, as he went on, soared into
robe and wreath of ivy, danced like
his gaze off him, but sat like one under
entered the room in the shape of
sure to be furious, and I couldn't have
in this bonnet. It is far too fragile.
Duchess," said Lord Henry with
Mr. Erskine moved round, and taking
Mr. Erskine. I should like to write
I should like to write a novel certainly,
a novel that would be as lovely as
to possess." "I shall be charmed.
charmed. A visit to Treadley would be
would be a great privilege. It has
privilege. It has a perfect host, and
it," answered the old gentleman with
One afternoon,
later, Dorian Gray was reclining in
in Mayfair. It was, in its way,
with silk, long-fringed Persian rugs. On
rugs. On a tiny satinwood table stood
statuette by Clodion, and beside it lay
streamed the apricot-coloured light of
thought of going away. At last he heard
it is not Harry, Mr. Gray," answered
vague forget-me-not eyes. She was
looked as if they had been designed in
been designed in a rage and put on in
Her name was Victoria, and she had
people hearing what one says. That is
lips, and her fingers began to play with
simply worshipped pianists - two at
in England become foreigners after
It is so clever of them, and such
Mr. Gray here. We have had such
am late, Dorian. I went to look after
the door behind her as, looking like
she flitted out of the room, leaving
faint odour of frangipanni. Then he lit
himself down on the sofa. "Never marry
hair, Dorian," he said after
in love with?" asked Lord Henry after
Henry shrugged his shoulders. "That is
People will some day, however. She is
genius." "My dear boy, no woman is
boy, no woman is a genius. Women are
are very useful. If you want to gain
That is all over now. As long as
I had not met you. You filled me with
one who passed me and wonder, with
an exquisite poison in the air. I had
something in store for me. I fancied
things. The mere danger gave me
eastward, soon losing my way in
flaring gas-jets and gaudy play-bills.
was standing at the entrance, smoking
A great many, I fear," she cried. "
A delightful theory!" she exclaimed. "I
A dangerous theory!" came from Sir
a sort of creeping common sense, and
A laugh ran round the table. He
a philosophy, and philosophy herself
a Bacchante over the hills of life, and
a spell, smiles chasing each other over
a servant to tell the duchess that her
a scene in this bonnet. It is far too
A harsh word would ruin it. No, I must
a bow. "Ah! that is very nice,
a chair close to him, placed his hand
a novel certainly, a novel that would be
a novel that would be as lovely as a
a Persian carpet and as unreal. But
A visit to Treadley would be a great
a great privilege. It has a perfect host,
a perfect host, and a perfect library."
a perfect library." "You will complete
a courteous bow. "And now I must bid
a month later, Dorian Gray was
a luxurious arm-chair, in the little
a very charming room, with its high
a tiny satinwood table stood a statuette
a statuette by Clodion, and beside it
a copy of Les Cent Nouvelles, bound
a summer day in London. Lord Henry
a step outside, and the door opened.
a shrill voice. He glanced quickly
a curious woman, whose dresses always
a rage and put on in a tempest. She
a tempest. She was usually in love with
a perfect mania for going to church.
a great advantage, don't you think so,
a long tortoise-shell paper-knife.
a time, sometimes, Harry tells me. I
a time, don't they? It is so clever
a compliment to art. Makes it quite
a pleasant chat about music. We have
a piece of old brocade in Wardour
a bird of paradise that had been out
a faint odour of frangipanni. Then he
a cigarette and flung himself down on
a woman with straw-coloured hair,
a few puffs. "Why, Harry?" "Because
a pause. "With an actress," said Dorian
a rather commonplace debut." "You
a genius." "My dear boy, no woman is
a genius. Women are a decorative sex.
a decorative sex. They never have
a reputation for respectability, you
a woman can look ten years younger
a wild desire to know everything about
a mad curiosity, what sort of lives they
a passion for sensations.... Well, one
a thousand things. The mere danger
a sense of delight. I remembered what
a labyrinth of grimy streets and black
A hideous Jew, in the most amazing
a vile cigar. He had greasy ringlets,
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diamond blazed in the centre of
in the centre of a soiled shirt. 'Have
Harry, that amused me. He was such
I know, but I really went in and paid
you will always be in love with love.
is the one use of the idle classes of
is to the life of the intellect - simply
story." "Well, I found myself seated in
in a horrid little private box, with
curtain and surveyed the house. It was
affair, all Cupids and cornucopias, like
were quite empty, and there was hardly
oranges and ginger-beer, and there was
of seeing Shakespeare done in such
done in such a wretched hole of
a place. Still, I felt interested, in
to wait for the first act. There was
a dreadful orchestra, presided over by
over by a young Hebrew who sat at
up and the play began. Romeo was
gentleman, with corked eyebrows,
eyebrows, a husky tragedy voice, and
a husky tragedy voice, and a figure like
that looked as if it had come out of
But Juliet! Harry, imagine
girl, hardly seventeen years of age, with
of age, with a little, flowerlike face,
passion, lips that were like the petals of
me. And her voice - I never heard such
singly upon one's ear. Then it became
a little louder, and sounded like
louder, and sounded like a flute or
wild passion of violins. You know how
the forest of Arden, disguised as
and has come into the presence of
help telling you things. You have
curious influence over me. If I ever did
tell me - reach me the matches, like
Dorian," said Lord Henry, with
others. That is what the world calls
of years and that her body was lying in
me that all the dramatic critics were in
again. When he saw me, he made me
a low bow and assured me that I was
was a munificent patron of art. He was
on calling him. He seemed to think it
to think it a distinction." "It was
"It was a distinction, my dear Dorian and so gentle. There is something of
simply to me, 'You look more like
her, Harry. She regarded me merely as
She regarded me merely as a person in
of life. She lives with her mother,
woman who played Lady Capulet in
he cried, "even if it is only for
hear our laughter and grow sad. I want
excited. Lord Henry watched him with
studio! His nature had developed like
When all that is settled, I shall take
What an hour! It will be like having
Basil! I have not laid eyes on him for
a soiled shirt. 'Have a box, my Lord?
a box, my Lord?' he said, when
a monster. You will laugh at me, I
a whole guinea for the stage-box. To
A grande passion is the privilege of
a country. Don't be afraid. There are
a confession of failure. Faithfulness! I
a horrid little private box, with a
a vulgar drop-scene staring me in the
a tawdry affair, all Cupids and
a third-rate wedding-cake. The gallery
a person in what I suppose they called
a terrible consumption of nuts going
a wretched hole of a place. Still, I felt
a place. Still, I felt interested, in a
a sort of way. At any rate, I determined
a dreadful orchestra, presided over by
a young Hebrew who sat at a cracked
a cracked piano, that nearly drove me
a stout elderly gentleman, with corked
a husky tragedy voice, and a figure
a figure like a beer-barrel. Mercutio
a beer-barrel. Mercutio was almost as
a country-booth. But Juliet! Harry,
a girl, hardly seventeen years of age,
a little, flowerlike face, a small Greek
a small Greek head with plaited coils
a rose. She was the loveliest thing I
a voice. It was very low at first, with
a little louder, and sounded like a flute
a flute or a distant hautboy. In the
a distant hautboy. In the garden-scene
a voice can stir one. Your voice and
a pretty boy in hose and doublet and
a guilty king, and given him rue to
a curious influence over me. If I ever
a crime, I would come and confess it
a good boy - thanks - what are your
a strange touch of pathos in his voice.
a romance. You know her, at any rate,
a marble tomb in Verona. I think,
a conspiracy against him, and that they
a low bow and assured me that I was
a munificent patron of art. He was a
a most offensive brute, though he had
a distinction." "It was a distinction, my
a distinction, my dear Dorian - a great
a great distinction. Most people
a child about her. Her eyes opened
a prince. I must call you Prince
a person in a play. She knows nothing
a play. She knows nothing of life. She
a faded tired woman who played Lady
a sort of magenta dressing-wrapper on
a single act. I get hungry for her
a breath of our passion to stir their
a subtle sense of pleasure. How
a flower, had borne blossoms of scarlet
a West End theatre and bring her out
a meat-tea, or reading an English
a week. It is rather horrid of me, as
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designed by himself, and, though I am
a little jealous of the picture for being
fellows, but he seems to me to be just
he seems to me to be just a bit of
perfectly uninteresting in what they are.
in what they are. A great poet,
look. The mere fact of having published
a book of second-rate sonnets makes
perfume on his handkerchief out of
He was pleased by it. It made him
one could not wear over one's face
understand their nature. And, yet, what
point they were at discord - there was
was? One could never pay too high
conscious - and the thought brought
and bowed in worship before her. To
and the intellect. But now and then
of art, was indeed, in its way,
face, and his beautiful soul, he was
like one of those gracious figures in
those gracious figures in a pageant or
of the various schools! Was the soul
separation of spirit from matter was
and the union of spirit with matter was
could ever make psychology so absolute
to their mistakes. Moralists had, as
Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as
a mode of warning, had claimed for it
passions; and certainly Dorian Gray was
sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was
for new experiences, yet it was not
yet it was not a simple, but rather
Henry sat dreaming on these things,
heated metal. The sky above was like
about half-past twelve o'clock, he saw
pounds to pay off our debts and to get
not forget that, Sibyl. Fifty pounds is
has been most considerate." "He is not
life for us now." Then she paused.
The girl laughed again. The joy of
echoed it in radiance, then closed for
secret. When they opened, the mist of
cheeks, and her dry lips twitched with
theatrical gestures that so often become
become a mode of second nature to
At this moment, the door opened and
Sibyl, I think," said the lad with
kissed, Jim," she cried. "You are
"I want you to come out with me for
murmured Mrs. Vane, taking up
taking up a tawdry theatrical dress, with
sigh, and beginning to patch it. She felt
I trust you will return from Australia in
of you! But are you really going for
the sleeve of his coat. He hesitated for
own choice. You might have entered
entered a solicitor's office. Solicitors are
Of course I watch over Sibyl." "I hear
profession we are accustomed to receive
that the young man in question is
harshly. "No," answered his mother with
a little jealous of the picture for being
a whole month younger than I am, I
a bit of a Philistine. Since I have
a Philistine. Since I have known you,
A great poet, a really great poet, is the
a really great poet, is the most
a book of second-rate sonnets makes a
a man quite irresistible. He lives the
a large, gold-topped bottle that stood
a more interesting study. He had been
a mask of glass, nor keep the
a great reward one received! How
a delight in that! What matter what
a price for any sensation. He was
a gleam of pleasure into his brown
a large extent the lad was his own
a complex personality took the place
a real work of art, life having its
a thing to wonder at. It was no matter
a pageant or a play, whose joys seem
a play, whose joys seem to be remote
a shadow seated in the house of sin?
a mystery, and the union of spirit with
a mystery also. He began to wonder
a science that each little spring of life
a rule, regarded it as a mode of
a mode of warning, had claimed for it
a certain ethical efficacy in the
a subject made to his hand, and
a psychological phenomenon of no
a simple, but rather a very complex
a very complex passion. What there
a knock came to the door, and his
a faded rose. He thought of his
a telegram lying on the hall table. He
a proper outfit for James. You must
a very large sum. Mr. Isaacs has been
a gentleman, Mother, and I hate the
A rose shook in her blood and
a caged bird was in her voice. Her
a moment, as though to hide their
a dream had passed across them.
a spasm of pain. Sybil rushed to her,
a mode of second nature to a
a stage-player, clasped her in her arms.
a young lad with rough brown hair
a good-natured grumble. "Ah! but you
a dreadful old bear." And she ran
a walk, Sibyl. I don't suppose I shall
a tawdry theatrical dress, with a sigh,
a sigh, and beginning to patch it. She
a little disappointed that he had not
a position of affluence. I believe there
a walk with me? That will be nice! I
a moment. "Very well," he said at last
a solicitor's office. Solicitors are a very
a very respectable class, and in the
a gentleman comes every night to the
a great deal of most gratifying
a perfect gentleman. He is always most
a placid expression in her face. "He
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quite romantic of him. He is probably
of it, I must say. It might be
marriage for Sibyl. They would make
Good-bye, my son," she answered with
clothes, was in the company of such
refined-looking girl. He was like
like a common gardener walking with
bushrangers. For he was not to remain
For he was not to remain a sailor, or
he was going to be. Oh, no!
was dreadful. Fancy being cooped up in
waves trying to get in, and
to leave the vessel at Melbourne, bid
off at once to the gold-fields. Before
a week was over he was to come across
and bring it down to the coast in
and used bad language. He was to be
beautiful heiress being carried off by
being carried off by a robber on
spend his money foolishly. She was only
She would pray for him, too, and in
though he was, he had still
her could mean her no good. He was
on for many months of silence.
that he had heard at the theatre,
waited at the stage-door, had set loose
it as if it had been the lash of
his face. His brows knit together into
into a wedge-like furrow, and with
his underlip. "You are not listening to
to say?" "Oh! that you will be
mean, Jim?" she asked. "You have
the lad. "Who is he? I have
at the bar. He has preached me as
dogma; to-night he will announce me as
spring-time for me, I think,
dance of blossoms in blue skies." "He is
is a gentleman," said the lad sullenly. "
dear old Jim, you talk as if you were
will be different now. You are going to
go by." They took their seats amidst
flamed like throbbing rings of fire.
words to each other as players at
She could not communicate her joy.
she became silent. Suddenly she caught
wish I had, for as sure as there is
his words. They cut the air like
The people round began to gape.
"You are foolish, Jim, utterly foolish;
not going to Australia at all. I have
her hand on his arm. He was merely
o'clock, and Sibyl had to lie down for
present. She would be sure to make
was jealousy in the lad's heart, and
head in his hands. He felt that he had
dropped mechanically from her lips.
her. Their eyes met. In hers he saw
answer. "Tell me the truth. I have
you married to my father?" She heaved
father?" She heaved a deep sigh. It was
terror. Indeed, in some measure it was
a member of the aristocracy." James
a most brilliant marriage for Sibyl.
a charming couple. His good looks are
a bow of strained stateliness. She was
a graceful, refined-looking girl. He was
a common gardener walking with a
a rose. Jim frowned from time to time
a sailor, or a supercargo, or whatever
a supercargo, or whatever he was
A sailor's existence was dreadful. Fancy
a horrid ship, with the hoarse,
a black wind blowing the masts down
a polite good-bye to the captain, and go
a week was over he was to come
a large nugget of pure gold, the largest
a waggon guarded by six mounted
a nice sheep-farmer, and one evening,
a robber on a black horse, and give
a black horse, and give chase, and
a year older than he was, but she
a few years he would come back quite
a strong sense of the danger of Sibyl's
a gentleman, and he hated him for
A chance phrase that he had heard at
a whispered sneer that had reached
a train of horrible thoughts. He
a hunting-crop across his face. His
a wedge-like furrow, and with a twitch
a twitch of pain he bit his underlip.
a word I am saying, Jim," cried Sibyl,
a good boy and not forget us," she
a new friend, I hear. Who is he?
a right to know." "He is called Prince
a dogma; to-night he will announce
a revelation. I feel it. And it is all
a very dance of blossoms in blue skies.
a gentleman," said the lad sullenly. "A
A prince!" she cried musically. "What
a hundred. Some day you will be in
a new world, and I have found one.
a crowd of watchers. The tulip-beds
A white dust - tremulous cloud of
a game pass counters. Sibyl felt
A faint smile curving that sullen mouth
a glimpse of golden hair and laughing
a God in heaven, if he ever does you
a dagger. The people round began to
A lady standing close to her tittered.
a bad-tempered boy, that is all. How
a great mind to chuck the whole thing
a boy. At the Marble Arch they
a couple of hours before acting. Jim
a scene, and he detested scenes of
a fierce murderous hatred of the
a right to know. It should have been
A tattered lace handkerchief twitched
a wild appeal for mercy. It enraged
a right to know. Were you married to
a deep sigh. It was a sigh of relief.
a sigh of relief. The terrible moment,
a disappointment to her. The vulgar
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directness of the question called for
to. It was crude. It reminded her of
harsh simplicity of life. "My father was
my son. He was your father, and
"but don't let Sibyl.... It is
Highly connected, too, I suppose." For
too, I suppose." For a moment
her eyes with shaking hands. "Sibyl has
is, track him down, and kill him like
was lost in vulgar details. It was with
son drove away. She was conscious that
evening as Hallward was shown into
They don't interest me. There is hardly
many of them would be the better for
my dear Basil." "Marriage is hardly
he was engaged to be married. There is
There is a great difference. I have
He is sure to do it, then. Whenever
to do it, then. Whenever a man does
murmured Lord Henry, sipping
with what charming people do. If
to me. Dorian Gray falls in love with
the less interesting. You know I am not
by some one else. He would be
a wonderful study." "You don't mean
of those virtues that are likely to be
greatest contempt for optimism. As for
growth is arrested. If you want to mar
She wore
slim, brown, cross-gartered hose,
hose, a dainty little green cap with
cap with a hawk's feather caught in
a hawk's feather caught in a jewel, and
round her face like dark leaves round
shall see her to-night. She is simply
century. I was away with my love in
suddenly there came into her eyes
She trembled all over and shook like
t help it. Of course, our engagement is
care. I shall be of age in less than
" Lord Henry sipped his champagne in
My dear Harry, I did not treat it as
any question - simple curiosity. I have
man who could wrong her would be
who could wrong her would be a beast,
her would be a beast, a beast without
love Sibyl Vane. I want to place her on
"Pleasure is the only thing worth having
of one's neighbours, if one wishes to be
if one wishes to be a prig or
to accept the standard of his age is
merely for one's self, Harry, one pays
me, no civilized man ever regrets
no uncivilized man ever knows what
with some fruits. "Being adored is
create love in our natures. They have
you to smoke cigars. You must have
cigars. You must have a cigarette.
A cigarette is the perfect type of
you talk, Harry!" cried the lad, taking
" cried the lad, taking a light from
a direct answer. The situation had not
a bad rehearsal. "No," she answered,
a scoundrel then!" cried the lad,
a gentleman. Indeed, he was highly
a gentleman, isn't it, who is in love
a moment a hideous sense of
a hideous sense of humiliation came
a mother," she murmured; "I had none."
a dog. I swear it." The exaggerated
a renewed feeling of disappointment
a great opportunity had been wasted.
a little private room at the Bristol
a single person in the House of
a little whitewashing." "Dorian Gray is
a thing that one can do now and then,
a great difference. I have a distinct
a distinct remembrance of being
a man does a thoroughly stupid thing,
a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always
a glass of vermouth and orange-bitters.
a personality fascinates me, whatever
a beautiful girl who acts Juliet, and
a champion of marriage. The real
a wonderful study." "You don't mean a
a single word of all that, Harry; you
a benefit to us. We praise the banker
a spoiled life, no life is spoiled but
a nature, you have merely to reform it.
a moss-coloured velvet jerkin with
a dainty little green cap with a hawk's
a hawk's feather caught in a jewel, and
a jewel, and a hooded cloak lined with
a hooded cloak lined with dull red. She
a pale rose. As for her acting - well,
a born artist. I sat in the dingy box
a forest that no man had ever seen.
a look that I had never seen there
a white narcissus. Then she flung
a dead secret. She has not even told
a year, and then I can do what I like
a meditative manner. "At what
a business transaction, and I did not
a theory that it is always the women
a beast, a beast without a heart. I
a beast without a heart. I cannot
a heart. I cannot understand how any
a pedestal of gold and to see the
a theory about," he answered in his
a prig or a Puritan, one can flaunt
a Puritan, one can flaunt one's moral
a form of the grossest immorality."
a terrible price for doing so?"
a pleasure, and no uncivilized man
a pleasure is." "I know what pleasure
a nuisance. Women treat us just as
a right to demand it back." "That is
a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect
A cigarette is the perfect type of a
a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and
a light from a fire-breathing silver
a fire-breathing silver dragon that the
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Sibyl comes on the stage you will have
everything," said Lord Henry, with
his eyes, "but I am always ready for
the brougham. You must follow us in
was silent and preoccupied. There was
things that might have happened. After
of the little brougham in front of him.
He escorted them to their box with
him that he was proud to meet
to meet a man who had discovered
a real genius and gone bankrupt over
and the huge sunlight flamed like
of corks came from the bar. "What
to do. She makes them as responsive as
worth doing. If this girl can give
given everything that is good in me."
in her shy grace and startled eyes.
eyes. A faint blush, like the shadow of
blush, like the shadow of a rose in
enthusiastic house. She stepped back
to applaud. Motionless, and as one in
The band, such as it was, struck up
dressed actors, Sibyl Vane moved like
Sibyl Vane moved like a creature from
Her body swayed, while she danced, as
curves of her throat were the curves of
dialogue that follows, were spoken in
of night is on my face, Else would
declaimed with the painful precision of
by summer's ripening breath May prove
It was simply bad art. She was
the second act was over, there came
the play through," answered the lad, in
has entirely altered. Last night she was
great artist. This evening she is merely
any one you love, Dorian. Love is
does it matter if she plays Juliet like
as she does about acting, she will be
Let us go, Basil," said Lord Henry with
two young men passed out together.
and laughing. The whole thing was
benches. The curtain went down on
The girl was standing there alone, with
lit with an exquisite fire. There was
something of which all art is but
What have I to do with the puppets of
alone. I hate the stage. I might mimic
to her lips. He drew them away, and
how mad I was to love you! What
borne my name. What are you now?
are you now? A third-rate actress with
She rose from her knees and, with
"Don't touch me!" he cried.
herself at his feet and lay there like
don't leave me, don't leave me."
her. She crouched on the floor like
on his heel and left the room. In
faint fires, the sky hollowed itself into
the men unloading their waggons.
of the moon had entered into them.
its grey, sun-bleached pillars, loitered
a new ideal of life. She will represent
a tired look in his eyes, "but I am
a new emotion. I am afraid, however,
a hansom." They got up and put on
a gloom over him. He could not bear
a few minutes, they all passed
A strange sense of loss came over him.
a sort of pompous humility, waving his
a man who had discovered a real
a real genius and gone bankrupt over
a poet. Hallward amused himself with
a monstrous dahlia with petals of
a place to find one's divinity in!" said
a violin. She spiritualizes them, and one
a soul to those who have lived without
A quarter of an hour afterwards,
A faint blush, like the shadow of a
a rose in a mirror of silver, came to
a mirror of silver, came to her cheeks
a few paces and her lips seemed to
a dream, sat Dorian Gray, gazing at
a few bars of music, and the dance
a creature from a finer world. Her
a finer world. Her body swayed, while
a plant sways in the water. The curves
a white lily. Her hands seemed to be
a thoroughly artificial manner. The
a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For
a schoolgirl who has been taught to
a beauteous flower when next we meet
a complete failure. Even the common
a storm of hisses, and Lord Henry got
a hard bitter voice. "I am awfully
a great artist. This evening she is
a commonplace mediocre actress."
a more wonderful thing than art."
a wooden doll? She is very lovely, and
a delightful experience. There are only
a strange tenderness in his voice, and
A few moments afterwards the
a fiasco. The last act was played to
a titter and some groans. As soon as
a look of triumph on her face. Her
a radiance about her. Her parted lips
a reflection. You had made me
a play? When I came on to-night,
a passion that I do not feel, but I
a shudder ran through him. Then he
a fool I have been! You are nothing
A third-rate actress with a pretty face."
a pretty face." The girl grew white, and
a piteous expression of pain in her
A low moan broke from her, and she
a trampled flower. "Dorian, Dorian,
A fit of passionate sobbing choked her.
a wounded thing, and Dorian Gray,
a few moments he was out of the
a perfect pearl. Huge carts filled with
A white-smocked carter offered him
A long line of boys carrying crates of
a troop of draggled bareheaded girls,
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of the drivers were lying asleep on
ran about picking up seeds. After
up seeds. After a little while, he hailed
hailed a hansom and drove home. For
against it. From some chimney opposite
wreath of smoke was rising. It curled,
towards the door of his bedroom,
that had been discovered stored in
blinds, the face appeared to him to be
One would have said that there was
clearly as if he had been looking into
expression had altered. It was not
apparent. He threw himself into
it perfectly. He had uttered
not his. He had dreamed of her as
been shallow and unworthy. And, yet,
of her lying at his feet sobbing like
he been made like that? Why had such
worth hers. She had marred him for
sunlight. Its blue eyes met his own.
die. For every sin that he committed,
He got up from his chair and drew
stepped out on to the grass, he drew
passions. He thought only of Sibyl.
sounded, and Victor came in softly with
came in softly with a cup of tea, and
of tea, and a pile of letters, on
Dorian Gray drowsily. "One hour and
by hand that morning. He hesitated for
morning during the season. There was
There was a rather heavy bill for
to advance any sum of money at
forgotten all that he had gone through.
or twice, but there was the unreality of
went into the library and sat down to
that had been laid out for him on
warm air seemed laden with spices.
own imagination that had made him see
a look of evil where there had been
there had been a look of joy? Surely
The thing was absurd. It would serve as
and the man turned to go, he felt
his orders. Dorian looked at him for
home to any one, Victor," he said with
retired. Then he rose from the table, lit
a cigarette, and flung himself down on
leather, stamped and wrought with
before it had concealed the secret of
at first gazing at the portrait with
of almost scientific interest. That such
was incredible to him. And yet it was
Hallward had painted of him would be
the moral sense to sleep. But here was
threads of life and to weave them into
he went over to the table and wrote
and wilder words of pain. There is
ourselves, we feel that no one else has
had been forgiven. Suddenly there came
answered Lord Henry, sinking into
"I felt sure you had. Did you make
the idea of my soul being hideous." "
a pile of sacks. Iris-necked and pinka little while, he hailed a hansom and
a hansom and drove home. For a few
a few moments he loitered upon the
a thin wreath of smoke was rising. It
a violet riband, through the
a large octagonal chamber on the
a disused attic at Selby Royal. As he
a little changed. The expression looked
a touch of cruelty in the mouth. It was
a mirror after he had done some
a mere fancy of his own. The thing
a chair and began to think. Suddenly
a mad wish that he himself might
a great artist, had given his love to
a feeling of infinite regret came over
a little child. He remembered with
a soul been given to him? But he had
a moment, if he had wounded her for
A sense of infinite pity, not for
a stain would fleck and wreck its
a large screen right in front of the
a deep breath. The fresh morning air
A faint echo of his love came back to
a cup of tea, and a pile of letters,
a pile of letters, on a small tray of old
a small tray of old Sevres china, and
a quarter, Monsieur." How late it was!
a moment, and then put it aside. The
a rather heavy bill for a chased silver
a chased silver Louis-Quinze toilet-set
a moment's notice and at the most
A dim sense of having taken part in
a dream about it. As soon as he was
a light French breakfast that had been
a small round table close to the open
A bee flew in and buzzed round the
a look of evil where there had been a
a look of joy? Surely a painted canvas
a painted canvas could not alter? The
a tale to tell Basil some day. It would
a wild desire to tell him to remain. As
a moment. "I am not at home to any
a sigh. The man bowed and retired.
a cigarette, and flung himself down on
a luxuriously cushioned couch that
a rather florid Louis-Quatorze pattern.
a man's life. Should he move it aside,
a feeling of almost scientific interest.
a change should have taken place was
a fact. Was there some subtle affinity
a guide to him through life, would be
a visible symbol of the degradation of
a pattern; to find his way through the
a passionate letter to the girl he had
a luxury in self-reproach. When we
a right to blame us. It is the
a knock to the door, and he heard
a chair and slowly pulling off his yellow
a scene with her?" "I was brutal, Harry
A very charming artistic basis for
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to tell you that Sibyl Vane is dead."
Sibyl dead! It is not true! It is
mixed up in it. Things like that make
should never make one's debut with
point." Dorian did not answer for
with horror. Finally he stammered, in
younger than that. She looked such
we will look in at the opera. It is
as if I had cut her little throat with
life is! If I had read all this in
should have been addressed to
terribly pathetic. But I was not moved
Dorian," answered Lord Henry, taking
a cigarette from his case and producing
a gold-latten matchbox, "the only way
"the only way a woman can ever reform
absolutely indifferent to her. And when
your saying once that there is
luxurious sterile emotions that have
are simply cheques that men draw on
It seems to me to be simply like
to be simply like a wonderful ending to
play. It has all the terrible beauty of
the terrible beauty of a Greek tragedy,
tragedy, a tragedy in which I took
revolt against that. Sometimes, however,
That awful memory of woman! What
but violets all through one season, as
as a form of artistic mourning for
the whole world for me. That is always
eternity. Well - would you believe it? the future. I had buried my romance in
so I did not feel any anxiety. But what
the curtain has fallen. They always want
own way, every comedy would have
and every tragedy would culminate in
in for sentimental colours. Never trust
mauve, whatever her age may be, or
ribbons. It always means that they have
that they have a history. Others find
Its mysteries have all the charm of
have all the charm of a flirtation,
one so vain as being told that one is
In good society that always whitewashes
her death. I am glad I am living in
in the tawdry dressing-room simply as
from some Jacobean tragedy, as
died. To you at least she was always
you at least she was always a dream,
and left them lovelier for its presence,
was less real than they are." There was
Harry," he murmured with something of
of what has happened. It has been
Dorian Gray touched the bell, and in
Poor Sibyl! What
love of him, and love would always be
he thought of her, it would be as
to show the supreme reality of love.
the burden of his shame: that was all.
to which he yielded? Was it to become
loathsome thing, to be hidden away in
A cry of pain broke from the lad's
a horrible lie! How dare you say it?" "
a man fashionable in Paris. But in
a scandal. One should reserve that to
a few moments. He was dazed with
a stifled voice, "Harry, did you say an
a child, and seemed to know so little
a Patti night, and everybody will be
a knife. Yet the roses are not less
a book, Harry, I think I would have
a dead girl. Can they feel, I wonder,
a bit. I thought her shallow. Suddenly
a cigarette from his case and
a gold-latten matchbox, "the only way a
a woman can ever reform a man is by
a man is by boring him so completely
a woman finds that out about her
a fatality about good resolutions - that
a certain charm for the weak. That is
a bank where they have no account."
a wonderful ending to a wonderful play.
a wonderful play. It has all the terrible
a Greek tragedy, a tragedy in which I
a tragedy in which I took a great part,
a great part, but by which I have not
a tragedy that possesses artistic
a fearful thing it is! And what an utter
a form of artistic mourning for a
a romance that would not die.
a dreadful moment. It fills one with
a week ago, at Lady Hampshire's, I
a bed of asphodel. She dragged it out
a lack of taste she showed! The one
a sixth act, and as soon as the interest
a tragic ending, and every tragedy
a farce. They are charmingly artificial,
a woman who wears mauve, whatever
a woman over thirty-five who is fond
a history. Others find a great
a great consolation in suddenly
a flirtation, a woman once told me,
a woman once told me, and I can
a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of
a woman. But really, Dorian, how
a century when such wonders happen.
a strange lurid fragment from some
a wonderful scene from Webster, or
a dream, a phantom that flitted
a phantom that flitted through
a reed through which Shakespeare's
a silence. The evening darkened in the
a sigh of relief. "I felt all that you
a marvellous experience. That is all. I
a few minutes Victor appeared with
a romance it had all been! She had
a sacrament to him now. She had
a wonderful tragic figure sent on to
A wonderful tragic figure? Tears came
A feeling of pain crept over him as he
a monstrous and loathsome thing, to
a locked room, to be shut out from
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pity of it! the pity of it! For
cease. It had changed in answer to
to a prayer; perhaps in answer to
could exercise its influence upon
He would never again tempt by
too closely into it? For there would be
crept from its face, and left behind
where you had really gone to. I passed
first. I read of it quite by chance in
go down and see the girl's mother? For
t it? But I was afraid of intruding upon
I could not lighten. Poor woman! What
sipping some pale-yellow wine from
subjects. If one doesn't talk about
not the woman's only child. There is
woman's only child. There is a son,
But he is not on the stage. He is
Hallward, speaking very slowly and with
the girl you loved has even the quiet of
require years to get rid of an emotion.
man who is master of himself can end
end a sorrow as easily as he can invent
going to the window, looked out for
flickering, sun-lashed garden. "I owe
Basil! Surely you don't think it was
hands. "How fearful," he muttered, and
great romantic tragedies of the age. As
lived her finest tragedy. She was always
If you had come in yesterday at
- about half-past five, perhaps, or
consoled, and you are furious. How like
sympathetic person! You remind me of
me of a story Harry told me about
do, almost died of ennui, and became
what has happened, or to see it from
des arts? I remember picking up
realized how I have developed. I was
a schoolboy when you knew me. I am
all, his indifference was probably merely
Well, Dorian," he said at length, with
you?" Dorian shook his head, and
It was pretty of her. You must do me
more of her than the memory of
towards the corner of the room.
to exhibit it?" exclaimed Dorian Gray,
going to collect all my best pictures for
October. The portrait will only be away
town. And if you keep it always behind
He felt that he was on the brink of
of a horrible danger. "You told me
same thing." He stopped suddenly, and
half in jest, "If you want to have
told me why he wouldn't, and it was
in the face, "we have each of us
insisted Dorian Gray. "I think I have
and more absorbed in you. Then came
ideal, and remote. One day,
sometimes think, I determined to paint
the picture to be exhibited. You were
I felt that I was right.... Well, after
now I cannot help feeling that it is
a moment, he thought of praying that
a prayer; perhaps in answer to a
a prayer it might remain unchanged.
a living organism, might not thought
a prayer any terrible power. If the
a real pleasure in watching it. He
a pallid mask of chalk with leaden
a dreadful evening, half afraid that one
a late edition of The Globe that I
a moment I thought of following you
a sorrow that I could not lighten.
a state she must be in! And her only
a delicate, gold-beaded bubble of
a thing, it has never happened. It is
a son, a charming fellow, I believe.
a charming fellow, I believe. But he is
a sailor, or something. And now, tell
a strained touch of pain in his voice.
a grave to sleep in? Why, man, there
A man who is master of himself can
a sorrow as easily as he can invent a
a pleasure. I don't want to be at the
a few moments on the green,
a great deal to Harry, Basil," he said at
a vulgar accident? Of course she killed
a shudder ran through him. "No," said
a rule, people who act lead the most
a heroine. The last night she played a particular moment - about half-past
a quarter to six - you would have
a sympathetic person! You remind me
a story Harry told me about a certain
a certain philanthropist who spent
a confirmed misanthrope. And besides,
a proper artistic point of view. Was it
a little vellum-covered book in your
a schoolboy when you knew me. I am
a man now. I have new passions, new
a mood that would pass away. There
a sad smile, "I won't speak to you
a look of annoyance passed over his
a drawing of Sibyl, Basil. I should like
a few kisses and some broken pathetic
A cry of terror broke from Dorian
a strange sense of terror creeping over
a special exhibition in the Rue de
a month. I should think you could
a screen, you can't care much about it."
a horrible danger. "You told me a
a month ago that you would never
a gleam of light came into his eyes.
a strange quarter of an hour, get Basil
a revelation to me." Yes, perhaps
a secret. Let me know yours, and I
a right to know." His feeling of terror
a new development. I had drawn you
a fatal day I sometimes think, I
a wonderful portrait of you as you
a little annoyed; but then you did not
a few days the thing left my studio,
a mistake to think that the passion
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to be worshipped." Dorian Gray drew
colour came back to his cheeks, and
be so dominated by the personality of
be some one who would fill him with
That is not even
a compliment." "It was not intended as
not intended as a compliment. It was
put one's worship into words." "It was
"Oh, Harry!" cried the lad, with
again. There is something fatal about
something fatal about a portrait. It has
almost by chance, in wresting
to him to be something tragic in
at all costs. He could not run such
thing to remain, even for an hour, in
and waited for his orders. Dorian lit
of Victor's face perfectly. It was like
was that merely his own fancy? After
key. I'll have it off the bunch in
Leaf. That will do." She lingered for
looked round the room. His eye fell on
coverlet heavily embroidered with gold,
work that his grandfather had found in
thing in. It had perhaps served often as
Now it was to hide something that had
be always alive. He shuddered, and for
canvas and calling him to judgement.
pall over the picture. As he did so,
down at the writing-table he scribbled
of South Audley Street, came in with
young assistant. Mr. Hubbard was
of the artists who dealt with him. As
Dorian that charmed everybody. It was
coming round in person. I have just got
in person. I have just got a beauty of
of a frame, sir. Picked it up at
Fonthill, I believe. Admirably suited for
religious art - but to-day I only want
I thought I would ask you to lend me
tradesman's spirited dislike of seeing
it so as to help them. "Something of
indeed, since he had used it first as
it first as a play-room when he was
room when he was a child, and then as
when he grew somewhat older. It was
always hated and desired to keep at
he had so often hidden himself as
the same ragged Flemish tapestry where
king and queen were playing chess in
were playing chess in a garden, while
something else." "Always glad to have
who glanced back at Dorian with
tea had been already brought up. On
wood thickly incrusted with nacre,
from Lady Radley, his guardian's wife,
the preceding winter in Cairo, was lying
from Lord Henry, and beside it was
slightly torn and the edges soiled.
The screen had not been set back, and
to force the door of the room. It was
room. It was a horrible thing to have
a long breath. The colour came back
a smile played about his lips. The peril
a friend. Lord Henry had the charm
a strange idolatry? Was that one of the
a compliment." "It was not intended as
a compliment. It was a confession. Now
a confession. Now that I have made it,
a very disappointing confession." "Why,
a ripple of laughter. "Harry spends his
a portrait. It has a life of its own.
a life of its own. I will come and have
a secret from his friend! How much
a friendship so coloured by romance.
a risk of discovery again. It had been
a room to which any of his friends
a cigarette and walked over to the
a placid mask of servility. There was
a few moments, in her black silk
a moment. But you don't think of
a few moments, and was garrulous
a large, purple satin coverlet heavily
a splendid piece of late
a convent near Bologna. Yes, that
a pall for the dead. Now it was to
a corruption of its own, worse than
a moment he regretted that he had
A look of pain came across him, and
a knock came to the door. He passed
a note to Lord Henry, asking him to
a somewhat rough-looking young
a florid, red-whiskered little man,
a rule, he never left his shop. He
a pleasure even to see him. "What
a beauty of a frame, sir. Picked it up
a frame, sir. Picked it up at a sale
a sale. Old Florentine. Came from
a religious subject, Mr. Gray." "I am
a picture carried to the top of the
a couple of your men." "No trouble
a gentleman doing anything useful,
a load to carry, sir," gasped the little
a play-room when he was a child, and
a child, and then as a study when he
a study when he grew somewhat
a large, well-proportioned room, which
a distance. It appeared to Dorian to
a boy. There the satinwood book-case
a faded king and queen were playing
a garden, while a company of hawkers
a company of hawkers rode by,
a rest, Mr. Gray," answered the framea look of shy wonder in his rough
a little table of dark perfumed wood
a present from Lady Radley, his
a pretty professional invalid who had
a note from Lord Henry, and beside
a book bound in yellow paper, the
A copy of the third edition of The St.
a blank space was visible on the wall.
a horrible thing to have a spy in
a spy in one's house. He had heard of
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lives by some servant who had read
who had read a letter, or overheard
overheard a conversation, or picked up
card with an address, or found beneath
an address, or found beneath a pillow
beneath a pillow a withered flower or
sent him round the evening paper, and
languidly, and looked through it.
Coroner, on the body of Sibyl Vane,
at the Royal Theatre, Holborn.
real ugliness made things! He felt
began to turn over the leaves. After
dreamed were gradually revealed. It was
revealed. It was a novel without
one character, being, indeed, simply
indeed, simply a psychological study of
saint or the morbid confessions of
confessions of a modern sinner. It was
as he passed from chapter to chapter,
chapter to chapter, a form of reverie,
and pierced by one solitary star,
Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is
moods and the changing fancies of
so strangely blended, became to him
was occasioned by the sudden decay of
never left him now, and stand, with
with minute care, and sometimes with
ruin he had brought upon his soul with
in Dorian Gray the true realization of
often dreamed in Eton or Oxford days,
and distinction and perfect manner of
it all the other arts seemed to be but
what is really fantastic becomes for
his coming of age, and found, indeed,
he desired to be something more than
to be consulted on the wearing of
wearing of a jewel, or the knotting of
knotting of a necktie, or the conduct of
much justice, been decried, men feeling
of aiming at making them elements of
elements of a new spirituality, of which
through history, he was haunted by
origin was fear and whose result was
to be, as Lord Henry had prophesied,
himself upon the moments of
the moments of a life that is itself but
had left off, and there steals over us
round of stereotyped habits, or
eyelids might open some morning upon
anew in the darkness for our pleasure,
and be changed, or have other secrets,
that is not incompatible with
to certain modern psychologists, is often
certainly the Roman ritual had always
of creed or system, or of mistaking, for
that is but suitable for the sojourn of
for the sojourn of a night, or for
of a night, or for a few hours of
seems to accompany it, moved him for
it, moved him for a season; and for
movement in Germany, and found
a letter, or overheard a conversation,
a conversation, or picked up a card
a card with an address, or found
a pillow a withered flower or a shred
a withered flower or a shred of
a shred of crumpled lace. He sighed,
a book that might interest him, and
A red pencil-mark on the fifth page
a young actress recently engaged at
A verdict of death by misadventure
a little annoyed with Lord Henry for
a few minutes he became absorbed. It
a novel without a plot and with only
a plot and with only one character,
a psychological study of a certain
a certain young Parisian who spent
a modern sinner. It was a poisonous
a poisonous book. The heavy odour of
a form of reverie, a malady of
a malady of dreaming, that made him
a copper-green sky gleamed through
a great difference." "Ah, you have
a nature over which he seemed, at
a kind of prefiguring type of himself.
a beau that had once, apparently,
a mirror, in front of the portrait that
a monstrous and terrible delight, the
a pity that was all the more poignant
a type of which they had often
a type that was to combine something
a citizen of the world. To them he
a preparation. Fashion, by which what
a moment universal, and dandyism,
a subtle pleasure in the thought that
a mere arbiter elegantiarum, to be
a jewel, or the knotting of a necktie,
a necktie, or the conduct of a cane. He
a cane. He sought to elaborate some
a natural instinct of terror about
a new spirituality, of which a fine
a fine instinct for beauty was to be
a feeling of loss. So much had been
a degradation infinitely more terrible
a new Hedonism that was to recreate
a life that is itself but a moment.
a moment. There are few of us who
a terrible sense of the necessity for
a wild longing, it may be, that our
a world that had been refashioned
a world in which things would have
a world in which the past would have
a real ardour of temperament, and
a condition of it. It was rumoured of
a great attraction for him. The daily
a house in which to live, an inn that
a night, or for a few hours of a night
a few hours of a night in which there
a night in which there are no stars
a season; and for a season he inclined
a season he inclined to the
a curious pleasure in tracing the
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and seeking often to elaborate
himself entirely to music, and in
music, and in a long latticed room, with
are found near Cuzco and give forth
and can be heard, it is said, at
are hung in clusters like grapes; and
doleful sound he has left us so vivid
instruments fascinated him, and he felt
in the prelude to that great work of art
up the study of jewels, and appeared at
Anne de Joyeuse, Admiral of France, in
to have left him. He would often spend
size and richness of colour, and had
In Alphonso's Clericalis Disciplina
growing on their backs." There was
"by the exhibition of golden letters and
robe" the monster could be thrown into
de Boniface, the diamond rendered
of kids. Leonardus Camillus had seen
a white stone taken from the brain of
brain of a newly killed toad, that was
in the heart of the Arabian deer, was
of Ceilan rode through his city with
pearls in the mouths of the dead.
it. The King of Malabar had shown to
had shown to a certain Venetian
double rows of rubies that threw out
twenty-one diamonds. Richard II had
previous to his coronation, as wearing "
diamonds and other rich stones, and
Edward II gave to Piers Gaveston
red-gold armour studded with jacinths,
roses set with turquoise-stones, and
gloves reaching to the elbow, and had
the starry sky, and Apollo driving
and viands that could be wanted for
rocks, hunters - all, in fact, that
which were embroidered the verses of
in gold." Catherine de Medicis had
wreaths and garlands, figured upon
broideries of pearls, and it stood in
gilt of its canopy. And so, for
He had
by self-inflicted pain. He possessed
and gold-thread damask, figured with
and coloured crystals. The morse bore
work. The orphreys were woven in
modes by which he could escape, for
had draped the purple-and-gold pall as
that should have been his own. After
from the picture that was such
he fascinated many, there were not
him. He was very nearly blackballed at
position fully entitled him to become
one occasion, when he was brought by
and another gentleman got up in
seen brawling with foreign sailors in
each other in corners, or pass him with
never to leave him, were in themselves
most intimate with him appeared, after
dangerous charm. His great wealth was
a real psychology of perfumes, and to
a long latticed room, with a
a vermilion-and-gold ceiling and walls
a note of singular sweetness. He had
a distance of three leagues; the
a huge cylindrical drum, covered with
a description. The fantastic character
a curious delight in the thought that
a presentation of the tragedy of his
a costume ball as Anne de Joyeuse,
a dress covered with five hundred
a whole day settling and resettling in
a turquoise de la vieille roche that
a serpent was mentioned with eyes of
a gem in the brain of the dragon,
a scarlet robe" the monster could be
a magical sleep and slain. According
a man invisible, and the agate of
a white stone taken from the brain of
a newly killed toad, that was a certain
a certain antidote against poison. The
a charm that could cure the plague.
a large ruby in his hand, as the
A sea-monster had been enamoured
a certain Venetian a rosary of three
a rosary of three hundred and four
a great light. Charles of England had
a coat, valued at thirty thousand
a jacket of raised gold, the placard
a great bauderike about his neck of
a suit of red-gold armour studded
a collar of gold roses set with
a skull-cap parseme with pearls.
a hawk-glove sewn with twelve rubies
a chariot drawn by white, gilt-reined
a feast; the mortuary cloth of King
a painter can copy from nature"; and
a song beginning "Madame, je suis
a mourning-bed made for her of
a gold and silver ground, and fringed
a room hung with rows of the
a whole year, he sought to
a special passion, also, for
a gorgeous cope of crimson silk and
a repeating pattern of golden
a seraph's head in gold-thread raised
a diaper of red and gold silk, and
a season, from the fear that seemed
a curtain. For weeks he would not go
a few years he could not endure to
a part of his life, and was also afraid
a few who distrusted him. He was
a West End club of which his birth
a member, and it was said that on
a friend into the smoking-room of the
a marked manner and went out.
a low den in the distant parts of
a sneer, or look at him with cold
a sufficient answer to the calumnies,
a time, to shun him. Women who had
a certain element of security. Society -
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much less value than the possession of
good chef. And, after all, it is
told that the man who has given one
as Lord Henry remarked once, in
on the subject, and there is possibly
to it. It should have the dignity of
combine the insincere character of
plays delightful to us. Is insincerity such
terrible thing? I think not. It is merely
those who conceive the ego in man as
and of one essence. To him, man was
with myriad lives and myriad sensations,
stomacher, and pink slashed sleeves.
collar of white and damask roses. On
roses. On a table by her side lay
so overladen with rings. He had been
him hung the portrait of his wife,
him, he had sat, as Tiberius, in
and supped in an ivory manger with
as Domitian, had wandered through
denies nothing; and had peered through
red shambles of the circus and then, in
through the Street of Pomegranates to
slew his wife and painted her lips with
florins, was bought at the price of
body was covered with roses by
who received Leonora of Aragon in
with nymphs and centaurs, and gilded
by the spectacle of death, and who had
the blood of three lads was infused by
and man, who strangled Polyssena with
and gave poison to Ginevra d'Este in
in a cup of emerald, and in honour of
in honour of a shameful passion built
so wildly adored his brother's wife that
had cursed him, blessed him. There was
manners of poisoning - poisoning by
poisoning - poisoning by a helmet and
torch, by an embroidered glove and
glove and a jewelled fan, by
Dorian Gray had been poisoned by
when he looked on evil simply as
Square and South Audley Street,
of his grey ulster turned up. He had
recognized him. It was Basil Hallward.
and then hurrying after him. In
for six months. I intend to take
and shut myself up till I have finished
are at your door. Let me come in for
looked at him and smiled. "What
at him and smiled. "What a way for
way for a fashionable painter to travel!
Dorian into the library. There was
-water and large cut-glass tumblers, on
your best gold-tipped cigarettes. He is
do you know? - he was not at all
half an hour." Dorian sighed and lit
t believe them when I see you. Sin is
Sin is a thing that writes itself across
vices. There are no such things. If
no such things. If a wretched man has
a good chef. And, after all, it is
a very poor consolation to be told
a bad dinner, or poor wine, is
a discussion on the subject, and there
a good deal to be said for his view.
a ceremony, as well as its unreality,
a romantic play with the wit and
a terrible thing? I think not. It is
a method by which we can multiply
a thing simple, permanent, reliable,
a being with myriad lives and myriad
a complex multiform creature that
A flower was in her right hand, and
a table by her side lay a mandolin
a mandolin and an apple. There were
a macaroni of the eighteenth century,
a pallid, thin-lipped woman in black.
a garden at Capri, reading the
a jewel-frontleted horse; and, as
a corridor lined with marble mirrors,
a clear emerald at the red shambles
a litter of pearl and purple drawn by
a House of Gold and heard men cry
a scarlet poison that her lover might
a terrible sin; Gian Maria Visconti,
a harlot who had loved him; the
a pavilion of white and crimson silk,
a boy that he might serve at the feast
a passion for red blood, as other men
a Jewish doctor; Sigismondo Malatesta,
a napkin, and gave poison to Ginevra
a cup of emerald, and in honour of a
a shameful passion built a pagan
a pagan church for Christian worship;
a leper had warned him of the
a horrible fascination in them all. He
a helmet and a lighted torch, by an
a lighted torch, by an embroidered
a jewelled fan, by a gilded pomander
a gilded pomander and by an amber
a book. There were moments when
a mode through which he could
a man passed him in the mist,
a bag in his hand. Dorian recognized
A strange sense of fear, for which he
a few moments, his hand was on his
a studio in Paris and shut myself up
a great picture I have in my head.
a moment. I have something to say to
a way for a fashionable painter to
a fashionable painter to travel! A
A Gladstone bag and an ulster! Come
a bright wood fire blazing in the
a little marqueterie table. "You see
a most hospitable creature. I like him
a bad servant. I never liked him, but I
a cigarette. "Half an hour!" he
a thing that writes itself across a
a man's face. It cannot be concealed.
a wretched man has a vice, it shows
a vice, it shows itself in the lines of
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him at the time, though I have heard
to say. Why is it, Dorian, that
Duke of Berwick leaves the room of
or invite you to theirs? You used to be
most artistic tastes, but that you were
room with. I reminded him that I was
Ashton, who had to leave England with
Dorian Gray, biting his lip, and with
voice. "You ask me why Berwick leaves
writes his friend's name across
In this country, it is enough for
fine. You have not been fine. One has
been fine. One has a right to judge of
You have filled them with
should not have made his sister's name
When you met Lady Gwendolen, not
scandal had ever touched her. Is there
preach to you. I want you to lead such
world respect you. I want you to have
I want you to have a clean name and
that. Don't be so indifferent. You have
it is quite sufficient for you to enter
friends at Oxford. He showed me
your soul. But only God can do that."
yourself, to-night!" he cried, seizing
in his boyish insolent manner. He felt
good. You know I have been always
me. Finish what you have to say."
across the painter's face. He paused for
s face. He paused for a moment, and
life of Dorian Gray? If he had done
waiting, Basil," said the young man in
" Dorian Gray smiled. There was
Basil," he said quietly. "I keep
read anything to-night. All I want is
shadows on the wall and staircase.
insist on knowing, Basil?" he asked in
lamp, he opened the door and went in.
passed them, and the light shot up for
and the light shot up for a moment in
table. Hallward glanced round him with
if it had not been lived in for years.
in for years. A faded Flemish tapestry,
all that it seemed to contain, besides
seemed to contain, besides a chair and
a table. As Dorian Gray was lighting
dust and that the carpet was in holes.
behind the wainscoting. There was
"You are mad, Dorian, or playing
he felt as if his blood had changed in
looked at Dorian Gray with the eyes of
the faces of those who are absorbed in
passion of the spectator, with perhaps
his ears. "Years ago, when I was
looks. One day you introduced me to
the wonder of youth, and you finished
to me the wonder of beauty. In
t know whether I regret or not, I made
made a wish, perhaps you would call it
never meet again. This is the face of
the face of my soul." "Christ! what
a good deal since. He offered an
a man like the Duke of Berwick
a club when you enter it? Why is it
a friend of Lord Staveley. I met him
a man whom no pure-minded girl
a friend of yours, and asked him
a tarnished name. You and he were
a note of infinite contempt in his
a room when I enter it. It is because I
a bill, am I his keeper? I know how
a man to have distinction and brains
a right to judge of a man by the
a man by the effect he has over his
a madness for pleasure. They have
a by-word." "Take care, Basil.
a breath of scandal had ever touched
a single decent woman in London
a life as will make the world respect
a clean name and a fair record. I
a fair record. I want you to get rid of
a wonderful influence. Let it be for
a house for shame of some kind to
a letter that his wife had written to
A bitter laugh of mockery broke from
a lamp from the table. "Come: it is
a terrible joy at the thought that
a stanch friend to you." "Don't touch
A twisted flash of pain shot across the
a moment, and a wild feeling of pity
a wild feeling of pity came over him.
a tithe of what was rumoured about
a hard clear voice. He turned round.
a curl of contempt in his lips. "Come
a diary of my life from day to day,
a plain answer to my question." "That
A rising wind made some of the
a low voice. "Yes." "I am delighted
A cold current of air passed them,
a moment in a flame of murky
a flame of murky orange. He
a puzzled expression. The room
A faded Flemish tapestry, a curtained
a curtained picture, an old Italian
a chair and a table. As Dorian Gray
a table. As Dorian Gray was lighting
a half-burned candle that was standing
A mouse ran scuffling behind the
a damp odour of mildew. "So you
a part," muttered Hallward, frowning.
a moment from fire to sluggish ice.
a sick man. His mouth twitched, and
a play when some great artist is
a flicker of triumph in his eyes. He
a boy," said Dorian Gray, crushing
a friend of yours, who explained to
a portrait of me that revealed to me
a mad moment that, even now, I don't
a wish, perhaps you would call it a
a prayer...." "I remember it! Oh, how
a satyr." "It is the face of my soul
a thing I must have worshipped! It
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have worshipped! It has the eyes of
hell in him, Basil," cried Dorian with
eating the thing away. The rotting of
thing away. The rotting of a corpse in
his hands. "Good God, Dorian, what
down and try if we cannot remember
cannot remember a prayer. Isn't there
grinning lips. The mad passions of
it. He knew what it was. It was
brought up, some days before, to cut
stabbing again and again. There was
to trickle on the floor. He waited for
absolutely quiet. No one was about. For
the fog away, and the sky was like
the silent houses. The crimson spot of
at the corner and then vanished.
corner and then vanished. A woman in
back. Once, she began to sing in
to her. She stumbled away, laughing.
Then he remembered the lamp. It was
would be asked. He hesitated for
the long hands looked! It was like
hidden away somewhere. He unlocked
secret press that was in the wainscoting,
for what he had done. There had been
could be destroyed long before then.
He waited and held his breath. After
table and passed into the library. For
next morning his servant came in with
came in with a cup of chocolate on
underneath his cheek. He looked like
he woke, and as he opened his eyes
The sky was bright, and there was
warmth in the air. It was almost like
of all that he had suffered, and for
the passions, and gave to the intellect
But this was not one of them. It was
even more than his usual care, giving
his rings more than once. He spent
times over and then tore up with
in his face. "That awful thing,
coffee, he wiped his lips slowly with
As soon as he was alone, he lit
lit a cigarette and began sketching upon
every face that he drew seemed to have
over to the book-case and took out
was of citron-green leather, with
of the pink and pearl city, seated in
autumn that he had passed there, and
wild over Tintoret. Poor Basil! What
Poor Basil! What a horrible way for
curious statue that Gautier compares to
But after
from his hand. He grew nervous, and
for science. At Cambridge he had spent
in the laboratory, and had taken
to the study of chemistry, and had
on his standing for Parliament and had
Parliament and had a vague idea that
had a vague idea that a chemist was
and fascinating in life. Whether or not
a devil." "Each of us has heaven and
a wild gesture of despair. Hallward
a corpse in a watery grave was not so
a watery grave was not so fearful. His
a lesson! What an awful lesson!"
a prayer. Isn't there a verse
a verse somewhere, 'Though your sins
a hunted animal stirred within him,
a knife that he had brought up, some
a piece of cord, and had forgotten to
a stifled groan and the horrible sound
a moment, still pressing the head
a few seconds he stood bending over
a monstrous peacock's tail, starred
a prowling hansom gleamed at the
A woman in a fluttering shawl was
a fluttering shawl was creeping slowly
a hoarse voice. The policeman strolled
A bitter blast swept across the square.
a rather curious one of Moorish
a moment, then he turned back and
a dreadful wax image. Having locked
a secret press that was in the
a press in which he kept his own
a madness of murder in the air. Some
A sudden thought struck him. He put
a few moments he drew back the
a quarter of an hour he walked up
a cup of chocolate on a tray and
a tray and opened the shutters.
a boy who had been tired out with
a faint smile passed across his lips, as
a genial warmth in the air. It was
a morning in May. Gradually the
a moment the same curious feeling of
a quickened sense of joy, greater than
a thing to be driven out of the mind,
a good deal of attention to the choice
a long time also over breakfast,
a slight look of annoyance in his face.
a woman's memory!" as Lord Henry
a napkin, motioned to his servant to
a cigarette and began sketching upon
a piece of paper, drawing first
a fantastic likeness to Basil Hallward.
a volume at hazard. He was
a design of gilt trellis-work and dotted
a black gondola with silver prow and
a wonderful love that had stirred him
a horrible way for a man to die! He
a man to die! He sighed, and took up
a contralto voice, the "monstre
a time the book fell from his hand.
a horrible fit of terror came over him.
a great deal of his time working in
a good class in the Natural Science
a laboratory of his own in which he
a vague idea that a chemist was a
a chemist was a person who made up
a person who made up prescriptions.
a quarrel had taken place between
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up and down the room, looking like
by terror, twisted and distorted as
pain, danced like some foul puppet on
raced nimbly on in front, and dragged
Mr. Campbell, sir," said the man.
away. The man bowed and retired. In
house again, Gray. But you said it was
spoke with slow deliberation. There was
he had been greeted. "Yes: it is
one person. Sit down." Campbell took
he was going to do was dreadful. After
him he had sent for, "Alan, in
a locked room at the top of this house,
to which nobody but myself has access,
has access, a dead man is seated at
is upstairs - to destroy it so that not
everything that belongs to him, into
- mad to imagine that I would raise
you. Nothing will induce me to stir
to be arrested. Nobody ever commits
something to do with it. Wait, wait
Alan. All I ask of you is to perform
laboratory you found this man lying on
admirable subject. You would not turn
often done before. Indeed, to destroy
Then he stretched out his hand, took
pale and he fell back in his chair.
you leave me no alternative. I have
buried his face in his hands, and
be done. Face it, and do it."
hand upon his shoulder weighed like
no choice. Don't delay." He hesitated
" He hesitated a moment. "Is there
in the room upstairs?" "Yes, there is
must not leave the house. Write out on
what you want and my servant will take
things back to you." Campbell scrawled
chimney-piece. He was shivering with
minutes, neither of the men spoke.
ticking of the clock was like the beat of
"Your life? Good heavens! what
" "Ah, Alan," murmured Dorian with
Dorian with a sigh, "I wish you had
no answer. After about ten minutes
door, and the servant entered, carrying
large mahogany chest of chemicals, with
I don't want any white ones. It is
a lovely day, Francis, and Richmond is
your experiment take, Alan?" he said in
calm indifferent voice. The presence of
room. "Now, Alan, there is not
it in the lock. Then he stopped, and
rush forward, when he drew back with
there, as he had left it. He heaved
heaved a deep breath, opened the door
of each other. "Leave me now," said
and that Campbell was gazing into
had left, he went upstairs. There was
exquisitely dressed and wearing
at one's ease as when one has to play
believed that he had passed through
a beautiful caged thing. He took long
a living thing by pain, danced like
a stand and grinned through moving
a hideous future from its grave, and
A sigh of relief broke from his
a few moments, Alan Campbell
a matter of life and death." His voice
a look of contempt in the steady
a matter of life and death, Alan, and
a chair by the table, and Dorian sat
a strained moment of silence, he
a locked room at the top of this
a room to which nobody but myself
a dead man is seated at a table. He
a table. He has been dead ten hours
a vestige of it will be left. Nobody
a handful of ashes that I may scatter
a finger to help you, mad to make
a step to help you. You have come
a crime without doing something
a moment; listen to me. Only listen,
a certain scientific experiment. You go
a leaden table with red gutters
a hair. You would not believe that
a body must be far less horrible than
a piece of paper, and wrote
A horrible sense of sickness came
a letter written already. Here it is.
a shudder passed through him. "Yes,
A groan broke from Campbell's lips
a hand of lead. It was intolerable. It
a moment. "Is there a fire in the room
a fire in the room upstairs?" "Yes,
a gas-fire with asbestos." "I shall have
a sheet of notepaper what you want
a cab and bring the things back to
a few lines, blotted them, and
a kind of ague. For nearly twenty
A fly buzzed noisily about the room,
a hammer. As the chime struck one,
a life that is! You have gone from
a sigh, "I wish you had a thousandth
a thousandth part of the pity for me
a knock came to the door, and the
a large mahogany chest of chemicals,
a long coil of steel and platinum wire
a lovely day, Francis, and Richmond
a very pretty place - otherwise I
a calm indifferent voice. The presence
a third person in the room seemed
a moment to be lost. How heavy this
a troubled look came into his eyes.
a shudder. What was that loathsome
a deep breath, opened the door a
a little wider, and with half-closed
a stern voice behind him. He turned
a glistening yellow face. As he was
a horrible smell of nitric acid in the
a large button-hole of Parma violets,
a part. Certainly no one looking at
a tragedy as horrible as any tragedy
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fingers could never have clutched
at the calm of his demeanour, and for
felt keenly the terrible pleasure of
terrible pleasure of a double life. It was
It was a small party, got up rather in
a hurry by Lady Narborough, who was
having buried her husband properly in
raise the wind, that I never had even
and there is no pleasure in taking in
was, as she explained to Dorian, behind
to think about. There has not been
me and amuse me." Dorian murmured
round the room. Yes: it was certainly
overdressed woman of forty-seven, with
Erlynne,
Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with
Alice Chapman, his hostess's daughter,
never remembered; and her husband,
smiling, "I have not been in love for
she remembers you when you were
his long fingers; "and when she is in
she looks like an edition de luxe of
you, Harry!" cried Dorian. "It is
Lady Narborough." "I don't believe
Henry. "You were far too happy. When
she detested her first husband. When
would ever be married. You would be
it were fin du globe," said Dorian with
said Dorian with a sigh. "Life is
me that you have exhausted life. When
- you look so good. I must find you
Narborough," said Lord Henry with
bow. "Well, we must look out for
Debrett carefully to-night and draw out
edited. But nothing must be done in
it to be what The Morning Post calls
marriages!" exclaimed Lord Henry. "
he does not love her." "Ah! what
to meet, though. I want it to be
gathering." "I like men who have
have a future and women who have
"Or do you think that would make it
said, laughing, as she stood up. "
mind, Lady Narborough. I smoke
said Lord Henry. "Moderation is
is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as
meal. More than enough is as good as
some afternoon, Lord Henry. It sounds
Henry. Mr. Chapman began to talk in
to be the proper bulwark for society.
her. She is very clever, too clever for
"I like him," said Lord Henry. "
always absolutely over-educated. He is
Monte Carlo with his father." "Ah! what
thrust Basil Hallward's coat and bag.
having lit some Algerian pastilles in
he bathed his hands and forehead with
Between two of the windows stood
lapis. He watched it as though it were
His breath quickened.
A mad craving came over him. He lit
a knife for sin, nor those smiling lips
a moment felt keenly the terrible
a double life. It was a small party, got
a small party, got up rather in a
a hurry by Lady Narborough, who
a very clever woman with what Lord
a marble mausoleum, which she had
a flirtation with anybody. However,
a husband who never sees anything."
a very shabby fan, one of her married
a scandal in the neighbourhood since
a graceful compliment and looked
a tedious party. Two of the people he
a hooked nose, who was always trying
a pushing nobody, with a delightful
a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair;
a dowdy dull girl, with one of those
a red-cheeked, white-whiskered
a whole week - not, in fact, since
a little girl, Lady Narborough," said
a very smart gown she looks like an
a bad French novel. She is really
a most romantic explanation," laughed
a word of it." "Well, ask Mr.
a woman marries again, it is because
a man marries again, it is because he
a set of unfortunate bachelors. Not,
a sigh. "Life is a great
a great disappointment." "Ah, my
a man says that one knows that life
a nice wife. Lord Henry, don't you
a bow. "Well, we must look out for
a suitable match for him. I shall go
a list of all the eligible young ladies."
a hurry. I want it to be what The
a suitable alliance, and I want you
A man can be happy with any woman,
a cynic you are!" cried the old lady,
a delightful gathering." "I like men
a future and women who have a past,"
a past," he answered. "Or do you think
a petticoat party?" "I fear so," she said
A thousand pardons, my dear Lady
a great deal too much. I am going to
a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a
a meal. More than enough is as good
a feast." Lady Ruxton glanced at him
a fascinating theory," she murmured,
a loud voice about the situation in
A smile curved Lord Henry's lips,
a woman. She lacks the indefinable
A great many people don't, but I find
a very modern type." "I don't know if
a nuisance people's people are! Try
A huge fire was blazing. He piled
a pierced copper brazier, he bathed
a cool musk-scented vinegar. Suddenly
a large Florentine cabinet, made out
a thing that could fascinate and make
A mad craving came over him. He lit
a cigarette and then threw it away.
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it, touched some hidden spring.
in, and closed on something. It was
metal threads. He opened it. Inside was
He hesitated for some moments, with
Gray, dressed commonly, and with
of his house. In Bond Street he found
Bond Street he found a hansom with
with a good horse. He hailed it and in
far for me," he muttered. "Here is
The moon hung low in the sky like
like a yellow skull. From time to time
time a huge misshapen cloud stretched
lost his way and had to drive back half
way and had to drive back half a mile.
of the hansom were clogged with
as he had done? Who had made him
their orange, fanlike tongues of fire.
screamed. The horse stumbled in
rut, then swerved aside and broke into
He hated them.
rage was in his heart. As they turned
in his heart. As they turned a corner,
men ran after the hansom for about
is said that passion makes one think in
free. Suddenly the man drew up with
man drew up with a jerk at the top of
direction of the quay. Here and there
shook and splintered in the puddles.
coaling. The slimy pavement looked like
seven or eight minutes he reached
In one of the top-windows stood
stood a lamp. He stopped and gave
and gave a peculiar knock. After
quietly, and he went in without saying
he passed. At the end of the hall hung
street. He dragged it aside and entered
which looked as if it had once been
liquor. Some Malays were crouching by
with his head buried in his arms,
in his arms, a sailor sprawled over
At the end of the room there was
there was a little staircase, leading to
odour of opium met him. He heaved
with pleasure. When he entered,
yellow hair, who was bending over
who was bending over a lamp lighting
pipe, looked up at him and nodded in
either.... I don't care," he added with
was prisoned in thought. Memory, like
on to the other place," he said after
and followed Dorian to the bar.
to the bar. A half-caste, in
A half-caste, in a ragged turban and
turban and a shabby ulster, grinned
grinned a hideous greeting as he thrust
back on them and said something in
in a low voice to Adrian Singleton.
Adrian Singleton. A crooked smile, like
me again." Two red sparks flashed for
anything, won't you?" said Dorian, after
A triangular drawer passed slowly out.
a small Chinese box of black and
a green paste, waxy in lustre, the
a strangely immobile smile upon his
a muffler wrapped round his throat,
a hansom with a good horse. He
a good horse. He hailed it and in a
a low voice gave the driver an
a sovereign for you," said Dorian.
A cold rain began to fall, and the
a yellow skull. From time to time a
a huge misshapen cloud stretched a
a long arm across and hid it. The gasa mile. A steam rose from the horse
A steam rose from the horse as it
a grey-flannel mist. "To cure the soul
a judge over others? He had said
A dog barked as they went by, and
a rut, then swerved aside and broke
a gallop. After some time they left
A dull rage was in his heart. As they
a corner, a woman yelled something
a woman yelled something at them
a hundred yards. The driver beat at
a circle. Certainly with hideous
a jerk at the top of a dark lane. Over
a dark lane. Over the low roofs and
a lantern gleamed at the stern of
A red glare came from an
a wet mackintosh. He hurried on
a small shabby house that was
a lamp. He stopped and gave a
a peculiar knock. After a little time
a little time he heard steps in the
a word to the squat misshapen figure
a tattered green curtain that swayed
a long low room which looked as if it
a third-rate dancing-saloon. Shrill
a little charcoal stove, playing with
a sailor sprawled over a table, and by
a table, and by the tawdrily painted
a little staircase, leading to a
a darkened chamber. As Dorian
a deep breath, and his nostrils
a young man with smooth yellow hair,
a lamp lighting a long thin pipe,
a long thin pipe, looked up at him
a hesitating manner. "You here,
a sigh. "As long as one has this stuff
a horrible malady, was eating his soul
a pause. "On the wharf?" "Yes."
A half-caste, in a ragged turban and a
a ragged turban and a shabby ulster,
a shabby ulster, grinned a hideous
a hideous greeting as he thrust a
a bottle of brandy and two tumblers
a low voice to Adrian Singleton. A
A crooked smile, like a Malay crease,
a Malay crease, writhed across the
a moment in the woman's sodden
a pause. "Perhaps." "Good night, then
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and wiping his parched mouth with
Dorian walked to the door with
his face. As he drew the curtain aside,
the devil's bargain!" she hiccoughed, in
of insult. He bit his lip, and for
pity was one had to pay so often for
what the world calls sin, so dominates
of evil, fell from heaven, it was as
as he went, but as he darted aside into
archway, that had served him often as
was thrust back against the wall, with
He struggled madly for life, and by
wrenched the tightening fingers away. In
away. In a second he heard the click of
of a revolver, and saw the gleam of
at his head, and the dusky form of
Vane, you are going to die." There was
he did not know what to do. Suddenly
years," laughed Dorian Gray, with
at my face!" James Vane hesitated for
of youth. He seemed little more than
have murdered you!" Dorian Gray drew
have been on the brink of committing
looking at him sternly. "Let this be
muttered James Vane. "I was deceived.
was trembling from head to foot. After
from head to foot. After a little while,
to him with stealthy footsteps. He felt
laid on his arm and looked round with
and I want no man's money. I want
forty now. This one is little more than
upon my hands." The woman gave
gave a bitter laugh. "Little more than
say he has sold himself to the devil for
I have, though," she added, with
of Monmouth, who with her husband,
to her. Lord Henry was lying back in
wicker chair, looking at them. On
rechristening everything, Gladys. It is
orchid, for my button-hole. It was
as effective as the seven deadly sins. In
what it was called. He told me it was
something dreadful of that kind. It is
in literature. The man who could call
The man who could call a spade
said Dorian. "I recognize him in
of it," laughed Lord Henry, sinking into
Henry, sinking into a chair. "From
" "Royalties may not abdicate," fell as
never tilt against beauty," he said, with
seven deadly virtues, Gladys. You, as
has emigrated to England and opened
afraid. Our countrymen never recognize
What of art?" she asked. "It is
substitute for belief." "You are
"To define is to limit." "Give me
talk of some one else." "Our host is
as the best specimen he could find of
an enemy. To be popular one must be
by it, Harry?" asked the duchess after
a handkerchief. Dorian walked to the
a look of pain in his face. As he drew
a hideous laugh broke from the
a hoarse voice. "Curse you!" he
a few seconds his eyes grew sad. Yet,
a single fault. One had to pay over
a nature that every fibre of the body,
a rebel that he fell. Callous,
a dim archway, that had served him
a short cut to the ill-famed place
a brutal hand round his throat. He
a terrible effort wrenched the
a second he heard the click of a
a revolver, and saw the gleam of a
a polished barrel, pointing straight at
a short, thick-set man facing him. "
a horrible moment. Dorian did not
a wild hope flashed across his brain.
a touch of triumph in his voice.
a moment, not understanding what
a lad of twenty summers, hardly older,
a long breath. "You have been on the
a terrible crime, my man," he said,
a warning to you not to take
A chance word I heard in that
a little while, a black shadow that
a black shadow that had been
a hand laid on his arm and looked
a start. It was one of the women who
a man's life. The man whose life I
a boy. Thank God, I have not got his
a bitter laugh. "Little more than a
a boy!" she sneered. "Why, man,
a pretty face. It's nigh on eighteen
a sickly leer. "You swear this?" "I
A week later Dorian Gray was sitting
a jaded-looking man of sixty, was
a silk-draped wicker chair, looking at
a peach-coloured divan sat Lady
a delightful idea." "But I don't want to
a marvellous spotted thing, as
a thoughtless moment I asked one of
a fine specimen of Robinsoniana, or
a sad truth, but we have lost the
a spade a spade should be compelled
a spade should be compelled to use
a flash," exclaimed the duchess. "I
a chair. "From a label there is no
a label there is no escape! I refuse
a warning from pretty lips. "You wish
a wave of his hand. "That is your
a good Tory, must not underrate them.
a shop." "Is that yours, Harry?" "
a description." "They are practical."
a malady." "Love?" "An illusion." "
a sceptic." "Never! Scepticism is the
a clue." "Threads snap. You would
a delightful topic. Years ago he was
a modern butterfly." "Well, I hope he
a mediocrity." "Not with women," said
a pause. "Especially when one has
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turned and looked at Dorian Gray with
" she inquired. Dorian hesitated for
side of the Trojans. They fought for
she answered. "You gallop with
diary to-night." "What?" "That
has passed from men to women. It is
is a new experience for us." "You have
not explained you." "Describe us as
to his flowers, Gladys." "That would be
that." "Women are not always allowed
the far end of the conservatory came
groan, followed by the dull sound of
face downwards on the tiled floor in
and laid upon one of the sofas. After
came to himself and looked round with
to his room and dressed. There was
as he sat at table, but now and then
the window of the conservatory, like
of the time in his own room, sick with
become suddenly colder. Oh! in what
himself that he had been the victim of
fears with something of pity and not
sky was an inverted cup of blue metal.
fascinated him and filled him with
high indifference of joy. Suddenly from
limbs throwing it forward, started
it forward, started a hare. It bolted for
There were two cries heard, the cry of
in pain, which is dreadful, the cry of
is worse. "Good heavens! I have hit
called out at the top of his voice. "
The head-keeper came running up with
the lithe swinging branches aside. In
a few moments they emerged, dragging
through the boughs overhead. After
like endless hours of pain - he felt
looked at Lord Henry and said, with
said, with a heavy sigh, "It is
"It is a bad omen, Harry,
It makes people think that one is
matter." Dorian shook his head. "It is
passing his hand over his eyes, with
You have everything in the world that
me. Good heavens! don't you see
we get back to town." Dorian heaved
The man touched his hat, glanced for
for a moment at Lord Henry in
a hesitating manner, and then produced
qualities in them that I admire most.
certainty," said Lord Henry, lighting
I could love," cried Dorian Gray with
myself. My own personality has become
down here at all. I think I shall send
Harvey to have the yacht got ready. On
sadly. "And I dare say it is only
accident has upset me. I have
is the duchess, looking like Artemis in
they told you about the man. It is
to know some one who had committed
It is the uncertainty that charms one.
a curious expression in her eyes.
a moment. Then he threw his head
a woman." "They were defeated."
a loose rein." "Pace gives life," was the
a burnt child loves the fire." "I am
a new experience for us." "You have a
a rival." "Who?" He laughed. "Lady
a sex," was her challenge. "Sphinxes
a premature surrender." "Romantic art
a choice," he answered, but hardly
a stifled groan, followed by the dull
a heavy fall. Everybody started up.
a deathlike swoon. He was carried at
a short time, he came to himself and
a dazed expression. "What has
a wild recklessness of gaiety in his
a thrill of terror ran through him
a white handkerchief, he had seen the
a wild terror of dying, and yet
a wild hour of madness he had killed
a terror-stricken imagination, and
a little of contempt. After breakfast,
A thin film of ice bordered the flat,
a sense of delightful freedom. He was
a lumpy tussock of old grass some
a hare. It bolted for a thicket of
a thicket of alders. Sir Geoffrey put
a hare in pain, which is dreadful, the
a man in agony, which is worse.
a beater!" exclaimed Sir Geoffrey.
A man is hurt." The head-keeper
a stick in his hand. "Where, sir?
a few moments they emerged,
a body after them into the sunlight.
A great copper-breasted pheasant
a few moments - that were to him, in
a hand laid on his shoulder. He
a heavy sigh, "It is a bad omen,
a bad omen, Harry, a very bad omen."
a very bad omen." "What is?" asked
a wild shot. And Geoffrey is not; he
a bad omen, Harry. I feel as if
a gesture of pain. The elder man
a man can want. There is no one
a man moving behind the trees
a sigh of relief as he saw the
a moment at Lord Henry in a
a hesitating manner, and then
a letter, which he handed to his
A woman will flirt with anybody in
a cigarette. "You would sacrifice
a deep note of pathos in his voice.
a burden to me. I want to escape, to
a wire to Harvey to have the yacht
a yacht one is safe." "Safe from what,
a fancy of mine. This unfortunate
a horrible presentiment that
a tailor-made gown. You see we have
a hideous subject." "It is an annoying
a real murder." "How horrid of you,
A mist makes things wonderful." "One
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said Lord Henry. "I will not part with
Her teeth showed like white seeds in
own room, Dorian Gray was lying on
Life had suddenly become too hideous
unlucky beater, shot in the thicket like
at what Lord Henry had said in
been spotted with blood. Then he wrote
As he was putting it into the envelope,
Dorian pulled his chequebook out of
morning, Thornton?" he said, taking up
sir. Never saw him before. Seems like
heart had suddenly stopped beating. "
sailor?" he cried out. "Did you say
sir. He looks as if he had been
"Some money, sir - not much, and
There was no name of any kind.
looking man, sir, but rough-like.
we think." Dorian started to his feet.
sort of thing in their houses. They say
myself. It will save time." In less than
his path. Once the mare swerved at
to one of them. In the farthest stable
upon the latch. There he paused for
feeling that he was on the brink of
thrust the door open and entered. On
far corner was lying the dead body of
the dead body of a man dressed in
of a man dressed in a coarse shirt and
shirt and a pair of blue trousers.
had been placed over the face.
over the face. A coarse candle, stuck in
had done so, he stepped forward.
Henry, dipping his white fingers into
In the country, Harry. I was staying at
ever be found together. For I have
companion as he spilled into his plate
of seeded strawberries and, through
I can tell you, Harry. It is not
own class, of course. She was simply
of course. She was simply a girl in
down and see her two or three times
times a week. Yesterday she met me in
of the emotion must have given you
of mint and marigold." "And weep over
she will be married some day to
married some day to a rough carter or
From
of your great renunciation. Even as
saw her white face at the window, like
I have ever known, is really
in Paris at all. I suppose in about
to be seen at San Francisco. It must be
her. Of course, married life is merely
course, married life is merely a habit,
was very popular, and always wore
to have enemies. Of course, he had
a wonderful genius for painting. But
he told me, years ago, that he had
very fond of Basil," said Dorian with
dear fellow, that you were posing for
It is not in you, Dorian, to commit
a petal." "Monmouth has ears." "Old
a scarlet fruit. Upstairs, in his own
a sofa, with terror in every tingling
a burden for him to bear. The
a wild animal, had seemed to him to
a chance mood of cynical jesting. At
a note to Lord Henry, telling him that
a knock came to the door, and his
a drawer and spread it out before
a pen. "Yes, sir," answered the
a sailor, sir." The pen dropped from
A sailor?" he cried out. "Did you say
a sailor?" "Yes, sir. He looks as
a sort of sailor; tattooed on both
a six-shooter. There was no name of
A decent-looking man, sir, but roughA sort of sailor we think." Dorian
A terrible hope fluttered past him.
a corpse brings bad luck." "The Home
a quarter of an hour, Dorian Gray
a white gate-post and nearly threw
a light was glimmering. Something
a moment, feeling that he was on the
a discovery that would either make or
a heap of sacking in the far corner
a man dressed in a coarse shirt and a
a coarse shirt and a pair of blue
a pair of blue trousers. A spotted
A spotted handkerchief had been
A coarse candle, stuck in a bottle,
a bottle, sputtered beside it. Dorian
A cry of joy broke from his lips. The
a red copper bowl filled with
a little inn by myself." "My dear boy,"
a new ideal, Harry. I am going to
a little crimson pyramid of seeded
a perforated, shell-shaped spoon,
a story I could tell to any one else. I
a girl in a village. But I really loved
a village. But I really loved her. I am
a week. Yesterday she met me in a
a little orchard. The apple-blossoms
a thrill of real pleasure, Dorian,"
a faithless Florizel," said Lord Henry,
a rough carter or a grinning
a grinning ploughman. Well, the fact
a moral point of view, I cannot say
a beginning, it is poor. Besides, how
a spray of jasmine. Don't let us talk
a sort of sin. I want to be better.
a fortnight we shall be told that he
a delightful city, and possess all the
a habit, a bad habit. But then one
a bad habit. But then one regrets the
a Waterbury watch. Why should he
a wonderful genius for painting. But a
a man can paint like Velasquez and
a wild adoration for you and that you
a note of sadness in his voice. "But
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was to them what art is to us, simply
of procuring extraordinary sensations." "
sensations? Do you think, then, that
that a man who has once committed
t tell me that." "Oh! anything becomes
fancy, however, that murder is always
could believe that he had come to such
gone off very much." Dorian heaved
room and began to stroke the head of
the head of a curious Java parrot,
and tail, that was balancing itself upon
to be great friends, he ceased to be
If so, he never forgave you. It's
the way. You never got it back? What
it back? What a pity! it was really
and good intentions that always entitles
that always entitles a man to be called
do they run? - "Like the painting of
- "Like the painting of a sorrow,
painting of a sorrow, A face without
it was like." Lord Henry laughed. "If
on the piano. "'Like the painting of
'" he repeated, "'a face without
"By the way, Dorian," he said after
said after a pause, "'what does it profit
close by the Marble Arch there stood
rich in curious effects of that kind.
A wet Sunday, an uncouth Christian in
an uncouth Christian in a mackintosh,
a ring of sickly white faces under
broken roof of dripping umbrellas, and
it was really very good in its way, quite
of telling the prophet that art had
"Don't, Harry. The soul is
be poisoned, or made perfect. There is
the soul. Play me something. Play me
and, as you play, tell me, in
It is marvellously romantic. What
it by renunciations. At present you are
governed by will or intention. Life is
safe and think yourself strong. But
strong. But a chance tone of colour in
a chance tone of colour in a room or
of colour in a room or a morning sky,
and that brings subtle memories with it,
subtle memories with it, a line from
poem that you had come across again,
had come across again, a cadence from
have never done anything, never carved
never carved a statue, or painted
go to the club, then. It has been
you." "I hope not," said Dorian with
good," he answered, smiling. "I am
be friends." "Yet you poisoned me with
we will be. As for being poisoned by
She is
he reached the door, he hesitated for
It was
always very old and very ugly. What
What a laugh she had! - just like
that one could never change? He felt
a method of procuring extraordinary
A method of procuring sensations?
a man who has once committed a
a murder could possibly do the same
a pleasure if one does it too often,"
a mistake. One should never do
a really romantic end as you suggest,
a sigh, and Lord Henry strolled
a curious Java parrot, a large,
a large, grey-plumaged bird with pink
a bamboo perch. As his pointed
a great artist. What was it separated
a habit bores have. By the way, what
a pity! it was really a masterpiece. I
a masterpiece. I remember I wanted
a man to be called a representative
a representative British artist. Did
a sorrow, A face without a heart."
A face without a heart." Yes: that is
a heart." Yes: that is what it was like
a man treats life artistically, his brain
a sorrow,'" he repeated, "'a face
a heart.'" The elder man lay back and
a pause, "'what does it profit a man if
a man if he gain the whole world and
a little crowd of shabby-looking
A wet Sunday, an uncouth Christian
a mackintosh, a ring of sickly white
a ring of sickly white faces under a
a broken roof of dripping umbrellas,
a wonderful phrase flung into the air
a suggestion. I thought of telling the
a soul, but that man had not. I am
a terrible reality. It can be bought,
a soul in each one of us. I know it
a nocturne, Dorian, and, as you play,
a low voice, how you have kept your
a blessing it is that there is one art
a perfect type. Don't make yourself
a question of nerves, and fibres, and
a chance tone of colour in a room or
a room or a morning sky, a particular
a morning sky, a particular perfume
a particular perfume that you had
a line from a forgotten poem that
a forgotten poem that you had come
a cadence from a piece of music that
a piece of music that you had ceased
a statue, or painted a picture, or
a picture, or produced anything
a charming evening, and we must end
a sad look in his eyes. "But I am
a little changed already." "You cannot
a book once. I should not forgive that.
a book, there is no such thing as that.
a charming woman, and wants to
a moment, as if he had something
a lovely night, so warm that he threw
a laugh she had! - just like a thrush
a thrush singing. And how pretty she
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to others, and had experienced
there no hope for him? Ah! in what
should be the prayer of man to
terribly loved him had written to him
His beauty had been to him but
been to him but a mask, his youth but
a mockery. What was youth at best?
at best? A green, an unripe time,
to think. James Vane was hidden in
had been simply the madness of
to do it. It was nothing to him.
upstairs. As he unbarred the door,
young-looking face and lingered for
had hidden away would no longer be
the purple hanging from the portrait.
change, save that in the eyes there was
his one good deed? Or the desire for
mocking laugh? Or that passion to act
had been? It seemed to have crept like
to make public atonement. There was
stabbed the picture with it. There was
with it. There was a cry heard, and
house. They walked on till they met
but there was no answer. Except for
windows, the house was all dark. After
was as pale as death. After about
they found hanging upon the wall
and beauty. Lying on the floor was
was a dead man, in evening dress, with
a terrible joy in being so; and that of
a monstrous moment of pride and
a most just God. The curiously carved
a mad letter, ending with these
a mask, his youth but a mockery.
a mockery. What was youth at best?
A green, an unripe time, a time of
a time of shallow moods, and sickly
a nameless grave in Selby churchyard.
a moment. As for Alan Campbell, his
A new life! That was what he wanted.
a smile of joy flitted across his
a moment about his lips. Yes, he
a terror to him. He felt as if the load
A cry of pain and indignation broke
a look of cunning and in the mouth
a new sensation, as Lord Henry had
a part that sometimes makes us do
a horrible disease over the wrinkled
a God who called upon men to tell
a cry heard, and a crash. The cry was
a crash. The cry was so horrible in its
a policeman and brought him back.
a light in one of the top windows, the
a time, he went away and stood in an
a quarter of an hour, he got the
a splendid portrait of their master as
a dead man, in evening dress, with a
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tremulous branches seemed hardly
so many people that I have not been
so many pictures that I have not been
there was in them! They seemed to be
the East End. For the future I shall be
extraordinary good looks, will not be
pleasure in watching it. He would be
and of aloes, that are said to be
attraction that Dorian seemed to be
myself. You are the one man who is
"I don't know if he will be
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to bear the burden of a beauty so
to see the pictures, which was
to see the people, which was
to give a plastic form to formless
to look her in the face without a
to do." "But suppose, Harry, I
to follow his mind into its secret
to expel melancholy from the
to exercise whenever he wished to save me. I am forced to bring
to come, Harry. He may have to
to give me an answer. That is
to expel every sign of evil
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passed across his face, and seemed
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in the world worse than being talked
about, and that is not being talked
telling you the truth. There is a fatality
I suppose you think me awfully foolish
at me." "I hate the way you talk
Well, after I had been in the room
at the time, at least had been chattered
entirely away, or tells one everything
her? But tell me, what did she say
else in the world. Tell me more
to speak to him. He knows nothing
about it. He shall never know anything
whole conversation would have been
hair, horribly freckled, and tramping
hand. "My aunt has often spoken to me
her last Tuesday, and I really forgot all
you. And I don't think it really matters
that one would have to talk seriously
I beg you to stay." "But what
don't think there will be any difficulty
get up on the platform, and don't move
that I felt I must tell you something
seemed to brood over everything. After
doing there? His fingers were straying
something." "What a fuss people make
"Well, sit down and tell me all
Devereux. I want you to tell me
the marriage. There was an ugly story
of him. The Queen used to ask me
was always quarrelling with the cabmen
him. And by the way, Harry, talking
is this humbug your father tells me
I always like to know everything
about my new friends, and nothing
them ever quite escape. "We are talking
men like to see things, not to read
I assure you there is no nonsense
unbearable. There is something unfair
can make out what you are talking
beauty, the joy of life. The less said
I am sure I don't know what to say
But I should like to talk to you
tells me. I don't know what it is
here. We have had such a pleasant chat
into decent society. However, tell me
that. How long have you known her?" "
but you mustn't be unsympathetic
with a wild desire to know everything
for sensations.... Well, one evening
evening when we first dined together,
streets and black grassless squares.
gorgeous servility. There was something
called the dress-circle. Women went
"I wish now I had not told you
some other time. Now I want to know
so gentle. There is something of a child
greenroom, making elaborate speeches
is always something infinitely mean
" "Sibyl is the only thing I care
Imogen is waiting for me. Don't forget
the more dangerous. It was the passions
about , and that is not being talked
about . A portrait like this would set
about all physical and intellectual
about it?" "Not at all," answered Lord
about your married life, Harry," said
about ten minutes, talking to huge
about in the penny newspapers, which
about them except what one wants to
about Mr. Dorian Gray?" "Oh,
about Mr. Dorian Gray. How often do
about it. He shall never know anything
about it. But the world might guess it,
about the feeding of the poor and the
about on huge feet. I wish I had
about you. You are one of her
about it. We were to have played a
about your not being there. The
about it. But I certainly shall not run
about my man at the Orleans?" The
about that. Sit down again, Harry. And
about too much, or pay any attention
about yourself. I thought how tragic it
about a quarter of an hour Hallward
about among the litter of tin tubes
about fidelity!" exclaimed Lord Henry.
about it. Young people, nowadays,
about his mother. What was she like?
about it. They said Kelso got some
about the English noble who was
about their fares. They made quite a
about silly marriages, what is this
about Dartmoor wanting to marry an
about my new friends, and nothing
about my old ones." "Where are you
about poor Dartmoor, Lord Henry,"
about them. The Americans are an
about the Americans." "How dreadful!"
about its use. It is hitting below the
about . Oh! Harry, I am quite vexed
about life's sores, the better." "Still,
about your views. You must come and
about life. The generation into which I
about them. Perhaps it is that they are
about music. We have quite the same
about your genius. How long have you
About three weeks." "And where did
about it. After all, it never would
about life. For days after I met you,
about seven o'clock, I determined to
about the search for beauty being the
About half-past eight I passed by an
about him, Harry, that amused me. He
about with oranges and ginger-beer,
about Sibyl Vane." "You could not
about the girl." "Sibyl? Oh, she was
about her. Her eyes opened wide in
about us both, while we stood looking
about other people's tragedies." "Sibyl
about . What is it to me where she
about to-morrow. Good-bye." As he
about whose origin we deceived
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going to end. When he arrived home,
Mother. I know it pains you to talk
lad. "I don't want to know anything
to talk to her. Is that right? What
What about that?" "You are speaking
she did not talk of him, but prattled on
the ship in which Jim was going to sail,
about the gold he was certain to find,
Who is he? Why have you not told me
to trust him." "Sibyl, you are mad
You don't know what you are talking
he answered, "and I know what I am
he said. Her eyes wandered vaguely
sorry if I have pained you by asking
the bowing waiter. "What is it? Nothing
is beautiful, and he is not often wrong
then you will tell us how it all came
say in answer? Perhaps you forgot all
kind we often forget to say anything
to some salad. "Oh, your theories
your theories about life, your theories
your theories about love, your theories
is the only thing worth having a theory
one can flaunt one's moral views
It is quite dreadful, but it only lasts for
mediocre actress." "Don't talk like that
is very lovely, and if she knows as little
knows as little about life as she does
an exquisite fire. There was a radiance
There is always something ridiculous
and pink-footed, the pigeons ran
women were. Why should he trouble
garden seemed to be telling the flowers
most reasonable rates of interest. After
but there was the unreality of a dream
terrible. If it was not true, why trouble
"But you must not think too much
too much about it." "Do you mean
are going to say. Something dreadful
leaving the theatre with her mother,
a child, and seemed to know so little
One can always be kind to people
her. And when a woman finds that out
s husband has to pay for. I say nothing
your saying once that there is a fatality
is something to me quite beautiful
him - life, and his own infinite curiosity
And yet, who, that knew anything
can't tell you how heart-broken I am
her only child, too! What did she say
and Patti sang divinely. Don't talk
horrid subjects. If one doesn't talk
sailor, or something. And now, tell me
to his feet. "You must not tell me
Good heavens! is there no doubt
Dorian Gray, "there is nothing fearful
art. There is something of the martyr
in yesterday at a particular moment remind me of a story Harry told me
Was it not Gautier who used to write
smile, "I won't speak to you again
about half-past twelve o'clock, he saw a
about our father. But it only pains you
about that. I should like to make
about that?" "You are speaking about
about things you don't understand,
about the ship in which Jim was going
about the gold he was certain to find,
about the wonderful heiress whose life
about him? He means you no good."
about him." She laughed and took his
about . You are simply jealous and
about . Mother is no help to you. She
about the room. She made no answer.
about my father," he said, "but I could
about politics, I hope! They don't
about things of that kind. Your
about ." "There is really not much to
about it." "My dear Harry, I did not
about marriage, and they always
about life, your theories about love,
about love, your theories about
about pleasure. All your theories, in
about ," he answered in his slow
about them, but they are not one's
about five minutes. Then the curtain
about any one you love, Dorian. Love
about life as she does about acting, she
about acting, she will be a delightful
about her. Her parted lips were
about the emotions of people whom
about picking up seeds. After a little
about Sibyl Vane? She was nothing to
about her.
about ten minutes he got up, and
about it. As soon as he was dressed, he
about it? But what if, by some fate or
about it." "Do you mean about Sibyl
about Sibyl Vane?" asked the lad. "Yes,
about marriage. Don't say it. Don't ever
about half-past twelve or so, she said
about acting. Dorian, you mustn't let
about whom one cares nothing. But
about her husband, she either becomes
about the social mistake, which would
about good resolutions - that they are
about her death. I am glad I am living
about life. Eternal youth, infinite
about life, would surrender the chance
about the whole thing. I know what
about it all?" "My dear Basil, how do
about horrid subjects. If one doesn't
about a thing, it has never happened.
about yourself and what you are
about things. What is done is done.
about that?" cried Hallward, looking up
about it. It is one of the great
about her. Her death has all the
about half-past five, perhaps, or a
about a certain philanthropist who
about la consolation des arts? I
about this horrible thing, after to-day. I
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was something so crude and vulgar
behind a screen, you can't care much
course, I never let you know anything
meant to me. Harry, to whom I talked
back to his cheeks, and a smile played
Why do you ask? But you mustn't talk
to you again. There is something fatal
I quite understand what you feel
rebuke, how shallow Basil's reproaches
taken to. There was something sly
of Dorian Gray. There was something
heavy odour of incense seemed to cling
and from time to time strange rumours
such as these were rare. That curiosity
men feeling a natural instinct of terror
was rumoured of him once that he was
He discovered wonderful stories, also,
other rich stones, and a great bauderike
out. Curious stories became current
they termed them, that were circulated
and the strange stories that were told
afterwards. He was walking home
I believe my house is somewhere
here, but I don't feel at all certain
have in my head. However, it wasn't
You see, I shan't have any delay
the house. And mind you don't talk
him, but I had nothing to complain
more difficult for me." "What is it all
on the sofa. "I hope it is not
should like to be somebody else." "It is
" "I don't wish to know anything
anything about them. I love scandals
about other people, but scandals
before, and had never heard anything
that I was quite right in what I fancied
things that people are whispering
You and he were inseparable. What
Singleton and his dreadful end? What
broken with shame and sorrow. What
him?" "Stop, Basil. You are talking
enter it. It is because I know everything
his life, not because he knows anything
could his record be clean? You ask me
their gross dinner-tables, and whisper
now, and they make me shudder. What
Dorian, you don't know what is said
look at it? You can tell the world all
than you do, though you will prate
I tell you. You have chattered enough
had done a tithe of what was rumoured
who is entitled to know everything
house was absolutely quiet. No one was
In
the various dishes, talking to his valet
was determined that he would not think
the pages, his eye fell on the poem
Alan, you are scientific. You know
I should have thought you knew more
Wotton can't have taught you much
were friends once, Alan." "Don't speak
about everything of the kind. "They
about it." Dorian Gray passed his
about this. It would have been
about it, laughed at me. But I did not
about his lips. The peril was over. He
about worship. It is foolish. You and I
about a portrait. It has a life of its own
about it." As he left the room, Dorian
about Sibyl Vane had been! - how
about him, and he had thoughtful,
about Dorian that charmed everybody.
about its pages and to trouble the
about his mode of life crept through
about life which Lord Henry had
about passions and sensations that
about to join the Roman Catholic
about jewels. In Alphonso's Clericalis
about his neck of large balasses." The
about him after he had passed his
about him. It was remarked, however,
about her lovers. Had he something
about eleven o'clock from Lord
about here, but I don't feel at all
about it. I am sorry you are going
about myself I wanted to talk. Here
about luggage, as I have sent on my
about anything serious. Nothing is
about . One often imagines things that
about ?" cried Dorian in his petulant
about myself. I am tired of myself
about yourself," answered Hallward in
about them. I love scandals about
about other people, but scandals
about myself don't interest me. They
about him at the time, though I have
about him. His life is dreadful. But
about you, I don't know what to say.
about Adrian Singleton and his
about Lord Kent's only son and his
about the young Duke of Perth?
about things of which you know
about his life, not because he knows
about mine. With such blood as he
about Henry Ashton and young Perth.
about what they call the profligacies
about your country-house and the life
about you. I won't tell you that I don'
about it afterwards, if you choose.
about it so tediously. Come, I tell you.
about corruption. Now you shall look
about him, how much he must have
about me. You have had more to do
about . For a few seconds he stood
about five minutes his valet appeared,
about some new liveries that he was
about what had happened until it
about the hand of Lacenaire, the cold
about chemistry and things of that
about people's characters. Your friend
about psychology, whatever else he
about those days, Dorian - they are
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of the men spoke. A fly buzzed noisily
Campbell made no answer. After
place - otherwise I wouldn't bother you
frowned and bit his lip. "It will take
life, to hide the fatal canvas, and was
because they have so little to think
said, at last, "the way people go
"What nonsense people talk
Chapman began to talk in a loud voice
I didn't go to the club. I walked
and two men ran after the hansom for
ghostly sails to the yards. "Somewhere
then to see if he was being followed. In
the next day. "What are you two talking
cup down. "I hope Dorian has told you
duchess. "What becomes of your simile
what does she get annoyed with you
straight. But there is no use talking
it unless these fellows keep chattering
come back, Duchess." "I have heard all
things. But I am sorry they told you
"I wish he had been." He glanced
before him. "I suppose you have come
I took the liberty of coming to you
a spray of jasmine. Don't let us talk
going to be better. Tell me something
dear boy, they have only been talking
arrived in Paris at all. I suppose in
he is dead, I don't want to think
never do anything that one cannot talk
The things one feels absolutely certain
Browning writes
to me. You don't know everything
to moralize. You will soon be going
woman, and wants to consult you
was pointed out, or stared at, or talked
face and lingered for a moment
Francis was as pale as death. After
about the room, and the ticking of
about ten minutes a knock came to
about it." "No trouble, sir. At what
about five hours," he answered. "It
about to rush forward, when he drew
about . There has not been a scandal
about nowadays saying things against
about happy marriages!" exclaimed
about the situation in the House of
about . I forget what I did.... How
about a hundred yards. The driver
about here, sir, ain't it?" he asked
about seven or eight minutes he
about ?" said Lord Henry, strolling
about my plan for rechristening
about the orchid?" "Ugliness is one
about , Duchess?" "For the most trivial
about the matter." Dorian shook his
about this thing at dinner. I must tell
about it, Mr. Gray," she answered. "
about the man. It is a hideous subject.
about as if in search of something.
about the unfortunate accident of this
about ." "Don't know who he is?" said
about it any more, and don't try to
about yourself. What is going on in
about it for six weeks, and the British
about a fortnight we shall be told
about him. Death is the only thing
about after dinner. But let us pass
about are never true. That is the
about that somewhere; but our own
about me. I think that if you did, even
about like the converted, and the
about some tapestries she is thinking
about . He was tired of hearing his
about his lips. Yes, he would be good,
about a quarter of an hour, he got
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above all the young men in England,
above its proper value. I think you will
above was like a faded rose. He
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a natural consequence he always looks
is that it makes a life of deception
boy - poor dear mother and I
I didn't see him every day. He is
in his low languid voice that was
to yield to. Youth! Youth! There is
of the great aristocratic art of doing
extremely interesting people. They are
characteristic. Yes, Mr. Erskine, an
her little head to her little feet, she is
of all creatures. But inferior poets are
of expression that personality selects is
a born artist. I sat in the dingy box
from the point of view of tone it was
to him. She seemed to them to be
so far from being nervous, she was
really fascinating - people who know
everything, and people who know
have soon found out that you were
origin is pure vanity. Their result is
I have never seen you really and
merely fanciful, but that I see now was
exceed his disappointment. He had
an extraordinary faculty of becoming
the same as the canons of art. Form is
an influence of which one was more
you. If you tell me that they are
out on the landing. The house was
what had happened until it became
"Of course I refuse. I will have
is no good in prolonging this scene. I
to enrage him. "You are infamous,
back into the library. He was pale, but
against one behind one's back that are
somewhat overdressed by being always
why people who live out of town are so
be an illusion. The things one feels
You were rather cheeky, very shy, and
stocks, believed in everything, and knew
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delightful. Your mysterious
necessary for both parties. I
inseparable. Quite forget
necessary to me." "How
fascinating. His cool, white,
nothing in the world but
nothing. He had two large
reasonable. I think that is
reasonable people. I assure
and entirely divine. Every
fascinating. The worse their
delightful to me. Dorian
enthralled. I forgot that I
false. It was wrong in colour.
incompetent. They were
self-contained. It was simply
everything, and people who
nothing. Good heavens, my
indifferent to her. And
nil. They give us, now and
angry, but I can fancy how
true, and it holds the key to
nothing to do, almost died
absorbed for the moment
essential to it. It should
conscious. There were times
untrue from beginning to
quiet. No one was about.
necessary that he should do
nothing to do with it. I
refuse to do anything in
infamous!" he muttered.
calm. "I have done what
and entirely true." "Isn't he
over-educated. He is a very
uncivilized. Civilization is
certain about are never true.
extraordinary. You have
nothing. How lovely that
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went on, and I grew more and more
leaves. After a few minutes he became
faculty of becoming absolutely
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Duke's - we tell each other the most
was not a schoolboy or a girl. It was
t like scenes, except on the stage. What
at the club, to take him to some
About half-past eight I passed by an
and position, and wealth. It would be
or disapprove, of anything now. It is an
scenery was dreadful and the Orlando
canvas could not alter? The thing was
their absolute incoherence, their
window. "But, really, it seems rather
explained to him! The painter's
often imagines things that are quite
I ever read. I told him that it was
Youth! There is nothing like it. It's
absurd stories with the most serious
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absurd fellows you are, both of you! I
absurd meeting at Willis's Rooms,
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absurd attitude to take towards life.
absurd . But Sibyl! You should have
absurd . It would serve as a tale to tell
absurd want of meaning, their entire
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absurdly artificial. She overemphasized
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as she went on. Her gestures became
love. Sibyl Vane seemed to him to be
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of the sitter. The sitter is merely the
"I have no doubt it was not an
Surely you don't think it was a vulgar
is?" asked Lord Henry. "Oh! this
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"I should think it was, Harry. But
of temperament, and that, indeed,
thrown into a magical sleep and slain.
of Arabian birds was the aspilates, that,
his horse was loaded with gold leaves,
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race-instinct for which he could not
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draw on a bank where they have no
been! - how shallow, and of what little
tragic, if somewhat overemphasized,
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accident , the occasion. It is not he who
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accident ? Of course she killed herself."
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according to your category I must be
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account , and which for that reason was
account , and find good qualities in the
account ." "Harry," cried Dorian Gray,
account ! His own soul was looking
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acquaintance ." "My dear old Basil, you
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shadows of birds in flight flitted
in his art, a smile of pleasure passed
his name?" asked Lord Henry, walking
skeins of glossy white silk, were drifting
blue cloud-shadows chased themselves
Suddenly there had come some one
full reality of the description flashed
His eyes deepened into amethyst, and
and colour? I will not let it come
you like with yourself." And he walked
the original of the portrait, strolling
the duchess, nodding pleasantly to him
Duchess?" he asked, looking at her
three weeks." "And where did you come
this girl for the mist of tears that came
the mist of a dream had passed
are a dreadful old bear." And she ran
a week was over he was to come
it had been the lash of a hunting-crop
a crowd of watchers. The tulip-beds
too fine for that." Lord Henry looked
the side. They talked to each other
laughed. He made no answer. She came
expression of pain in her face, came
indeed, I will try. It came so suddenly
the long tussore-silk curtains
his face, and seemed about to
the studio towards Basil
the hollowed turquoise of the
the grass like swallows. How
his life who seemed to have
him. Yes, there would be a day
them came a mist of tears. He
our three lives and mar them."
the room and rang the bell for
to him. "Am I really like that?"
the table. "Do you think he will
the table. "A great many, I fear
her?" "I will tell you, Harry,
me. And her voice - I never
them. Thin-lipped wisdom spoke
the room and hugged him.
a large nugget of pure gold,
his face. His brows knit
the road flamed like throbbing
the table. "Dorian is never
the theatre and shared their
to him, and with her little
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began to think. Suddenly there flashed
he murmured to himself, and he walked
He jumped up, drew the screen hastily
do you mean?" Lord Henry walked
on the prow of Adrian's barge, gazing
by refusing, Dorian. No man comes
across two ideal things. Few come
him to judgement. A look of pain came
full of shame. Some love might come
and tearing the paper in two, went
huge velarium that Nero had stretched
strange terrible figures that had passed
see you. Sin is a thing that writes itself
Singleton writes his friend's name
to say." A twisted flash of pain shot
to articulate. He passed his hand
away, laughing. A bitter blast swept
he opened his eyes a faint smile passed
the half-hour struck, he passed his hand
a strained moment of silence, he leaned
twice, folded it carefully, and pushed it
silent thing that he knew was stretched
and now and then Lord Henry looked
misshapen cloud stretched a long arm
by the tawdrily painted bar that ran
smile, like a Malay crease, writhed
to do. Suddenly a wild hope flashed
an hour in the garden and then drove
and wild shadows to fling themselves
and nearly threw him. He lashed her
to the piano and let his fingers stray
heaved a sigh, and Lord Henry strolled
a forgotten poem that you had come
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rate, I determined to wait for the first
Every night of my life I go to see her
"even if it is only for a single
come with me some night and see her
rises. You must see her in the first
am only happy, Sibyl, when I see you
is the balcony scene of the second
was the girl herself. When the second
Dorian," he said, "but she can't
suppose you will want your wife to
up and the curtain rose on the third
The whole thing was a fiasco. The last
shall always be bad. Why I shall never
When you are ill you shouldn't
whispered. "I am so sorry I didn't
has fallen. They always want a sixth
of the age. As a rule, people who
own life, not as he had lived it in
upon action. It annihilates the desire to
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his mind what he had said in
to the window and opened it.
the picture, and unlocked the
the room, and sitting down by
the green turbid Nile. You had
two ideal things. Few come
one." "I can't explain it to you
him, and he flung the rich pall
his life, and purify him, and
the room and flung the pieces
the Colosseum at Rome, that
the stage of the world and
a man's face. It cannot be
a bill, am I his keeper? I know
the painter's face. He paused
his forehead. It was dank with
the square. The gas-lamps
his lips, as though he had been
his forehead, and then got up
and said, very quietly, but
the table. Having done this, he
the table, the thing whose
at him, wondering at his
and hid it. The gas-lamps grew
one complete side stood two
the face of one of the women.
his brain. "Stop," he cried. "
the park to join the
his path. Once the mare
the neck with his crop. She
the white and black ivory of
the room and began to stroke
again, a cadence from a piece
me, and I have to live the
his strangely young-looking face
his passions. Its mere memory
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act . There was a dreadful orchestra,
act , and every night she is more
act . I get hungry for her presence; and
act . I have not the slightest fear of
act , where she meets Romeo."
act . You must not think of anything
act . They waited for that. If she failed
act was over, there came a storm of
act . Let us go." "I am going to
act , so what does it matter if she plays
act . Dorian Gray went back to his seat.
act was played to almost empty
act well again." He shrugged his
act . You make yourself ridiculous. My
act well. I was thinking of you all the
act , and as soon as the interest of the
act lead the most commonplace lives.
act and circumstance, but as his
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joy came over her. "How badly I
in everything. The common people who
played - the night you saw her - she
acted to-night, Dorian!" she cried. "
acted with me seemed to me to be
acted badly because she had known the
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acting . Mr. Isaacs has been very good
acting was really understood. As for
acting in. I am not going to quarrel
acting . Jim insisted that she should do
acting - well, you shall see her to-night
acting . It is so much more real than
acting was unbearable, and grew worse
acting . Besides, I don't suppose you
acting , she will be a delightful
acting was the one reality of my life.
acting ." "Acting! I leave that to you.
Acting ! I leave that to you. You do it
acting . Dorian, you mustn't let this
acting . There was neither real sorrow
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action is a mode of purification.
action and experiment. He knew that
action was. Or did you say you had
action I have done for years, the first
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actions merely the dreams that the
actions . My one quarrel is with words.
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must not think of anything but your
bouquets at one time. That was when
Mother used to be so fond of
lie down for a couple of hours before
leaves round a pale rose. As for her
wonderful girl may thrill me. I love
not be denied. But the staginess of her
is not good for one's morals to see bad
as little about life as she does about
she cried, "before I knew you,
Dorian?" she murmured. "You are
she murmured. "You are acting." "
and seemed to know so little about
in a play when some great artist is
say to me. I know I was right in
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manner. They are quite obvious. But an
But an actress! How different an
that the only thing worth loving is an
true." "To whom?" "To some little
she is merely a commonplace mediocre
What are you now? A third-rate
paragraph: INQUEST ON AN
on the body of Sibyl Vane, a young
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active cause as conscience itself. All
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actor' s craft is the type. All
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actors 2
actors , Sibyl Vane moved like a
actors , but the spectators of the play.
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actress ," said Dorian Gray, blushing.
actress ! How different an actress is!
actress is! Harry! why didn't you tell
actress ?" "Because I have loved so
actress or other." "I can't believe it.
actress ." "Don't talk like that about
actress with a pretty face." The girl
ACTRESS . - An inquest was held this
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falls in love with a beautiful girl who
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a good boy - thanks - what are your
of any change when he looked into the
The moment she touched
call yesterday the past?" "What has the
shapes of punishment before him.
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it. Somehow, now that it has happened
seen him like this before. The lad was
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views echoed back to one with all the
he answered, smiling. Then he
pardons, my dear Lady Ruxton," she
to me either.... I don't care," he
much since then. I have, though," she
of the last Brazilian beetle that he had
hideous detail came back to him with
some of us. To myself, perhaps," he
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of following you there. They gave the
or picked up a card with an
Mr. Campbell is out of town, get his
written already. Here it is. You see the
and in a low voice gave the driver an
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scrawled a few lines, blotted them, and
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was the Duchess of Harley, a lady of
your philosophy of pleasure over some
Surely not, my dear fellow? It is an
you would simply look upon him as an
with me soon again. You are really an
acts Juliet, and proposes to marry her.
acts , you will forget everything. These
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actual relations with Sibyl Vane?"
actual painting, and yet there was no
actual life, she marred it, and it
actual lapse of time got to do with it?
Actual life was chaos, but there was
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actuality of impression, than all the
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added music of passion and youth; to
added , somewhat harshly, "You are
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added , with a sickly leer. "You swear
added to his collection. Three young
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adder that had stung one. Indeed,
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address in the paper. Somewhere in
address , or found beneath a pillow a
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addressed to a dead girl. Can they feel,
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adjoining portico and watched.
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good-nature and good
Burgundy I am fortunate
place for it. Let me see it."
subject. You would not
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Harry. It was Romeo and Juliet. I must
month younger than I am, I must
is," interrupted Dorian. "You must
I did not think so at first, but I
I know I am not. And yet I must
you. You will do me the justice to
much." "How can you say that? I
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as Dorian Gray, and yet the lad's mad
not their own, she is worthy of all your
of all your adoration, worthy of the
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admire it. The only excuse
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admit 7
admit that I was rather annoyed at the
admit that I delight in it. Perhaps you
admit , Harry, that women give to men
admit it now. The gods made Sibyl
admit that this thing that has happened
admit that. You were stern, harsh,
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admitted into decent society. However,
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you object to such simple pleasures?" "I
not think I don't like good music. I
will make this girl his wife, passionately
is," cried Dorian Gray. "It is to
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" "That is certainly better than being
toying with some fruits. "Being
rest of my life. The people who have
to shun him. Women who had wildly
worship; Charles VI, who had so wildly
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and he were inseparable. What about
the streets, what is that to me? If
It had been given to him by
in a hesitating manner. "You here,
felt he could not stay. The presence of
the young man. "Never mind."
and said something in a low voice to
her enviously. "It's no use," sighed
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some one." "That is certainly
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adored ," he answered, toying with some
adored is a nuisance. Women treat us
adored me - there have not been very
adored him, and for his sake had
adored his brother's wife that a leper
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Adrian Singleton and his dreadful end?
Adrian Singleton writes his friend's
Adrian Singleton. As he turned over
Adrian ?" muttered Dorian. "Where
Adrian Singleton troubled him. He
Adrian Singleton rose up wearily and
Adrian Singleton. A crooked smile,
Adrian Singleton. "I don't care to go
Adrian Singleton had strangely moved
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advantage of having coal was that it
advantage of the emotions is that they
advantage of science is that it is not
advantage , don't you think so, Mr. Gray
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adventure . I felt that this grey
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this thing that has happened does not
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Lord Henry pulled out his watch. "I am
will not exhibit this picture is that I am
answered the painter; "and I am
joys and exquisite sorrows. I grew
Quite forget what he does are one of her favourites, and, I am
You are very pressing, Basil, but I am
what each of us is here for. People are
be. But the bravest man amongst us is
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afraid I must be going, Basil," he
afraid that I have shown in it the
afraid you will hardly understand it.
afraid and turned to quit the room. It
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afraid , one of her victims also." "I am
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have had passions that have made you
a language of their own. But he felt
afraid of him, and ashamed of being
And, yet, what was there to be
always searching for new sensations. Be
passions of which we were too much
when things of high import make us
showing herself, Dryadlike and not
Henry. Sir Thomas frowned. "I am
are, Harry!" he murmured. "I am
smiled and shook his head: "I am
good music. I adore it, but I am
and the value of nothing." "I am
the idle classes of a country. Don't be
we would throw away if we were not
with me? That will be nice! I was
in his look that had made her feel
there! To play for his delight! I am
so well of others is that we are all
in his slow melodious voice. "But I am
always ready for a new emotion. I am
have to examine the portrait. He was
terrible reason? He shuddered, and felt
glad you take it in that way! I was
have not read it yet, Harry. I was
something happened that made me
to her. You forget that." "I am
that you have said, but somehow I was
to. I passed a dreadful evening, half
Euston Road, isn't it? But I was
are not stronger - you are too much
to me to reveal my secret. I grew
as pleasant." "Pleasanter for you, I am
of servility. There was nothing to be
you had better go in front. I am
And he wiped his shiny forehead. "I am
the ball, or the letter that we had been
such a part of his life, and was also
would they believe it? Yet he was
The idea was monstrous, yet he felt
"Yes," said Dorian. "And I am
the picture. There he stopped, feeling
cried Lady Narborough, "and that he is
to dinner again after saying this, I am
a thing that could fascinate and make
and as the mist thickened, he felt
away to him," she whined; "I am
It is too true." "You need not be
He could not finish the sentence. "I am
out of order. That is all. I am
soul, but that man had not. I am
the age is searching for, and what it is
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the grass, white daisies were tremulous.
story is simply this," said the painter
a reputation for being civilized. Well,
to him. Perhaps it was not so reckless,
and walked up and down the garden.
moments. "He likes me," he answered
And he had such a beautiful voice.
afraid , thoughts that have filled you
afraid of him, and ashamed of being
afraid . Why had it been left for a
afraid of? He was not a schoolboy or
afraid of nothing.... A new Hedonism afraid , and the exquisite temptations
afraid , or when we are stirred by some
afraid , because in his soul who sought
afraid that your nephew is prejudiced
afraid it is not Harry, Mr. Gray,"
afraid I don't think so, Lady Henry. I
afraid of it. It makes me too romantic.
afraid I must be going," exclaimed
afraid . There are exquisite things in
afraid that others might pick them up.
afraid you were going to say good-bye
afraid . "Kiss me, Mother," said the girl
afraid I may frighten the company,
afraid for ourselves. The basis of
afraid I cannot claim my theory as my
afraid , however, that, for me at any rate
afraid of certainty. When the coffee
afraid , and, going back to the couch, lay
afraid I would find you plunged in
afraid there might be something in it
afraid . I can't tell you what it was,
afraid that women appreciate cruelty,
afraid of it, and I could not express it
afraid that one tragedy might be
afraid of intruding upon a sorrow that
afraid of life - but you are better. And
afraid that others would know of my
afraid ," murmured Hallward regretfully.
afraid of, there. Yet he thought it
afraid it is right at the top of the
afraid it is rather heavy," murmured
afraid to read, or that we had read
afraid that during his absence some
afraid . Sometimes when he was down
afraid . He seized the lighted candle,
afraid , Francis, that I have another
afraid to turn round, and his eyes
afraid to tell me for fear I should be
afraid , Lady Narborough, but it is
afraid , as though it held something
afraid . Then they passed by lonely
afraid of him. Let me have some
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afraid I walked too far this morning.
afraid , however, he would not have
afraid it has found. I am so glad that
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after some time. "Two months ago I
after I had been in the room about
after all. It was simply inevitable. We
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after a pause; "I know he likes me.
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purple stars on the clematis, and year
to the brain and calls on us to yield.
roses seemed to brood over everything.
not rational. I am glad he is not,
killed in a duel at Spa a few months
anybody she chose. Carlington was mad
girl in London at the time who wasn't
most lucrative profession in America,
nowadays. It is most unfair." "Perhaps,
are born in England become foreigners
I am late, Dorian. I went to look
straw-coloured hair, Dorian," he said
you in love with?" asked Lord Henry
you mustn't be unsympathetic about it.
to know everything about life. For days
She is everything to me in life. Night
horrid old Jew came round to the box
mouth was all the echo she could win.
Charming," she answered, looking
She doesn't understand how to look
home in the Euston Road. It was
each minute that was left to him.
will have only one child now to look
that she had only one child to look
table. "What happened was simply this.
in a forest that no man had ever seen.
other things that might have happened.
you better than anything in the world.
voices and harsh laughter had called
pigeons ran about picking up seeds.
own room, looking somewhat puzzled.
as if he had been looking into a mirror
the most reasonable rates of interest.
The cool water refreshed him
man's life. Should he move it aside,
himself of madness. He covered page
me, did you go behind and see her,
- have always insisted on living on, long
fancy how delightful you looked. And,
colours faded wearily out of things.
now smiled so cruelly at him. Morning
the same wonderful boy who, day
the idea of reproaching him any more.
to you again about this horrible thing,
I felt that I was right.... Well,
Or was that merely his own fancy?
might not his nature grow finer,
the library, he found that it was just
and began to turn over the leaves.
light till he could read no more. Then,
sometimes wakened before dawn, either
forth sleep from her purple cave. Veil
shape and with hideous voices. Yet,
Blue Gate Fields, and stay there, day
burden that should have been his own.
stories became current about him
been most intimate with him appeared,
the possession of a good chef. And,
on the pavement and then hurrying
for shame of some kind to follow
a wild feeling of pity came over him.
after year the green night of its leaves
After a time the bee flew away. He
After about a quarter of an hour
after all - though I wish you chaps
after the marriage. There was an ugly
after her. She was romantic, though.
after him. And by the way, Harry,
after politics." "Is she pretty?" "She
after all, America never has been
after a time, don't they? It is so
after a piece of old brocade in
after a few puffs. "Why, Harry?" "
after a pause. "With an actress," said
After all, it never would have happened
after I met you, something seemed to
after night I go to see her play. One
after the performance was over and
After some time she became silent.
after the victoria. He jumped up and
after you. I wish now that I was not
after five o'clock, and Sibyl had to lie
After some time, he thrust away his
after , and believe me that if this man
after . She remembered the phrase. It
After I left you yesterday evening,
After the performance was over, I went
After a few minutes, they all passed
After all, it is only once that I have
after him. Drunkards had reeled by,
After a little while, he hailed a hansom
After he had taken the button-hole
after he had done some dreadful thing.
After about ten minutes he got up,
after his long sleep. He seemed to
after all? Why not let it stay there?
after page with wild words of sorrow
after the play was over?" "Yes." "I
after I had ceased to care for them, or
after all, you said something to me
After some time Dorian Gray looked
after morning he had sat before the
after day, used to come down to my
After all, his indifference was probably
after to-day. I only trust your name
after a few days the thing left my
After a few moments, in her black
after all? There was no reason that
after five o'clock and that the tea
After a few minutes he became
after his valet had reminded him
after one of those dreamless nights
after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted,
after some time, he wearied of them,
after day, until he was driven away.
After a few years he could not
after he had passed his twenty-fifth
after a time, to shun him. Women
after all, it is a very poor consolation
after him. In a few moments, his
after . I don't know whether it is so or
After all, what right had he to pry
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He waited and held his breath.
" as Lord Henry had once said.
But
night that Rubinstein played there, and
what he was going to do was dreadful.
itself to death in some empty hollow.
the garden. Campbell made no answer.
being turned in the lock. It was long
I go and stay with them every summer
and consequently they all fall asleep
dinner he could not eat anything. Plate
You will never ask me to dinner again
"you will be there in an hour," and
swerved aside and broke into a gallop.
from an open door, and two men ran
He stopped and gave a peculiar knock.
going on to the other place," he said
want anything, won't you?" said Dorian,
to be called, ain't it?" she yelled
a few seconds his eyes grew sad. Yet,
He was trembling from head to foot.
by it, Harry?" asked the duchess
-room and laid upon one of the sofas.
of pity and not a little of contempt.
the open. I dare say it will be better
they emerged, dragging a body
beating through the boughs overhead.
lip. "Send him in," he muttered,
the white and black ivory of the keys.
younger man. He watched him intently
do anything that one cannot talk about
"By the way, Dorian," he said
top windows, the house was all dark.
hands. Francis was as pale as death.
called out. Everything was still. Finally,
After a few moments he drew back
After he had drunk his cup of black
after a time the book fell from his
after that used to be always seen
After a strained moment of silence,
After two or three minutes of terrible
After about ten minutes a knock
after seven when Campbell came back
after I come from Homburg, but then
after dinner. You shan't sit next
after plate went away untasted. Lady
after saying this, I am afraid, Lady
after his fare had got in he turned
After some time they left the clay
after the hansom for about a hundred
After a little time he heard steps in
after a pause. "On the wharf?" "Yes
after a pause. "Perhaps." "Good night,
after him. The drowsy sailor leaped
after all, what did it matter to him?
After a little while, a black shadow
after a pause. "Especially when one
After a short time, he came to
After breakfast, he walked with the
after lunch, when we get to new
after them into the sunlight. He
After a few moments - that were to
after some moments' hesitation. As
After the coffee had been brought in,
after he had spoken. "I would say, my
after dinner. But let us pass from
after a pause, "'what does it profit a
After a time, he went away and stood
After about a quarter of an hour, he
after vainly trying to force the door,
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afternoon in Curzon Street. I am
afternoon ." As the door closed behind
afternoon , a month later, Dorian Gray
afternoon . They have their stereotyped
afternoon . Where shall we go? Let us
afternoon . Have they summoned you?"
afternoon , Lord Henry. It sounds a
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afterwards . He, too, felt that we were
afterwards . He brought his daughter
afterwards , amidst an extraordinary
afterwards the footlights flared up and
afterwards , and always with no small
afterwards we will look in at the opera.
afterwards . How extraordinarily
afterwards . He was walking home
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afterwards . Then he pulled out his
afterwards ? Did you go straight home?
afterwards with Lady Branksome. She
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Mr. Gray. Come and see me some
Basil. It has been a most interesting
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and chatter at tea-parties in the
sweet of you to let me have your last
it. The inquest is to take place this
come and explain that to me some
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I am sure of that. Dorian told me so
chop alone at the club for some time
is good in me." A quarter of an hour
passed out together. A few moments
had altered. As he often remembered
You must come and dine with me, and
opera, and sup somewhere, I suppose,
birthday, as he often remembered
it? You can tell the world all about it
them into it. He could easily burn them
left before eleven. What did you do
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be any difficulty about that. Sit down
spoiled, and Basil will never paint you
hill-flowers wither, but they blossom
I was told, and she never spoke to him
would tell me how to become young
she cried. "Then commit them over
ladies. When Lord Henry had sat down
night, of course, I arrived at the place
to the words. The girl laughed
had brought him back. His kiss burned
I shall ever see this horrid London
He felt that Dorian Gray would never
be bad. Why I shall never act well
to me now. I will never see you
we had not kissed each other. Kiss me
to be unkind, but I can't see you
close to the picture, and examined it
his own soul? Would he ever look at it
her amends, marry her, try to love her
He repeated her name over and over
ever say things of that kind to me
for her, but she did not come down
insisted on going over the whole thing
a bed of asphodel. She dragged it out
Imogen." "She will never come to life
well you know me! But we will not talk
brushed them away hastily and looked
was of no importance. He would never
as Juliet might have died. She passed
sad smile, "I won't speak to you
you must come and sit to me yourself
without you." "I can never sit to you
of honour I will never speak to you
wish me never to look at your picture
you, Basil." "You will sit to me
Basil, but I must never sit to you
won't let me look at the picture once
could not run such a risk of discovery
tells the story - nor was it ever found
and, when he used to reappear
Over and over
anything." "You think so?" He laughed
me such an ideal as I shall never meet
wild gesture of despair. Hallward turned
fancy you to be!" He held the light up
head down on the table and stabbing
on the table and stabbing again and
eleven. No one had seen him come in
He sighed, and took up the volume
Francis." He felt that he was himself
had intended never to enter your house
good-bye. Let us never see each other
ridiculous way, I shall have to marry
in the fashion." "You will never marry
far too happy. When a woman marries
her first husband. When a man marries
You will never ask me to dinner
must come and dine with me soon
He had often tried it, and would try it
time they left the clay road and rattled
Here it is. Don't ever talk to me
again , Harry. And now, Dorian, get up
again . You really must not allow
again . The laburnum will be as yellow
again . Oh, yes; it was a bad business
again ." He thought for a moment.
again ," he said gravely. "To get back
again , Mr. Erskine moved round, and
again . When he saw me, he made me a
again . The joy of a caged bird was in
again upon her mouth. Her eyelids
again . I am sure I don't want to."
again be to him all that he had been
again ." He shrugged his shoulders.
again . I will never think of you. I will
again , my love. Don't go away from me
again . You have disappointed me." She
again . There were no signs of any
again ? No; it was merely an illusion
again . Yes, it was his duty to do so
again . The birds that were singing in
again . Two days ago I asked Sibyl to
again . They ultimately found her lying
again , and digging up the past, and
again and assured me that I had
again now," muttered the lad, burying
again of what has happened. It has
again at the picture. He felt that the
again tempt by a prayer any terrible
again into the sphere of art. There is
again about this horrible thing, after
again . I can't get on without you." "
again , Basil. It is impossible!" he
again as long as I live. I am quite
again , I am content. I have always you
again ?" "Impossible!" "You spoil my life
again . There is something fatal about a
again . But that can't be helped. I quite
again . It had been mad of him to have
again , though the Emperor
again in society, men would whisper
again Dorian used to read this
again . "I know so. As for what I
again . This is the face of a satyr." "
again to the portrait and gazed at it.
again to the canvas and examined it.
again and again. There was a stifled
again . There was a stifled groan and
again . Most of the servants were at
again , and tried to forget. He read of
again . His mood of cowardice had
again , Gray. But you said it was a
again ." "You have saved me from
again so as to be in the fashion." "You
again , Lady Narborough," broke in
again , it is because she detested her
again , it is because he adored his
again after saying this, I am afraid,
again . You are really an admirable
again now. There were opium dens
again over rough-paven streets. Most
again ." Two red sparks flashed for a
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fault. One had to pay over and over
When he closed his eyes, he saw
memory of the scene! He saw it all
Gray? Harry, Mr. Gray is ill
lovelier," was his reply. She laughed
could possibly do the same crime
poem that you had come across
live the strangest month of my life over
back and give me the nocturne over
thing, at any rate. He would never
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the door. There, of course, I stumbled
with the rage of the English democracy
words seemed wrung out of him almost
Time is jealous of you, and wars
George." "I'll back English women
afraid that your nephew is prejudiced
dramatic critics were in a conspiracy
If so, marriage should be thought of.
exclaimed. "You must not say anything
made provision for us. Don't speak
is of value, and whatever one may say
to the back of the box, he leaned up
roofs of the houses glistened like silver
of sheer brute force, and we revolt
because Cordelia was strangled. Cry out
want to have it hung up. Just lean it
who had heard the most evil things
killed toad, that was a certain antidote
robe, on which the gods fought
the most dreadful things are being said
youth - I can't believe anything
brains for every common tongue to wag
to these horrible charges that are made
sweat. The young man was leaning
to the window and leaning his forehead
be worse even than those who talk
And yet, what evidence was there
it is the only piece of evidence
no one would ever believe anything
people go about nowadays saying things
then fantastic shadows were silhouetted
to defend himself, he was thrust back
not of your spear." "I never tilt
him when he remembered that, pressed
shook. The dead leaves that were blown
change. His own nature had revolted
asked Dorian, holding up his Burgundy
the villa and the salt spray dashing
You have crushed the grapes
you, Dorian. The world has cried out
and the revivalist, warning people
There was only one bit of evidence left
again , indeed. In her dealings with
again the sailor's face peering
again . Each hideous detail came back
again . He is going to faint." Dorian
again . Her teeth showed like white
again ? Don't tell me that." "Oh!
again , a cadence from a piece of
again . I wish I could change places
again . Look at that great,
again tempt innocence. He would be
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against Lady Brandon. 'You are not
against what they call the vices of the
against his will. "What nonsense you
against your lilies and your roses. You
against the world, Harry," said Lord
against that great country," he said to
against him, and that they were every
Against the shell of her ear broke the
against him. I love him." "Why, you
against him, my son. He was your
against marriage, it is certainly an
against the wall, hiding his face in his
against it. From some chimney
against that. Sometimes, however, a
against Heaven because the daughter of
against the wall. Thanks." "Might one
against him - and from time to time
against poison. The bezoar, that was
against the giants, that had been
against you in London." "I don't wish
against you. And yet I see you very
against him. And what sort of lives
against you. If you tell me that they
against the mantelshelf, watching him
against the cold, mist-stained glass.
against you fancy you to be!" He held
against him? Basil Hallward had left
against me. If it is discovered, I am
against her; Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing
against one behind one's back that
against some lamplit blind. He
against the wall, with a brutal hand
against beauty," he said, with a wave
against the window of the
against the leaded panes seemed to
against the excess of anguish that had
against the light and wondering how
against the panes? It is marvellously
against your palate. Nothing has been
against us both, but it has always
against all the sins of which you have
against him. The picture itself - that
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latest protege." "Humph! tell your Aunt
having, as he explained once to Lady
" "How dreadful!" exclaimed Lady
mind him, my dear," whispered Lady
that great country," he said to Lady
can judge them." "Dear me!" said Lady
in Whitechapel," continued Lady
timidly. "Terribly grave," echoed Lady
from Sir Thomas's tight lips. Lady
ruin it. No, I must go, dear
out of the room, followed by Lady
Agatha , Harry, not to bother me any
Agatha , said everything that he had to
Agatha . "Really, some one should
Agatha . "He never means anything
Agatha . "I have travelled all over it in
Agatha , "how you men argue! I am sure
Agatha . "I can sympathize with
Agatha . Lord Henry looked over at Mr.
Agatha shook her head, but could not
Agatha . Good-bye, Lord Henry, you are
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Basil. It was at my aunt, Lady
of her victims also." "I am in Lady
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think. A bishop keeps on saying at the
his own life into them. We live in an
the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our
boy will be well off. He is not of
the most satisfying joy left to us in an
so limited and vulgar as our own, an
At last, liveried in the costume of the
a girl, hardly seventeen years of
throat. I have seen her in every
not principles, that move the
I don't care. I shall be of
in accepting the standard of one's
of culture to accept the standard of his
be fine and noble. To spiritualize one's
moment, if he had wounded her for an
and did not realize that we live in an
that to give an interest to one's old
woman who wears mauve, whatever her
keep your good looks. We live in an
of the great romantic tragedies of the
of sin, but the hideousness of
was could have escaped the stain of an
horrible, the signs of sin or the signs of
offered to him on his coming of
me all the better for it. I know the
as horrible as any tragedy of our
a petal." "Monmouth has ears." "Old
or I to do with the superstitions of our
know nothing of. The tragedy of old
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going away, as I have not seen you for
the eligible young ladies." "With their
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whose sudden disappearance some years
a question I put to you some time
painter after some time. "Two months
ambitions, but I gave them up long
happy to-day as you were twenty years
of that kind to me again. Two days
how I loved her once! It seems years
Well - would you believe it? - a week
horrible danger. "You told me a month
shrill and curious in his ears. "Years
her very well at Vienna thirty years
"Stop," he cried. "How long
when they had parted so many years
"Our host is a delightful topic. Years
remember Sibyl, don't you? How long
and that was when he told me, years
Oh! I remember your telling me years
Henry had given to him, so many years
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twenty - his merely visible presence what I feel. You change too often." "
of those who have it. You smile?
dull-eyed. You will suffer horribly....
strongly this morning, Lord Henry." "
myself blushes, it is a very bad sign.
said Lord Henry with a bow. "
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duty to drown it in conversation." "
How long have you known her?" "
to-day as you were twenty years ago.
I said before, if he is rich ..." "
the lad with a good-natured grumble. "
You are simply jealous and unkind.
vow. You mock at it for that.
are good, we are not always happy." "
to be alone. Basil, you must go.
ago caused, at the time, such public
ago ." "What is that?" said the painter,
ago I went to a crush at Lady
ago . And now, my dear young friend, if
ago . Ah! let me be happy for ever!"
ago I asked Sibyl to marry me. I am
ago to me now. She was everything to
ago , at Lady Hampshire's, I found
ago that you would never exhibit it,"
ago , when I was a boy," said Dorian
ago , and how decolletee she was then.
ago is it since your sister died?
ago . It was obvious that this was not
ago he was christened Prince
ago that seems! Well, Hetty was not
ago , that he had a wild adoration for
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ago now, was standing on the table,
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agony , and then a child born in pain.
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ah ! I wonder can you realize all that
Ah , my dear Basil, that is exactly why I
Ah ! when you have lost it you won't
Ah ! realize your youth while you have
Ah ! this morning! You have lived since
Ah ! Lord Henry, I wish you would tell
Ah ! that is very nice, and very wrong
Ah ! I have talked quite enough for
Ah ! that is one of Harry's views, isn'
Ah ! Harry, your views terrify me."
Ah ! let me be happy for ever!" "My
Ah ! Mother, Mother, let me be happy!"
Ah ! but you don't like being kissed, Jim
Ah ! I wish you would fall in love. Love
Ah ! don't mock. It is an irrevocable vow
Ah ! but what do you mean by good?"
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has taught me to know myself better." "
and old, and wrinkled? What then?" "
done that is good, I owe to you.
me. There is a great difference." "
I tell you the thing is impossible." "
air." "You are mad, Dorian." "
not of your life that I am thinking." "
sigh. "Life is a great disappointment." "
as long as he does not love her." "
to go to Monte Carlo with his father." "
spilled. What could atone for that?
he was christened Prince Charming." "
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yet told him the colour of my frock." "
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wanting to marry an American?
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the yards. "Somewhere about here, sir,
Charming is what you like to be called,
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stars, moved to and fro in the languid
with a self-conscious and satisfied
Gray stepped up on the dais with the
He had merely shot an arrow into the
must go out and sit in the garden. The
idea and grew wilful; tossed it into the
There was an exquisite poison in the
me, and he took off his hat with an
Shakespeare. He told me once, with an
it seemed - hung in the panting
He repeated his words. They cut the
life. We are not sent into the world to
down the polished empty street. The
riband, through the nacre-coloured
drew a deep breath. The fresh morning
It was an exquisite day. The warm
in their lace and scarlet, tossed into the
Ah , Dorian, I am so glad you take it
Ah , then," said Lord Henry, rising to go
Ah ! you don't know what it cost me to
Ah , you have discovered that?"
Ah , what is impossible?" murmured
Ah ! I was waiting for you to call me
Ah , Alan," murmured Dorian with a
Ah , my dear," cried Lady
Ah ! what a cynic you are!" cried the
Ah ! what a nuisance people's people
Ah ! for that there was no atonement;
Ah ! don't remind me of that," cried
Ah ! then, you never really love, Mr.
Ah ! you must suit your frock to his
Ah ! here is the duchess, looking like
Ah ! then it must be an illusion. The
Ah , Dorian, how happy you are!
Ah ! in what a monstrous moment of
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Ain' t English girls good enough for
ain' t they? Even those that are born in
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air . A grasshopper began to chirrup by
air , as if he had summed up the
air of a young Greek martyr, and
air . Had it hit the mark? How
air is stifling here." "My dear fellow, I
air and transformed it; let it escape
air . I had a passion for sensations....
air of gorgeous servility. There was
air of pride, that his five bankruptcies
air . The brightly coloured parasols
air like a dagger. The people round
air our moral prejudices. I never take
air was heavy with the perfume of the
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blow, but through which he inhales the
are known in the East as "woven
chatter in England. The middle classes
door and went in. A cold current of
grotesque, stiff-fingered hands in the
had been a madness of murder in the
and there was a genial warmth in the
of ashes that I may scatter in the
an old woman like me must have fresh
striking bronze blows upon the dusky
brain, he grew pale with terror, and the
was something in the clear, pine-scented
along by his side. The keen aromatic
wings seem to wheel in the leaden
neck with his crop. She cleft the dusky
and a wonderful phrase flung into the
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and began to turn over the leaves. "
fit of terror came over him. What if
it was only Dorian Gray who smiled:
bowed and retired. In a few moments,
his coal-black hair and dark eyebrows. "
it is a matter of life and death,
the face of him he had sent for, "
They don't interest me any more." "
you. I am awfully sorry for you,
you into the matter. I have no option.
be no trace of him found here. You,
you are up to?" "It was suicide,
your friends. Don't come to me." "
a moment; listen to me. Only listen,
It has nothing to do with me." "
you to do this. We were friends once,
bowed head and outstretched arms.
head and outstretched arms. Alan!
am ruined. Why, they will hang me,
refuse?" "Yes." "I entreat you,
shoulder. "I am so sorry for you,
Yes, it is my turn to dictate terms,
It seemed to crush him. "Come,
some things from the laboratory." "No,
infamous!" he muttered. "Hush,
your life that I am thinking." "Ah,
"How long will your experiment take,
the man, leaving the room. "Now,
"I don't think I can go in,
again." "You have saved me from ruin,
have had my own divorce-case and
a nameless grave in Selby churchyard.
the madness of a moment. As for
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air ; the harsh ture of the Amazon
air ," and "running water," and
air their moral prejudices over their
air passed them, and the light shot
air . He stabbed him twice more, but
air . Some red star had come too
air . It was almost like a morning in
air ." "You are mad, Dorian." "Ah
air sometimes, and besides, I really
air , Dorian Gray, dressed commonly,
air seemed to him to have become
air of that winter morning that
air , the brown and red lights that
air around me. Good heavens! don't
air like an arrow. The stones flew
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Alan Campbell, `5´, Hertford Street,
Alan Campbell should be out of
Alan Campbell never did. He was an
Alan Campbell walked in, looking
Alan ! This is kind of you. I thank you
Alan , and to more than one person.
Alan , in a locked room at the top of
Alan , they will have to interest you.
Alan . But I can't help myself. You are
Alan , you are scientific. You know
Alan , you must change him, and
Alan ." "I am glad of that. But who
Alan , it was murder. I killed him. You
Alan . All I ask of you is to perform a
Alan , I entreat you. Think of the
Alan ." "Don't speak about those days,
Alan ! Alan! If you don't come to my
Alan ! If you don't come to my
Alan ! Don't you understand? They
Alan ." "It is useless." The same look of
Alan ," he murmured, "but you leave
Alan . You know what they are. The
Alan , you must decide at once." "I
Alan , you must not leave the house.
Alan . You have saved my life," said
Alan ," murmured Dorian with a sigh,
Alan ?" he said in a calm indifferent
Alan , there is not a moment to be
Alan ," he murmured. "It is nothing to
Alan . I cannot forget that," said
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well written, or badly written. That is
the point of view of form, the type of
feeling, the actor's craft is the type.
thing is that one admires it intensely.
like this would set you far above
knew you would; but it is quite true,
you have an intellectual expression and
one sits down to think, one becomes
to think, one becomes all nose, or
you the truth. There is a fatality about
knowledge of defeat. They live as we
Dorian Gray's good looks - we shall
am going. If I did, I would lose
me awfully foolish about it?" "Not at
at all," answered Lord Henry, "not at
does find me out, she makes no row at
of perplexity came over his face. "I am
the trade-name of the firm. That is
Perhaps it was not so reckless, after
she goes in for giving a rapid precis of
and red-faced old gentleman covered
friends at once." "Laughter is not at
not got one who is a fool. They are
power, and consequently they
care for anything but your art." "He is
from him. Of course, I have done
presence - ah! I wonder can you realize
school, a school that is to have in it
it all the passion of the romantic spirit,
subtleties of certain colours. That is
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That accounts for the fact that we
is like a bric-a-brac shop,
proper value. I think you will tire first,
It was charming to have escaped
her last Tuesday, and I really forgot
face that made one trust him at once.
candour of youth was there, as well as
says. He has a very bad influence over
thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray.
They have forgotten the highest of
impulse of joy that we would forget
has told me." "You know you believe it
tossed his rebellious curls and tangled
a moment. Then it began to scramble
"It is the real Dorian Gray - that is
rational. I am glad he is not, after
be a rather nice excuse: it would have
want to be faithless, and cannot: that is
face. "Well, sit down and tell me
girl, Margaret Devereux, and made
by him. His mother had money, too.
She was romantic, though.
to write cheques for her silly fads." "
any effect. Philanthropic people lose
views echoed back to one with
of one who was unconscious of it
shadow they made real: how strange it
as he remarked once himself, that
to give some wearisome facts. Like
it never had been discovered at
It is most unfair." "Perhaps, after
And they dress well, too. They get
said to Lady Agatha. "I have travelled
Erskine, with a smile. "Paradoxes are
dear aunt, for I take no interest at
primers, and encyclopaedias. Of
you so, may I ask if you really meant
I said," smiled Lord Henry. "Was it
happens to our good duchess, we shall
It is the hour when we sleep there." "
And you will promise to talk to me
-day," said Lord Henry, smiling. "
was never returned, she had kept
it is that they are foreigners. They
a bird of paradise that had been out
sentimental people." "Never marry at
and esprit used to go together. That is
be unsympathetic about it. After
the house. It was a tawdry affair,
hautboy. In the garden-scene it had
not have helped telling me, Dorian.
I am much obliged for the compliment,
at that, and confided to me that
appearance, most of them cannot be at
you." "How horrid you are! She is
make her love me. You, who know
to pay him something, of course. When
morrow. She plays Juliet to-morrow." "
great poet, is the most unpoetical of
to wonder at. It was no matter how it
of an active cause as conscience itself.
all take such pains to over-educate
all monsters and dust, with everything
all the same. Some day you will look
all that! As he thought of his aunt, an
all about it. We were to have played a
All the candour of youth was there, as
all youth's passionate purity. One felt
all his friends, with the single
All influence is immoral - immoral
all duties, the duty that one owes to
all the maladies of mediaevalism, and
all ," said Lord Henry, looking at him
all their gilded threads. There was a
all over the oval stellated globe of the
all ." "It is not." "If it is
all - though I wish you chaps would
all the surprise of candour." "It is such
all one can say." "Don't go to the
all about it. Young people, nowadays,
all the men frantic by running away
All the Selby property came to her,
All the women of that family were.
All right, Uncle George, I'll tell her,
all sense of humanity. It is their
all the added music of passion and
all ; the silent spirit that dwelt in dim
all was! He remembered something
all really good people fall into, and
all people who try to exhaust a
all !" she exclaimed. "Really, our girls
all , America never has been
all their dresses in Paris. I wish I
all over it in cars provided by the
all very well in their way...." rejoined
all in the East End. For the future I
all people in the world the English
all that you said to us at lunch?" "I
all very bad?" "Very bad indeed. In fact
all look on you as being primarily
All of you, Mr. Erskine?" "Forty of
all the time? No one talks so
All I want now is to look at life. You
all her illusions. She tried to look
all are, ain't they? Even those that are
all night in the rain, she flitted out of
all , Dorian. Men marry because they
all over now. As long as a woman can
all , it never would have happened if I
all Cupids and cornucopias, like a
all the tremulous ecstasy that one
All through your life you will tell me
all the same. And now tell me - reach
all the dramatic critics were in a
all expensive." "Well, he seemed to
all the great heroines of the world in
all the secrets of life, tell me how to
all that is settled, I shall take a West
All right. The Bristol at eight o'clock;
all creatures. But inferior poets are
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sense, and was for that very reason
life and wondered how it was
quite right. I have chosen my own life.
he is one of the aristocracy. He has
and, that she might think of him
was not to go to the gold-fields at
account, and which for that reason was
a revelation. I feel it. And it is
smile curving that sullen mouth was
foolish; a bad-tempered boy, that is
that I was not going to Australia at
expressed. She felt that they would
married, but I have no recollection at
"You don't mean a single word of
" Lord Henry laughed. "The reason we
think so well of others is that we are
so happy. Of course, it is sudden the one thing I have been looking for
like, and then you will tell us how it
seemed to me more exquisite. She had
at that moment. It seemed to me that
of rose-coloured joy. She trembled
hands. I feel that I should not tell you
she say in answer? Perhaps you forgot
good. When I am with her, I regret
Vane's hand makes me forget you and
love, your theories about pleasure.
be fond of me. I represent to you
happened. After a few minutes, they
Gray would never again be to him
I found her, and she is divine beyond
that are not their own, she is worthy of
the girl to whom I am going to give
It was wrong in colour. It took away
that I lived. I thought that it was
something higher, something of which
of shadows. You are more to me than
Suddenly it dawned on my soul what it
the shadows of art. You have thrown it
didn't act well. I was thinking of you
better than anything in the world. After
and thought, and that he might keep
fresh morning air seemed to drive away
sleep. He seemed to have forgotten
I am not cold," he murmured. Was it
s life. Should he move it aside, after
to others, and the fear of God to us
the door. "I am so sorry for it
Harry - perfectly brutal. But it is
hair of yours." "I have got through
said Lord Henry, gravely. "It is in
the theatre? If they don't, it is
Yet the roses are not less lovely for
dramatic life is! If I had read
my heart almost broke. She explained it
boring him so completely that he loses
a certain charm for the weak. That is
ending to a wonderful play. It has
linger. I once wore nothing but violets
consoles some. Its mysteries have
sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us
all the more dangerous. It was the
all going to end. When he arrived
All I say is, watch over Sibyl. Don't
all the appearance of it, I must say. It
all the more, she did not talk of him,
all . They were horrid places, where
all the more dominant within him. He
all his, his only, Prince Charming, my
all the echo she could win. After some
all . How can you say such horrible
all . I have a great mind to chuck the
all laugh at it some day.
all of being engaged. I am inclined to
all that, Harry; you know you don't.
all like to think so well of others is
all afraid for ourselves. The basis of
all really delightful things are. And yet
all my life." He was flushed with
all came about." "There is really not
all the delicate grace of that Tanagra
all my life had been narrowed to one
all over and shook like a white
all this, but I can't help it. Of
all about it." "My dear Harry, I did
all that you have taught me. I become
all your wrong, fascinating, poisonous,
All your theories, in fact, Harry."
all the sins you have never had the
all passed downstairs. He drove off by
all that he had been in the past. Life
all living things. When she acts, you
all your adoration, worthy of the
all my life, to whom I have given
all the life from the verse. It made
all true. I was Rosalind one night and
all art is but a reflection. You had
all art can ever be. What have I to do
all meant. The knowledge was exquisite
all away. You are shallow and stupid.
all the time. But I will try - indeed,
all , it is only once that I have not
all the delicate bloom and loveliness of
all his sombre passions. He thought
all that he had gone through. A dim
all true? Had the portrait really
all ? Why not let it stay there? What
all . There were opiates for remorse,
all , Dorian," said Lord Henry as he
all right now. I am not sorry for
all that," said Dorian, shaking his head
all the morning papers. I wrote down
all right. Did any one see you going
all that. The birds sing just as happily
all this in a book, Harry, I think I
all to me. It was terribly pathetic. But I
all possible interest in life. If you had
all that can be said for them. They are
all the terrible beauty of a Greek
all through one season, as a form of
all the charm of a flirtation, a woman
all . Yes; there is really no end to the
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Sibyl Vane must have been from
believe in the reality of the things we
remain slaves looking for their masters,
how delightful you looked. And, after
me that Sibyl Vane represented to you
something of a sigh of relief. "I felt
been a marvellous experience. That is
"But I am awfully obliged to you for
Poor Sibyl! What a romance it had
joys and wilder sins - he was to have
bear the burden of his shame: that was
be some curious scientific reason for it
to alter, it was to alter. That was
child, too! What did she say about it
no heart, no pity in you. It is
what I mean - middle-class virtue and
of the martyr about her. Her death has
the pathetic uselessness of martyrdom,
that yellow satin could console one for
pomp - there is much to be got from
of reproaching him any more. After
one. She told me once that they were
my flowers for me sometimes - that is
disks of blue fire. He was trembling
that. Georges Petit is going to collect
whom you spoke. I wanted to have you
marvel of your own face. And it had
annoyed; but then you did not realize
tell us of form and colour - that is
of being very dangerous. But that was
don't know what it cost me to tell you
curious reticences - he understood them
The portrait must be hidden away at
I simply want to see the place - that is
blue eyes, and rose-red lips - they
a couple of your men." "No trouble at
back. "Can you move it, covering and
wrists. How well he remembered it
he had thought, in those dead days, of
might not his nature grow finer, after
kindness in coming round." "Not at
coming round." "Not at all, not at
of rich men who had been blackmailed
and flung the pieces away. How ugly it
to realize in the nineteenth century
upon his soul with a pity that was
of the real culture of the scholar with
the greatest, of the arts, and for it
instinct with that vivid life that lurks in
daily sacrifice, more awful really than
He felt keenly conscious of how barren
on his ear. He collected together from
that is sounded by the sentinels who sit
de la vieille roche that was the envy of
of the queen one could behold "
of the Sun, on which were displayed
bears, dogs, forests, rocks, hunters that the portrait still preserved, under
him, and for his sake had braved
possession of a good chef. And, after
also, stirred within him. How curious it
all the women one meets! There is
all play with, such as romance, passion,
all the same. They love being
all , you said something to me the day
all the heroines of romance - that she
all that you have said, but somehow I
all . I wonder if life has still in store for
all that you have said to me. You are
all been! She had often mimicked
all these things. The portrait was to
all . A feeling of pain crept over him
all ? If thought could exercise its
all . Why inquire too closely into it?
all ?" "My dear Basil, how do I know
all Harry's influence. I see that." The
all that kind of thing. How different
all the pathetic uselessness of
all its wasted beauty. But, as I was
all the miseries of life. I love beautiful
all these. But the artistic temperament
all , his indifference was probably
all rather curious to learn who I was,
all . No; I did it myself. The light
all over. "Dorian!" "Don't speak!"
all my best pictures for a special
all to myself. I was only happy when I
all been what art should be all that it meant to me. Harry, to whom
all . It often seems to me that art
all . He was too clever and too cynical
all that I have told you." "My dear
all now, and he felt sorry. There
all costs. He could not run such a risk
all . Give me the key." "And here is
all were there. It was simply the
all , Mr. Gray. I am delighted to be
all , just as it is? I don't want
all ! Every moment of his lonely
all that was in store for him! But
all ? There was no reason that the
all , not at all, Mr. Gray. Ever
all , Mr. Gray. Ever ready to do
all their lives by some servant who
all was! And how horribly real
all the passions and modes of thought
all the more poignant because it was
all the grace and distinction and
all the other arts seemed to be but a
all grotesques, and that lends to
all the sacrifices of the antique world,
all intellectual speculation is when
all parts of the world the strangest
all day long in high trees, and can be
all the connoisseurs. He discovered
all the chaste ladies of the world,
all the dainties and viands that could
all , in fact, that a painter can copy
all the foulness and ugliness of the
all social censure and set convention
all , it is a very poor consolation to be
all seemed! And his mother with her
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He felt that he had known them
was a horrible fascination in them
about here, but I don't feel at
as I have sent on my heavy things.
- do you know? - he was not at
more difficult for me." "What is it
your position, and your wealth, and
you, I don't believe these rumours at
when I am away from you, and I hear
enough I know, and English society is
over his friends. Yours seem to lose
you look at it? You can tell the world
did believe you, they would like me
the portrait that was the origin of
feeling of pity came over him. After
t ask me to read anything to-night.
an almost empty book-case - that was
was simply asleep. How quickly it had
had painted the fatal portrait to which
morrow. I have some work to do." "
dream. Yet he had not dreamed at
He winced at the memory of
in which he used to shut himself up
shame comes on you. You deserve it
disgraced. How dare you ask me, of
listen to me. Only listen, Alan.
living man, at any rate. I bore it
from Campbell's lips and he shivered
with anybody. However, that was
Queen Elizabeth, and consequently they
does not remember my short frocks at
none of them had had any hearts at
fan. "Lord Henry, I am not at
hostess, laughing. "But really, if you
you for your defects, where would you
that would alter you much. Nowadays
married men live like bachelors, and
carefully to-night and draw out a list of
well, Harry. I am tired. That is
shall go home. I must go home." "
shall have another if you drive fast." "
the wild desire to live, most terrible of
intense actuality of impression, than
seconds his eyes grew sad. Yet, after
is either killed, or, if it lives at
and disobedience its charm. For
do my job first. One minute. That's
of the man he had sought to kill had
to kill had all the bloom of boyhood,
hardly older, if older indeed at
Well, she made it out of nothing.
hats are made out of nothing." "Like
love with your eyes, if you ever love at
romanticists." "Romanticists! You have
Henry, "you merely fainted. That was
failure thrust upon the weak. That was
mere memory of the scene! He saw it
was silly of me to come down here at
come back, Duchess." "I have heard
Henry. "It has no psychological value at
are dreadfully out of order. That is
all , those strange terrible figures that
all . He saw them at night, and they
all certain about it. I am sorry you
All I have with me is in this bag, and
all a bad servant. I never liked him,
all about?" cried Dorian in his
all that kind of thing. But position
all . At least, I can't believe them when
all these hideous things that people
all wrong. That is the reason why I
all sense of honour, of goodness, of
all about it afterwards, if you choose.
all the better for it. I know the age
all his shame was to be burdened for
all , what right had he to pry into the
All I want is a plain answer to my
all that it seemed to contain, besides
all been done! He felt strangely calm,
all his misery had been due had
All right, sir." "Did any one call this
all . His night had been untroubled by
all that he had suffered, and for a
all day long, greatly to the
all . I should not be sorry to see you
all men in the world, to mix myself
All I ask of you is to perform a
all . Now it is for me to dictate terms."
all over. The ticking of the clock on
all Narborough's fault. He was
all fall asleep after dinner. You shan't
all , Lord Henry. But I remember her
all ." "Four husbands! Upon my word
all surprised that the world says that
all worship Madame de Ferrol in this
all be? Not one of you would ever be
all the married men live like
all the bachelors like married men."
all the eligible young ladies." "With
all ." "You were charming last night.
All right, Dorian. I dare say I shall
All right, sir," answered the man, "you
all man's appetites, quickened into
all the gracious shapes of art, the
all , what did it matter to him? One's
all , lives but to give rebellion its
all sins, as theologians weary not of
all ." Dorian's arms fell to his side.
all the bloom of boyhood, all the
all the unstained purity of youth. He
all , than his sister had been when
All good hats are made out of
all good reputations, Gladys,"
all ." "It seems to me that we never do
all the methods of science." "Men
all . You must have overtired yourself.
all . Besides, had any stranger been
all again. Each hideous detail came
all . I think I shall send a wire to
all about it, Mr. Gray," she answered.
all . Now if Geoffrey had done the
all . I am afraid I walked too far this
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"One may lose one's way." "
I am quite sure that I loved her.
is not broken. Of course, she cried and
that Basil never arrived in Paris at
It must be a delightful city, and possess
It does not seem to me to be at
for a character that doesn't suit you.
suit you. All crime is vulgar, just as
be able to give me an answer. That is
has been hidden from you. And it has
the revivalist, warning people against
show the world its own shame. That is
he had brought to shame. But was it
unsullied splendour of eternal youth!
than we are ourselves? Or, perhaps,
But this murder - was it to dog him
so it would kill the painter's work, and
one of the top windows, the house was
master as they had last seen him, in
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what The Morning Post calls a suitable
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paint you again. You really must not
cried Dorian Gray; "and I don't
now, my dear young friend, if you will
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- which, of course, I would not have
If they were
again. It had been mad of him to have
got rid of at once. He must not be
Rio Negro Indians, that women are not
whom no pure-minded girl should be
park? Why, even her children are not
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stirred me. We were quite close,
the words seemed wrung out of him
and taking Hallward by the arm, he
him by its suggestion of a strange,
figure like a beer-barrel. Mercutio was
was a fiasco. The last act was played to
of cruelty round the warped lips. He
gazing at the portrait with a feeling of
I should have thought she was
she played so badly, and my heart
the portrait wondering at its beauty,
He had absolutely nothing to do,
his own secret, he had succeeded,
and began to dress for dinner. It was
All ways end at the same point, my
All during this wonderful May that we
all that. But there is no disgrace
all . I suppose in about a fortnight we
all the attractions of the next world."
all probable. I know there are
All crime is vulgar, just as all
all vulgarity is crime. It is not in you,
all . I was going through the park last
all been to you no more than the
all the sins of which you have grown
all . But we won't discuss literature.
all irretrievable? Was there no hope
All his failure had been due to that.
all these? And why was the red stain
all his life? Was he always to be
all that that meant. It would kill the
all dark. After a time, he went away
all the wonder of his exquisite youth
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alliance , and I want you both to be
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yourself to become sunburnt. It
people to call me a silly boy."
me to call you so, may I ask if
you to smoke cigars. You must
the picture to be exhibited. You
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it to do so, it would absorb
- but I assure you that in any
their own way, every comedy
the thing to remain, even for
to know where the picture
to look at and that even
to know, and whom no chaste
to live with her. Then there
a choice," he answered, but
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almost
almost
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almost
almost
almost
almost
almost
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almost
almost
almost
touching. Our eyes met again. It
against his will. "What nonsense
led him into the house.
modern romance. A beautiful
as bad. He was played by the
empty benches. The curtain
dreaded his valet leaving the
scientific interest. That such a
younger than that. She looked
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enamoured of it, as it seemed
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which he seemed, at times, to have
been so remarkable. It was with an
ready to accept the position that was
of those dreamless nights that make us
in whatever he took up - he was
fear that seemed to him at times to be
that had made him so suddenly, and
starting up from the sofa and turning
picture, an old Italian cassone, and an
to think. Every year - every month,
was a genial warmth in the air. It was
romantic, background was everything, or
great friends once, five years before strangely melancholy at times, appeared
I am in. Just before you came I
yes, Harry." "He bores me dreadfully,
something that he longed for and yet
drooped till the long fringed lashes
of shot in his chest. He must have died
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cruel joy - and perhaps in
immediately offered to him
enamoured of death, or one of
saddened by the reflection of
too great to be borne. Upon
without cause, give utterance,
white from fear. "Yes,"
empty book-case - that was all
- men were strangled in
like a morning in May.
everything. Basil had been
inseparable, indeed. Then the
to dislike hearing music, and
fainted with terror. You may
as much as he bores her. She
loathed. His breath quickened.
touched his cheek. But he still
instantaneously. Come; let us
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alone , Mr. Gray." "I should like that
alone at the club for some time
alone are wonderful things revealed;
alone . He says things that annoy me.
alone with this rough stern son of hers.
alone that made him gloomy and
alone . Basil, you must go. Ah! can'
alone , with a look of triumph on her
alone . I hate the stage. I might mimic a
alone he would have to examine the
alone when he looked upon the mask
alone with it, I felt that I was right....
alone , in the morning-room, looking
alone or with Lord Henry, listening
alone in her villa at Mentone. Your
alone , he lit a cigarette and began
alone ." He went to his room and
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"Well, then, you and I will go
up, but, egad, Kelso ate his chop
wakened that wonderful vision to which
to him. I don't want to see him
she had felt ill at ease when she was
at leaving home. Yet it was not this
cried the lad. "I want to be
greenroom. The girl was standing there
away with you, where we can be quite
He knew that when he was
both doors. At least he would be
the picture was finished, and I sat
where he found Lord Henry sitting
sit in his box at the opera, either
had written to him when she was dying
get his address." As soon as he was
would rather come down. I must not be
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a gold and silver ground, and fringed
as if in pursuit. Dorian Gray hurried
a black shadow that had been creeping
we get to new ground." Dorian strolled
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himself, came over him. It had altered
making his choice. Or had his choice
into his bedroom, where his valet was
him from those sins that seemed to be
five o'clock and that the tea had been
the picture - had no doubt missed it
know his secret then. Perhaps the world
no alternative. I have a letter written
with which he was threatened had
Dorian. "Oh! my maid does that
Bournemouth's eldest son. He has
smiling. "I am a little changed
would soon pass away. It was
was waiting for. Surely he had begun it
the face. Perhaps the signs of evil had
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appearance of a new personality for art
and, I am afraid, one of her victims
the great sins of the world take place
-instinct, in her, but she has personality
of spirit with matter was a mystery
much more of life. He must be sure,
dominant within him. He was conscious
and the sorrows of Cordelia were mine
given to him? But he had suffered
his strange likeness to his mother, and
He discovered wonderful stories,
He had a special passion,
was St. Sebastian. He had chasubles,
was such a part of his life, and was
thin-lipped woman in black. Her blood,
of your repentance will be answered
more than once. He spent a long time
looked back, the woman had vanished
to him to pre-figure death for himself
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of an epigram." "The world goes to the
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It will be a great pity, for it will
like it in appearance. But it will never
him. It had altered already, and would
joy? Surely a painted canvas could not
it seemed to him at times. Was it to
terrible power. If the picture was to
If the picture was to alter, it was to
mechanically, as though words could
Not, however, that that would
his." "My dear Gladys, I would not
loved. Difference of object does not
a new ideal, Harry. I am going to
not to think of the past. Nothing could
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the friendship between them had never
warm with his breath. Then wisdom
callous and cold. She has entirely
already , and would alter more. Its gold
already been made? Yes, life had
already waiting for him. An hour later
already stirring in spirit and in flesh already brought up. On a little table
already , while he had been laying the
already suspected it. For, while he
already . Here it is. You see the
already come upon him. The hand
already , Mr. Gray, when she is
already copied your neckties, and has
already ." "You cannot change to me,
already waning. He was perfectly safe
already . He had spared one innocent
already gone away. He would go and
already . He went in quietly, locking
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also . What the invention of oil-painting
also ." "I am in Lady Agatha's black
also . You, Mr. Gray, you yourself,
also ; and you have often told me that
also . He began to wonder whether we
also , to write to her by every mail, and
also of the shallowness and vanity of
also . I believed in everything. The
also . During the three terrible hours
also for other reasons, he had always
also , about jewels. In Alphonso's
also , for ecclesiastical vestments, as
also , of amber-coloured silk, and blue
also afraid that during his absence
also , stirred within him. How curious
also . I worshipped you too much. I
also over breakfast, tasting the various
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altar frontals of crimson velvet and
altar of its own accord," was the
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alter you. What you have told me is
alter ," sighed Hallward. "That is
alter more. Its gold would wither into
alter ? The thing was absurd. It would
alter now with every mood to which he
alter , it was to alter. That was all.
alter . That was all. Why inquire too
alter things. "You must. You have no
alter you much. Nowadays all the
alter either name for the world. They
alter singleness of passion. It merely
alter . I think I have altered." "You
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altered him. Suddenly there had come
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no doubt that the whole expression had
of himself, came over him. It had
It was perfectly true. The portrait had
grievance redressed, or some unjust law
It was simply the expression that had
picture! What did it mean? Why had it
I am going to alter. I think I have
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and as a natural consequence he
beautiful creature who should be
we have no flowers to look at, and
gets confused over her dates, and I
independent I am by nature. I have
been my own master; had at least
forward an idea to a true Englishman in the plain woodland the wonder I had
wonder I had always looked for and
afternoon in Curzon Street. I am nearly
that graceful wave of the hand that was
you go, you charm the world. Will it
you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be
I am glad now. I wonder shall I
I wonder shall I always be glad?" "
dreadful. But this picture will remain
way! If it were I who was to be
or your silver Faun. You will like them
picture could change, and I could be
better for keeping your promises. He
could have produced him, and he
one lives charmingly upon it. Besides, I
me about the English noble who was
stay in their own country? They are
giving me the information I wanted. I
warbled the duchess. "I have
Henry had not yet come in. He was
was a curious woman, whose dresses
isn't it, Mr. Gray? I
the first romance of your life. You will
You will always be loved, and you will
as one knows their bonnets. One can
some day. When one is in love, one
begins by deceiving one's self, and one
me." "You were quite right. There is
opening his blue eyes in wonder. "You
He had been
be revealed to us. As it was, we
question is a perfect gentleman. He is
son, you distress me very much. Sibyl is
does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is
handsome. "I hope you will
altered . It was not a mere fancy of his
altered already, and would alter more.
altered . As he often remembered
altered - I forget exactly what it was.
altered . That was horrible in its
altered ? He turned and looked at
altered ." "You have not yet told me
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always looks absolutely delightful. Your
always here in winter when we have
always here in summer when we want
always do. But when she does find me
always been my own master; had at
always been so, till I met Dorian Gray.
always a rash thing to do - he never
always looked for and always missed."
always missed." "Basil, this is
always at home at five o'clock. Write
always so characteristic of him, and
always be so? ... You have a
always searching for new sensations. Be
always be glad?" "Always! That is a
Always ! That is a dreadful word. It
always young. It will never be older
always young, and the picture that was
always . How long will you like me?
always what I am now! Why did you
always breaks his own. I beg you not
always said that the country was going
always deal with Dartmoor's tradesmen,
always quarrelling with the cabmen
always telling us that it is the paradise
always like to know everything about
always felt rather guilty when I came
always late on principle, his principle
always looked as if they had been
always hear Harry's views from his
always be loved, and you will always
always be in love with love. A grande
always find them. There is no mystery
always begins by deceiving one's self,
always ends by deceiving others. That
always something infinitely mean about
always come dreadfully late." "Well, I
always enthralled by the methods of
always misunderstood ourselves and
always most polite to me. Besides, he
always under my special care. Of
always from the noblest motives." "I
always be very happy, Dorian," said
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say anything about marriage, and they
curiosity. I have a theory that it is
approval. When we are happy, we are
but when we are good, we are not
its gods. They worship us, and are
with the desire to do masterpieces and
why I like you so much." "You will
can one want? Yes, Dorian, you will
tired look in his eyes, "but I am
was so bad to-night. Why I shall
of the empty pageant in which I had
There is
he often remembered afterwards, and
would have treated her kindly. One can
about good resolutions - that they are
many, but there have been some - have
never remember its details. Details are
rejoined his companion. "Life has
the whole world for me. That is
know when the curtain has fallen. They
Vane did for you. Ordinary women
-five who is fond of pink ribbons. It
loses one's own. In good society that
really died. To you at least she was
died for love of him, and love would
surrender the chance of remaining
She lived her finest tragedy. She was
me less. I am changed, but you must
be out of town. And if you keep it
your picture again, I am content. I have
shown in the work one creates. Art is
and I are friends, Basil, and we must
thing would still live on. It would be
But it was too late now. The past could
for people to come to him. But he
and also for other reasons, he had
I was thinking of something else." "
pearl-coloured octagonal stand that had
book on the little Florentine table that
dishonour when they saw him. He had
in the settling of which Lord Henry
and certainly the Roman ritual had
us, and the subtle antinomianism that
As he investigated the subject - and he
would you like hock-and-seltzer? I
into an amateur curate for the moment
for your good. You know I have been
played there, and after that used to be
their intimacy lasted. Campbell was
they met and that Campbell seemed
one of her especial favourites, and she
-seven, with a hooked nose, who was
Mr. Gray should get married?" "I am
somewhat overdressed by being
How inquisitive you are, Harry! You
to know what one has been doing. I
he threw his head back and laughed. "I
I could not do that." "Women are not
and finely wrought temperaments it is
yawned. "Basil was very popular, and
I should fancy, however, that murder is
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remind us." Hallward laid his
the women who propose to us,
good, but when we are good,
happy." "Ah! but what do you
bothering us to do something
prevent us from carrying them
like me, Dorian," he replied.
be fond of me. I represent to
ready for a new emotion. I am
be bad. Why I shall never act
played. To-night, for the first
something ridiculous about the
with no small wonder, he found
be kind to people about whom
made too late. Mine certainly
insisted on living on, long after
vulgar." "I must sow poppies in
poppies in her hands. Of
a dreadful moment. It fills one
want a sixth act, and as soon
console themselves. Some of
means that they have a history.
whitewashes a woman. But
a dream, a phantom that flitted
be a sacrament to him now.
young, however fantastic that
a heroine. The last night she
be my friend. Of course, I am
behind a screen, you can't care
you to look at. If you wish the
more abstract than we fancy.
remain so." "You have got
alive. He shuddered, and for a
be annihilated. Regret, denial,
made an exception in favour of
hated and desired to keep at a
glad to have a rest, Mr. Gray,"
looked to him like the work
stood at his bedside and began
the look of one who had kept
assisted him, were noted as
a great attraction for him. The
seems to accompany it, moved
had an extraordinary faculty of
take hock-and-seltzer myself.
began by saying that, and then
a stanch friend to you." "Don't
seen together at the opera and
either at Selby Royal or in
to go away early from any
told him that she was
trying to get herself
telling him so, Lady
absolutely over-educated. He is
want to know what one has
want to forget what I have
agree with Harry, Duchess."
allowed a choice," he answered,
so. Their strong passions must
wore a Waterbury watch. Why
a mistake. One should never
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bad painting and good intentions that
her latest wonder. As for the aged, I
cried out against us both, but it has
but it has always worshipped you. It
said Lord Henry. "You and I will
and answered that wicked people were
it to dog him all his life? Was he
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worshipped you. It always will
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be friends." "Yet you poisoned
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answered the artist. "Of course I
like him. You shrug your shoulders? I
now I never tell my people where I
dear Basil. You seem to forget that I
is, and my wife never knows what I
it - much better, in fact, than I
Lord Henry pulled out his watch. "I
I will not exhibit this picture is that I
of perplexity came over his face. "I
Harry," answered the painter; "and I
from the grass and examined it. "I
yourself, Harry, how independent I
each other without any introduction. I
Hallward, frowning. "My dear fellow, I
a sitter. I won't tell you that I
and that his name was Dorian Gray. I
I had known it was your friend." "I
to-day, Dorian." "Oh, I
You are one of her favourites, and, I
afraid, one of her victims also." "I
t know what she will say to me. I
smiled and looked at Dorian Gray. "
"You are very pressing, Basil, but I
me some afternoon in Curzon Street. I
It is quite true, I never talk when I
was unconscious of the silence. "Basil, I
is stifling here." "My dear fellow, I
dear fellow, I am so sorry. When I
been in better form for painting than I
turned to each other and smiled. "I
Henry, looking at him. "Yes, I
And you have sat splendidly to-day. I
like your art better than your friends. I
burning. "Yes," he continued, "I
thing worth having. When I find that I
who are finer than any of them!" "I
everything whose beauty does not die. I
change, and I could be always what I
cried. "It would be murder!" "I
thought you would." "Appreciate it? I
many things, but he is not rational. I
I can send him a wire to say that I
to say that I am ill, or that I
of the portrait, strolling across to him. "
time, so you might have known her. I
the Americans." "They don't last, I
Uncle George, for Dartmoor's sake. I
any more with her charity appeals. I
"Really, some one should interfere." "I
Lord Henry. Sir Thomas frowned. "I
Lady Agatha, "how you men argue! I
you are talking about. Oh! Harry, I
am not like him. I know that perfectly
am telling you the truth. There is a
am going. If I did, I would lose all
am married, and the one charm of
am doing. When we meet - we do
am . She never gets confused over her
am afraid I must be going, Basil," he
am afraid that I have shown in it the
am all expectation, Basil," continued his
am afraid you will hardly understand it.
am quite sure I shall understand it,"
am by nature. I have always been my
am sure of that. Dorian told me so
am not quite serious. But I can't help
am dissatisfied with what I have done
am bound to state that she never told
am very glad you didn't, Harry." "Why
am tired of sitting, and I don't want a
am afraid, one of her victims also." "I
am in Lady Agatha's black books at
am far too frightened to call." "Oh, I
Am I to go, Mr. Gray?" he asked
am afraid I must go. I have promised
am nearly always at home at five
am working, and never listen either,
am tired of standing," cried Dorian
am so sorry. When I am painting, I
am painting, I can't think of anything
am to-day. This is going to be my
am waiting," he cried. "Do come in.
am glad now. I wonder shall I always
am awfully obliged to you." "That is
am no more to you than a green
am less to you than your ivory
am growing old, I shall kill myself."
am jealous of everything whose beauty
am jealous of the portrait you have
am now! Why did you paint it? It will
am glad you appreciate my work at
am in love with it, Basil. It is part
am glad he is not, after all - though I
am ill, or that I am prevented from
am prevented from coming in
Am I really like that?" "Yes; you are
am very much interested in Mr. Gray
am told," muttered his uncle. "A long
am told that pork-packing is the most
am sick of them. Why, the good
am told, on excellent authority, that
am afraid that your nephew is
am sure I never can make out what
am quite vexed with you. Why do you
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except the weather," he answered. "I
is going to be in the chair. If I
delightful and dreadfully demoralizing. I
"why don't you write one?" "I
over some admirable Burgundy I
bid good-bye to your excellent aunt. I
" Lord Henry laughed and rose. "I
you are, Harry!" he murmured. "I
Dorian smiled and shook his head: "I
like good music. I adore it, but I
But he has been most pleasant. I
am so glad I've seen him." "I
both with an amused smile. "So sorry I
everything and the value of nothing." "I
You are dining out, I suppose? So
both are disappointed." "I don't think I
think I am likely to marry, Harry. I
love. That is one of your aphorisms. I
My dear Dorian, it is quite true. I
laughing. It is horrid of you!" "I
I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I
- don't commit crimes, Dorian. But I
too much champagne, or something." "I
hidden away in that little ivory body, I
designed by himself, and, though I
being a whole month younger than I
be, if you say it. And now I
"Mother, Mother, I
their dingy sitting-room contained. "I
head. "Happy!" she echoed, "I
But what does he see in me? I
so much. Don't look so sad. I
ever see this horrid London again. I
Let us go to the park." "I
"You are not listening to a word I
saying, Jim," cried Sibyl, "and I
are more likely to forget me than I
He is going to be there, and I
sitting there! To play for his delight! I
lover, my god of graces. But I
"I
he answered, "and I know what I
used to be so fond of acting in. I
and stooping down, he kissed her. "I
recollection at all of being engaged. I
I should ever be more serious than I
none the less interesting. You know I
her belief makes me good. When I
from what you have known me to be. I
in his slow melodious voice. "But I
a tired look in his eyes, "but I
I am always ready for a new emotion. I
Dorian, you will come with me. I
and you will see the girl to whom I
can't act. Let us go." "I
lad, in a hard bitter voice. "I
don't leave me!" she whispered. "I
Her tears and sobs annoyed him. "I
the window?" Dorian shook his head. "I
Dorian looked at him for a moment. "I
the picture, and unlocked the door. "I
am quite content with philosophic
am late he is sure to be furious, and I
am sure I don't know what to say
am too fond of reading books to care
am fortunate enough to possess." "I
am due at the Athenaeum. It is the
am going to the park," he cried. As he
am afraid it is not Harry, Mr. Gray,"
am afraid I don't think so, Lady
am afraid of it. It makes me too
am so glad I've seen him." "I am
am charmed, my love, quite charmed,"
am late, Dorian. I went to look after a
am afraid I must be going," exclaimed
am I. Perhaps I shall see you at Lady
am likely to marry, Harry. I am too
am too much in love. That is one of
am putting it into practice, as I do
am analysing women at present, so I
am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am
am not laughing at you. But you
am much obliged for the compliment,
am not surprised." "Then he asked me
am filled with awe." "You can dine
am a little jealous of the picture for
am , I must admit that I delight in it.
am off. Imogen is waiting for me.
am so happy!" whispered the girl,
am so happy!" she repeated, "and you
am only happy, Sibyl, when I see you
am not worthy of him. And yet - why,
am as happy to-day as you were
am sure I don't want to." "My son
am too shabby," he answered, frowning.
am saying, Jim," cried Sibyl, "and I
am making the most delightful plans
am to forget you, Sibyl." She flushed. "
am to play Juliet. Oh! how I shall play
am afraid I may frighten the company,
am poor beside him. Poor? What does
am sixteen," he answered, "and I know
am about. Mother is no help to you.
am not going to quarrel with you. I
am sorry if I have pained you by
am inclined to think that I never was
am at the present moment." "But do
am not a champion of marriage. The
am with her, I regret all that you have
am changed, and the mere touch of
am afraid I cannot claim my theory as
am always ready for a new emotion. I
am afraid, however, that, for me at any
am so sorry, Basil, but there is only
am going to give all my life, to whom I
am going to see the play through,"
am awfully sorry that I have made
am so sorry I didn't act well. I was
am going," he said at last in his calm
am not cold," he murmured. Was it all
am not at home to any one, Victor,"
am so sorry for it all, Dorian," said
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brutal. But it is all right now. I
know myself better." "Ah, Dorian, I
shaking his head and smiling. "I
days ago I asked Sibyl to marry me. I
happily in my garden. And to-night I
I do? You don't know the danger I
as I want to? I don't think I
explanation, Harry," he rejoined, "but I
"but I am glad you don't think I
glad you don't think I am heartless. I
I know I
me that I had spoiled her life. I
of art. You are more fortunate than I
me quite beautiful about her death. I
beautiful about her death. I am glad I
cruel to her. You forget that." "I
the same. They love being dominated. I
will see her name on the door. But I
to it," said Dorian listlessly. "But I
Hallward was shown into the room. "I
I can't tell you how heart-broken I
taught me to be vain." "Well, I
Well, I
was a schoolboy when you knew me. I
passions, new thoughts, new ideas. I
but you must not like me less. I
must always be my friend. Of course, I
Basil, and don't quarrel with me. I
don't quarrel with me. I am what I
"Only my Christian name, and that I
to you again as long as I live. I
see my own work, especially as I
never to look at your picture again, I
done to be hidden from the world, I
just as pleasant." "Pleasanter for you, I
regretfully. "And now good-bye. I
a religious subject, Mr. Gray." "I
No trouble at all, Mr. Gray. I
perhaps you had better go in front. I
And he wiped his shiny forehead. "I
he said, wearily, turning round. "I
I shan't trouble you any more now. I
-room, looking very much bored. "I
to bed, as he let me out. I
don't feel at all certain about it. I
you will be back soon?" "No: I
"I hope it is not about myself. I
it is entirely for your own sake that I
down to the studio now, and when I
writes his friend's name across a bill,
know? But it is said of you. I
and their throbbing cores of flame. "I
deny them! Can't you see what I
in a low voice. "Yes." "I
also. I worshipped you too much. I
half-dressed and looking very drowsy. "I
away to catch his train." "Oh! I
This one will have to interest you. I
one man who is able to save me. I
matter, whatever it is. Do you think I
"It was suicide, Alan." "I
am not sorry for anything that has
am so glad you take it in that way! I
am perfectly happy now. I know what
am not going to break my word to her.
am to dine with you, and then go on
am in, and there is nothing to keep
am heartless. Do you?" "You have
am glad you don't think I am heartless.
am heartless. I am nothing of the kind.
am nothing of the kind. I know I am
am not. And yet I must admit that this
am bound to state that she ate an
am . I assure you, Dorian, that not one
am glad I am living in a century when
am living in a century when such
am afraid that women appreciate
am sure you were splendid. I have
am sorry you won't come and dine." "I
am awfully obliged to you for all that
am so glad I have found you, Dorian,"
am about the whole thing. I know
am punished for that, Dorian - or shall
am not like that young man you told
am a man now. I have new passions,
am different, but you must not like me
am changed, but you must always be
am very fond of Harry. But I know
am what I am. There is nothing more
am . There is nothing more to be said.
am quite sure she never mentioned to
am quite serious. I don't offer any
am going to exhibit it in Paris in the
am content. I have always you to look
am satisfied. Your friendship is dearer
am afraid," murmured Hallward
am sorry you won't let me look at the
am so sorry you have given yourself
am delighted to be of any service to
am afraid it is right at the top of the
am afraid it is rather heavy,"
am sorry I kept you so long. I was
am much obliged for your kindness in
am so sorry, Harry," he cried, "but
am off to Paris by the midnight train,
am sorry you are going away, as I
am going to be out of England for six
am tired of myself to-night. I should
am speaking. I think it right that you
am away from you, and I hear all
am I his keeper? I know how people
am told things that it seems
am waiting, Basil," said the young
am going through? My God! don't
am delighted," he answered, smiling.
am punished for it. You worshipped
am sorry to have had to wake you
am sorry I didn't see him. Did he
am awfully sorry for you, Alan. But
am forced to bring you into the
am going to peril my reputation for
am glad of that. But who drove him
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If it is discovered, I
desire to help you. You forget that. I
I entreat you. Think of the position I
If you don't come to my assistance, I
putting his hand upon his shoulder. "I
culminated in crime. In doing what I
do - it is not of your life that I
"Yes," said Dorian. "And I
You can have the evening to yourself. I
him with her fan. "Lord Henry, I
me to dinner again after saying this, I
that Mr. Gray should get married?" "I
I smoke a great deal too much. I
rather out of sorts at dinner." "I
"I am quite well, Harry. I
"Don't mind me, Harry. I
He wanted to escape from himself. "I
now." Dorian shrugged his shoulders. "I
to go back. What does it matter? I
better confess your sin, for as sure as I
as bad." "He is not the man I
since Prince Charming made me what I
her hand up to heaven. "Before God I
me away to him," she whined; "I
up at him with her wonderful eyes. "I
satisfied with my own name, and I
hand, no one is more ready than I
Too often." The duchess sighed. "I
"Greek meets Greek, then?" "I
That a burnt child loves the fire." "I
he asked. "Oh! I remember.
He could not finish the sentence. "I
Harry. Don't laugh like that. I
who has just died is better off than I
into his pocket. "Tell her Grace that I
the passion and forgotten the desire. I
the loveliest of little live things. But I
dreadfully out of order. That is all. I
"It came to you crowned." "I
too many dreadful things in my life. I
For I have a new ideal, Harry. I
a village. But I really loved her. I
suggest the most serious tragedies. I
of sin. I want to be better. I
you, Dorian, to commit a murder. I
did. But I never really liked it. I
a soul, but that man had not. I
youth. You must have some secret. I
ten years older than you are, and I
you are the young Apollo and that I
is old, but that one is young. I
you. You are still the same." "I
and what it is afraid it has found. I
been exquisite," he murmured, "but I
a sad look in his eyes. "But I
heard from it before." "It is because I
be good," he answered, smiling. "I
literature. Come round to-morrow. I
am lost; and it is sure to be
am simply indifferent to the whole
am in. Just before you came I almost
am ruined. Why, they will hang me,
am so sorry for you, Alan," he
am going to do - what you force me
am thinking." "Ah, Alan," murmured
am afraid, Francis, that I have another
am not dining at home, so I shall not
am not at all surprised that the world
am afraid, Lady Narborough, but it is
am always telling him so, Lady
am going to limit myself, for the
am quite well, Harry. I am tired. That
am tired. That is all." "You were
am irritable, and out of temper. I
am going on to the other place," he
am sick of women who love one.
am quite happy here." "You will write
am James Vane, you are going to die.
am looking for," he answered, "and I
am ." "You lie!" cried James Vane. She
am telling the truth," she cried.
am afraid of him. Let me have some
am quite satisfied with my own name,
am sure Mr. Gray should be satisfied
am to acknowledge that it is better to
am searching for peace," she said,
am on the side of the Trojans. They
am not even singed. My wings are
Am I safe here, Harry?" He began to
am afraid so," rejoined Lord Henry.
am telling you the truth. The
am . I have no terror of death. It is
am coming in," he said, coldly. The
am too much concentrated on myself.
am sorry they told you about the man.
am afraid I walked too far this
am tired of strawberry leaves." "They
am not going to do any more. I
am going to alter. I think I have
am quite sure that I loved her. All
am sorry I told you now. I don't care
am going to be better. Tell me
am sorry if I hurt your vanity by
am sorry I sat for it. The memory of
am afraid, however, he would not
am only ten years older than you are,
am wrinkled, and worn, and yellow.
am Marsyas listening to you. I have
am amazed sometimes at my own
am not the same, Harry." "Yes, you
am so glad that you have never done
am not going to have the same life,
am tired to-night, Harry. I shan't
am going to be good," he answered,
am a little changed already." "You
am going to ride at eleven. We might
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his eyebrows and looked at him in
I dare say." The painter stared in
Verona. I think, from his blank look of
" he answered, gazing at her in
up and looking at him in perplexed
He looked at Dorian Gray in absolute
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means anything that he says." "When
is most unfair." "Perhaps, after all,
die?" inquired the duchess. "They go to
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amazement through the thin blue
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amazement , that he was under the
amazement . "Horribly! It was dreadful.
amazement . "But, my dear Dorian - " "
amazement . He had never seen him
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amber -coloured silk, and blue silk and
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America , after politics." "Is she pretty?"
America was discovered," said the
America never has been discovered,"
America ," murmured Lord Henry. Sir
America ," rejoined Lord Henry
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behaves as if she was beautiful. Most
of their charm." "Why can't these
authority, that her father keeps an
Sir Thomas." "Dry-goods! What are
in wonder and accentuating the verb. "
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him?" "It is rather fashionable to marry
with his fist. "The betting is on the
the same." "They say that when good
off clothes. "Really! And where do bad
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there? His fingers were straying about
gave rise to such strange conjecture
Indeed, there were many, especially
Outside, there is the stirring of birds
either in the tombs of dead nations or
medallions of many saints and martyrs,
face with colours, and plied the distaff
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ideal, it may be. But the bravest man
his aunt's oldest friends, a perfect saint
on him, and the consciousness that
people. It has had that excellent effect,
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by Society as he fed the people who
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American dry-goods store," said Sir
American dry-goods?" asked the
American novels," answered Lord
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Americans ." "They don't last, I am told
Americans die they go to Paris,"
Americans go to when they die?"
Americans are an extremely interesting
Americans ." "How dreadful!" cried
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amethyst , and across them came a mist
amethyst drove away the fumes of
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amidst a crowd of watchers. The
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the litter of tin tubes and dry
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whom was St. Sebastian. He
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There is no such thing as a moral or
of art consists in the perfect use of
No artist has ethical sympathies.
sympathies. An ethical sympathy in
An ethical sympathy in an artist is
are to the artist instruments of
virtue are to the artist materials for
of Tokyo who, through the medium of
In the centre of the room, clamped to
and you - well, of course you have
But beauty, real beauty, ends where
ashamed of your own virtues. You are
"I will tell you," said Hallward; but
public that we are not savages. With
Brandon treats her guests exactly as
to your category I must be merely
old Basil, you are much more than
and that if any one of us makes
that observation. If one puts forward
believes it oneself. Now, the value of
- his personality has suggested to me
to me an entirely new manner in art,
have invented a realism that is vulgar,
I hate them for it," cried Hallward. "
of his own life into them. We live in
a bit of decoration to charm his vanity,
all that! As he thought of his aunt,
whatever charm it possesses: my life as
"This is Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian,
as sins, are borrowed. He becomes
an echo of some one else's music,
similar experience. He had merely shot
everything. After about a quarter of
that!" "You would hardly care for such
dine at White's, but it is only with
watching them from the tea-table with
Well, I can tell you anything that is in
I was at her christening. She was
months after the marriage. There was
me about Dartmoor wanting to marry
boy left to solitude and the tyranny of
an old and loveless man. Yes; it was
Talking to him was like playing upon
the most satisfying joy left to us in
age so limited and vulgar as our own,
occupied by Mr. Erskine of Treadley,
authority, that her father keeps
extremely civil. I assure you that it is
to read about them. The Americans are
an immoral book. Books are
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characteristic. Yes, Mr. Erskine,
century has gone bankrupt through
one is young," she answered. "When
s black, dripping, sloping sides. It was
forty arm-chairs. We are practising for
fingers he turned over the pages of
and looking at them both with
going," exclaimed Lady Henry, breaking
asked Lord Henry after a pause. "With
Others filled me with terror. There was
About half-past eight I passed by
a vile cigar. He had greasy ringlets, and
saw me, and he took off his hat with
I have seen her die in the gloom of
manner. They are quite obvious. But
obvious. But an actress! How different
me that the only thing worth loving is
dyed hair and painted faces. There is
a most offensive brute, though he had
for Shakespeare. He told me once, with
have ruined one's self over poetry is
of the world in one. She is more than
meets Romeo." "Half-past six! What
be like having a meat-tea, or reading
power in experience. It was as little of
elevated her son to the dignity of
no reason why she should not contract
looking up to the ceiling in search of
married, and come home, and live in
of golden hair and laughing lips, and in
a boy. At the Marble Arch they hailed
Indeed, he was highly connected."
or disapprove, of anything now. It is
may say against marriage, it is certainly
the forest of Arden; I shall find her in
woman who is mine. What is marriage?
that. Ah! don't mock. It is
door was beaming from ear to ear with
that is good in me." A quarter of
quarter of an hour afterwards, amidst
sorry that I have made you waste
of remaining young is never to have
on her face. Her eyes were lit with
he entered, she looked at him, and
to him. She was transfigured with joy.
I should have shown myself more of
and their beauty seemed to bring him
winced and, taking up from the table
a moment, if he had wounded her for
look at it again? No; it was merely
and did not realize that we live in
ten minutes he got up, and throwing on
table close to the open window. It was
for Monsieur?" asked his valet, putting
stood facing the screen. The screen was
of the degradation of sin. Here was
one till I came. There will have to be
One should reserve that to give
you going round to her room? That is
a stifled voice, "Harry, did you say
once." "I have no doubt it was not
an absolutely reasonable people. I
an over-expenditure of sympathy, I
an old woman like myself blushes, it is
an extraordinary improvisation. He felt
an English Academy of Letters." Lord
an elaborately illustrated edition of
an amused smile. "So sorry I am late,
an awkward silence with her silly
an actress," said Dorian Gray, blushing.
an exquisite poison in the air. I had a
an absurd little theatre, with great
an enormous diamond blazed in the
an air of gorgeous servility. There was
an Italian tomb, sucking the poison
an actress! How different an actress is!
an actress is! Harry! why didn't you tell
an actress?" "Because I have loved so
an extraordinary charm in them,
an extraordinary passion for
an air of pride, that his five
an honour. But when did you first
an individual. You laugh, but I tell you
an hour! It will be like having a meatan English novel. It must be seven. No
an active cause as conscience itself. All
an audience. She felt sure that the
an alliance with him. I trust he is one
an imaginary gallery. "Come, Sibyl,"
an immense house in London. Yes,
an open carriage with two ladies
an omnibus, which left them close to
An oath broke from his lips. "I don't
an absurd attitude to take towards life.
an experience. I hope that Dorian
an orchard in Verona." Lord Henry
An irrevocable vow. You mock at it
an irrevocable vow that I want to take.
an oily tremulous smile. He escorted
an hour afterwards, amidst an
an extraordinary turmoil of applause,
an evening, Harry. I apologize to you
an emotion that is unbecoming. Come
an exquisite fire. There was a radiance
an expression of infinite joy came over
An ecstasy of happiness dominated her.
an artist. It was foolish of me, and yet
an anodyne for his pain. He followed
an oval glass framed in ivory Cupids,
an age. Besides, women were better
an illusion wrought on the troubled
an age when unnecessary things are
an elaborate dressing-gown of
an exquisite day. The warm air
an omelette on the table. "I shut the
an old one, of gilt Spanish leather,
an ever-present sign of the ruin men
an inquest, of course, and you must
an interest to one's old age. I suppose
an important point." Dorian did not
an inquest? What did you mean by
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case the whole thing would have been
which I have not been wounded." "It is
question," said Lord Henry, who found
on the lad's unconscious egotism, "
the real tragedies of life occur in such
just as vulgarity affects us. They give us
you. I wish that I had ever had such
What a fearful thing it is! And what
life. I am bound to state that she ate
must keep your good looks. We live in
him to go. The man seemed to take
organism, might not thought exercise
his valet was already waiting for him.
people who require years to get rid of
cried Hallward, looking up at him with
Then it passed away. I cannot repeat
Surely not, my dear fellow? It is
you want to have a strange quarter of
whose memory haunts us artists like
"Impossible!" "You spoil my life as
allowed the thing to remain, even for
at eight-fifteen that evening. "Wait for
to come to him. But he always made
conversation, or picked up a card with
following paragraph: INQUEST ON
INQUEST ON AN ACTRESS. up the volume, flung himself into
been so remarkable. It was with
he was could have escaped the stain of
tavern near the docks which, under
dandyism, which, in its own way, is
mistaking, for a house in which to live,
with sticks that are smeared with
the subject - and he always had
in her right hand, and her left clasped
a table by her side lay a mandolin and
many of them, and certainly with
jockeys in their stables and supped in
by a helmet and a lighted torch, by
fan, by a gilded pomander and by
hand was on his arm. "Dorian! What
painter to travel! A Gladstone bag and
open hearth. The lamps were lit, and
and has established her in Paris as
it to you. I shall only keep you half
Dorian sighed and lit a cigarette. "Half
heard a good deal since. He offered
that every man who turned himself into
Flemish tapestry, a curtained picture,
picture, an old Italian cassone, and
its rod and flung it on the ground.
nothing shameful. You were to me such
God, Dorian, what a lesson! What
glanced at the picture, and suddenly
into the library. For a quarter of
the intimacy had come suddenly to
Alan Campbell never did. He was
who made up prescriptions. He was
you would simply look upon him as
too terrible to be borne. He felt as if
few lines, blotted them, and addressed
an absolute failure." "I suppose it
an interesting question," said Lord
an exquisite pleasure in playing on the
an extremely interesting question. I
an inartistic manner that they hurt us
an impression of sheer brute force, and
an experience. It would have made me
an utter intellectual stagnation it reveals!
an enormous dinner, so I did not feel
an age that reads too much to be
an interminable time over everything.
an influence upon dead and inorganic
An hour later he was at the opera,
an emotion. A man who is master of
an expression of horror. "My dear
an emotion. No one can, except
an admirable place for it. Let me see
an hour, get Basil to tell you why he
an exquisite dream. I worshipped you. I
an artist by refusing, Dorian. No man
an hour, in a room to which any of his
an answer," he said, handing it to him,
an exception in favour of Dorian
an address, or found beneath a pillow
AN ACTRESS. - An inquest was held
An inquest was held this morning at
an arm-chair and began to turn over
an almost cruel joy - and perhaps in
an age that was at once sordid and
an assumed name and in disguise, it
an attempt to assert the absolute
an inn that is but suitable for the
an elastic gum obtained from the
an extraordinary faculty of becoming
an enamelled collar of white and
an apple. There were large green
an influence of which one was more
an ivory manger with a
an embroidered glove and a jewelled
an amber chain. Dorian Gray had
an extraordinary piece of luck! I have
an ulster! Come in, or the fog will get
an open Dutch silver spirit-case stood,
an English dressmaker. Anglomania is
an hour." Dorian sighed and lit a
an hour!" he murmured. "It is not
an extravagant price. I refused him.
an amateur curate for the moment
an old Italian cassone, and an almost
an almost empty book-case - that was
An exclamation of horror broke from
an ideal as I shall never meet again.
an awful lesson!" There was no
an uncontrollable feeling of hatred for
an hour he walked up and down the
an end. When they met in society
an extremely clever young man,
an excellent musician, however, as
an admirable subject. You would not
an iron ring was being slowly
an envelope to his assistant. Dorian
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other things." He spoke rapidly and in
remarkable ugliness. She had proved
after I come from Homburg, but then
wake them up. You don't know what
disliked by their friends; Lady Ruxton,
that inordinate joviality can atone for
kept scolding him for what she called "
is still decolletee," he answered, taking
is in a very smart gown she looks like
with me soon again. You are really
time to time between his explosions.
An alliterative prefix served as
has she been married?" asked Dorian. "
horrible. It took him three-quarters of
it and in a low voice gave the driver
answered the man, "you will be there in
woman yelled something at them from
in the puddles. A red glare came from
stood two haggard women, mocking
brushing the sleeves of his coat with
lodging." He broke from her with
chiefly of flowers. Yesterday I cut
"It is a malady." "Love?" "
effect that one produces gives one
by repetition, and repetition converts
and repetition converts an appetite into
art begins with its climax." "I must keep
him. And yet if it had been merely
he walked with the duchess for
like salt upon the grass. The sky was
beater!" exclaimed Sir Geoffrey. "What
As for omens, there is no such thing as
"Her Grace told me to wait for
scandal." "The basis of every scandal is
anybody, Harry, for the sake of
It is a hideous subject." "It is
to faint." Dorian drew himself up with
another night at Selby Royal. It was
must see it at once." "It is in
save time." In less than a quarter of
his crop. She cleft the dusky air like
Civilization is not by any means
got the mysterious disappearance of
has been seen in San Francisco. It is
beneath his nostrils the gilt trellis of
regrets them the most. They are such
I dare say he fell into the Seine off
me to have lost something. It had lost
is his heart," he answered, sinking into
I thought you might be able to give me
effects of that kind. A wet Sunday,
"Ah! then it must be
Ah, Dorian, how happy you are! What
horror to his fancy; that he had been
What was youth at best? A green,
thinking of Hetty Merton. For it was
a time, he went away and stood in
pale as death. After about a quarter of
an authoritative manner. Campbell felt
an excellent wife to one of our most
an old woman like me must have
an existence they lead down there. It
an overdressed woman of forty-seven,
an entire lack of ideas. He was rather
an insult to poor Adolphe, who
an olive in his long fingers; "and
an edition de luxe of a bad French
an admirable tonic, much better than
An alliterative prefix served as an
an ornament of oratory. He hoisted
An eternity, she tells me. I believe,
an hour to consume everything. At
an address. The man shook his head.
an hour," and after his fare had got
an open door, and two men ran after
an outward-bound steamer that was
an old man who was brushing the
an expression of disgust. "He thinks
an oath and rushed to the corner of
an orchid, for my button-hole. It was
An illusion." "Religion?" "The
an enemy. To be popular one must
an appetite into an art. Besides, each
an art. Besides, each time that one
an opportunity for retreat." "In the
an illusion, how terrible it was to
an hour in the garden and then
an inverted cup of blue metal. A thin
an ass the man was to get in front of
an omen. Destiny does not send us
an answer," he murmured. Dorian put
an immoral certainty," said Lord
an epigram." "The world goes to the
an annoying subject," broke in Lord
an effort and smiled. "It is nothing,
an ill-omened place. Death walked
an empty stable in the Home Farm,
an hour, Dorian Gray was galloping
an arrow. The stones flew from her
an easy thing to attain to. There are
an artist. Scotland Yard still insists
an odd thing, but every one who
an open vinaigrette box, "one can
an essential part of one's personality."
an omnibus and that the conductor
an ideal. When you and he ceased to
an arm-chair. Dorian Gray shook his
an answer. That is all. I was going
an uncouth Christian in a mackintosh,
an illusion. The things one feels
an exquisite life you have had! You
an evil influence to others, and had
an unripe time, a time of shallow
an unjust mirror, this mirror of his
an adjoining portico and watched.
an hour, he got the coachman and
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of beautiful things. To reveal art
artist can express everything. Thought
to the artist instruments of an art. Vice
is the type. All art is at once surface
so at their peril. It is the spectator,
shows that the work is new, complex,
was filled with the rich odour of roses,
just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet
of a beauty so flamelike as theirs;
beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now
a kind of momentary Japanese effect,
seek to convey the sense of swiftness
man of extraordinary personal beauty,
at the time, such public excitement
As the painter looked at the gracious
smile of pleasure passed across his face,
there. But he suddenly started up,
Grosvenor. The Academy is too large
" Lord Henry elevated his eyebrows
world worse than being talked about,
above all the young men in England,
stretched himself out on the divan
I didn't know you were so vain;
you, with your rugged strong face
strong face and your coal-black hair,
looks as if he was made out of ivory
my dear Basil, he is a Narcissus,
you have an intellectual expression
is in itself a mode of exaggeration,
to say when he was a boy of eighteen,
when we have no flowers to look at,
There is a fatality about all physical
different from one's fellows. The ugly
in this world. They can sit at their ease
all should live - undisturbed, indifferent,
receive it from alien hands. Your rank
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parties. I never know where my wife is,
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pose." "Being natural is simply a pose,
I know," cried Lord Henry, laughing;
men went out into the garden together
must be going, Basil," he murmured, "
of my own soul." Lord Henry laughed. "
to tell, Harry," answered the painter; "
hardly believe it." Lord Henry smiled,
a pink-petalled daisy from the grass
the little golden, white-feathered disk, "
shook some blossoms from the trees,
with their clustering stars, moved to
began to chirrup by the wall,
hear Basil Hallward's heart beating,
are not savages. With an evening coat
talking to huge overdressed dowagers
looking at me. I turned half-way round
fate had in store for me exquisite joys
and exquisite sorrows. I grew afraid
for trying to escape." "Conscience
"I don't believe that, Harry,
However, whatever was my motive of her. She brought me up to royalties,
up to royalties, and people with stars
and people with stars and garters,
and elderly ladies with gigantic tiaras
we were destined to know each other." "
her bringing me up to a truculent
gentleman covered all over with orders
all over with orders and ribbons,
dear fellow, she tried to found a salon,
like, 'Charming boy - poor dear mother
' Neither of us could help laughing,
at all a bad beginning for a friendship,
" cried Lord Henry, tilting his hat back
acquaintances for their good characters,
are all men of some intellectual power,
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brothers. My elder brother won't die,
masses feel that drunkenness, stupidity,
should be their own special property,
their indignation was quite magnificent.
with a single word that you have said,
Henry stroked his pointed brown beard
I like persons better than principles,
appearance of a new medium for art,
Antinous was to late Greek sculpture,
is nothing that art cannot express,
that is Greek. The harmony of soul
in our madness have separated the two,
of the best things I have ever done.
influence passed from him to me,
the wonder I had always looked for
Gray." Hallward got up from the seat
got up from the seat and walked up
curves of certain lines, in the loveliness
about it. But the world might guess it,
day I will show the world what it is;
As a rule, he is charming to me,
to me, and we sit in the studio
and talk of a thousand things. Now
however, he is horribly thoughtless,
and the most irritating pose I know,"
and the two young men went out into
and ensconced themselves on a long
and before I go, I insist on your
And what is that?" he asked. "I will
and I am afraid you will hardly
and leaning down, plucked a
and examined it. "I am quite sure I
and as for believing things, I can
and the heavy lilac-blooms, with their
and fro in the languid air. A
and like a blue thread a long thin
and wondered what was coming. "The
and a white tie, as you told me once,
and tedious academicians, I suddenly
and saw Dorian Gray for the first time.
and exquisite sorrows. I grew afraid
and turned to quit the room. It was
and cowardice are really the same
and I don't believe you do either.
and it may have been pride, for I
and people with stars and garters, and
and garters, and elderly ladies with
and elderly ladies with gigantic tiaras
and parrot noses. She spoke of me as
And how did Lady Brandon describe
and red-faced old gentleman covered all
and ribbons, and hissing into my ear,
and hissing into my ear, in a tragic
and only succeeded in opening a
and I absolutely inseparable. Quite
and we became friends at once."
and it is far the best ending for one,"
and looking up at the little clouds that,
and my enemies for their good
and consequently they all appreciate
And much less than a friend. A sort
and my younger brothers seem never
and immorality should be their own
and that if any one of us makes an ass
And yet I don't suppose that ten per
and , what is more, Harry, I feel sure
and tapped the toe of his
and I like persons with no principles
and the second is the appearance of a
and the face of Dorian Gray will some
and I know that the work I have done,
and body - how much that is! We in
and have invented a realism that is
And why is it so? Because, while I was
and for the first time in my life I saw
and always missed." "Basil, this is
and walked up and down the garden.
and down the garden. After some time
and subtleties of certain colours. That
and I will not bare my soul to their
and for that reason the world shall
and we sit in the studio and talk of a
and talk of a thousand things. Now and
and then, however, he is horribly
and seems to take a real delight in
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want to have something that endures,
and so we fill our minds with rubbish
man - that is the modern ideal.
a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters
Some day you will look at your friend,
reproach him in your own heart,
time he calls, you will be perfectly cold
a romance of art one might call it,
faithless who know love's tragedies."
struck a light on a dainty silver case
smoke a cigarette with a self-conscious
in the green lacquer leaves of the ivy,
How pleasant it was in the garden!
it seemed to him. One's own soul,
to have met Lord Goodbody there,
been about the feeding of the poor
have spoken on the value of thrift,
to strike him. He turned to Hallward
was going to help her in the East End,
not. She said that he was very earnest
to myself a creature with spectacles
and lank hair, horribly freckled,
in in a few moments." The man bowed
friend," he said. "He has a simple
would be bad. The world is wide,
I trust you." He spoke very slowly,
you talk!" said Lord Henry, smiling,
"Oh, I am tired of sitting,
coloured his cheeks for a moment,
him what a capital sitter you were,
said Lord Henry, stepping forward
you. You are one of her favourites,
in Whitechapel with her last Tuesday,
my aunt. She is quite devoted to you.
people." "That is very horrid to her,
Mr. Gray - far too charming."
Henry flung himself down on the divan
had been busy mixing his colours
brushes ready. He was looking worried,
glanced at him, hesitated for a moment,
you to go away?" Lord Henry smiled
that Basil is in one of his sulky moods,
himself." Lord Henry took up his hat
Good-bye, Mr. Gray. Come
open your lips while you are painting,
is horribly dull standing on a platform
"Stay, Harry, to oblige Dorian,
true, I never talk when I am working,
I am working, and never listen either,
about that. Sit down again, Harry.
now, Dorian, get up on the platform,
with the air of a young Greek martyr,
Basil. They made a delightful contrast.
are charitable. They feed the hungry
the beggar. But their own souls starve,
are the two things that govern us.
boy," said the painter, deep in his work
"
Lord Henry, in his low, musical voice,
that was always so characteristic of him,
one man were to live out his life fully
and so we fill our minds with rubbish
and facts, in the silly hope of keeping
And the mind of the thoroughly
and dust, with everything priced above
and he will seem to you to be a little
and seriously think that he has
and indifferent. It will be a great pity,
and the worst of having a romance of
And Lord Henry struck a light on a
and began to smoke a cigarette with a
and satisfied air, as if he had summed
and the blue cloud-shadows chased
And how delightful other people's
and the passions of one's friends and the whole conversation would have
and the necessity for model
and the idle grown eloquent over the
and said, "My dear fellow, I have just
and that his name was Dorian Gray. I
and had a beautiful nature. I at once
and lank hair, horribly freckled, and
and tramping about on huge feet. I
and went up the walk. Then he looked
and a beautiful nature. Your aunt was
and has many marvellous people in it.
and the words seemed wrung out of
and taking Hallward by the arm, he
and I don't want a life-sized portrait of
and he started up. "I beg your pardon,
and now you have spoiled everything."
and extending his hand. "My aunt has
and , I am afraid, one of her victims
and I really forgot all about it. We
And I don't think it really matters
and not very nice to me," answered
And Lord Henry flung himself down
and opened his cigarette-case. The
and getting his brushes ready. He was
and when he heard Lord Henry's last
and then said, "Harry, I want to finish
and looked at Dorian Gray. "Am I to
and I can't bear him when he sulks.
and gloves. "You are very pressing,
and see me some afternoon in Curzon
and it is horribly dull standing on a
and trying to look pleasant. Ask him to
and to oblige me," said Hallward,
and never listen either, and it must be
and it must be dreadfully tedious for
And now, Dorian, get up on the
and don't move about too much, or
and made a little moue of discontent
And he had such a beautiful voice.
and clothe the beggar. But their own
and are naked. Courage has gone out
And yet - " "Just turn your head a little
and conscious only that a look had
And yet," continued Lord Henry, in
and with that graceful wave of the
and that he had even in his Eton days,
and completely, were to give form to
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forget all the maladies of mediaevalism,
strive to strangle broods in the mind
and poisons us. The body sins once,
temptation is to yield to it. Resist it,
monstrous laws have made monstrous
in the brain. It is in the brain,
you yourself, with your rose-red youth
have filled you with terror, day-dreams
stood there, motionless, with parted lips
- words spoken by chance, no doubt,
but that he felt was now vibrating
How terrible they were! How clear,
they were! How clear, and vivid,
One could not escape from them.
give a plastic form to formless things,
that his words had produced,
of his, that had the true refinement
Dorian Gray suddenly. "I must go out
sat better. You were perfectly still.
effect I wanted - the half-parted lips
"Certainly, Harry. Just touch the bell,
" Lord Henry went out to the garden
had been wine. He came close to him
senses but the soul." The lad started
and drew back. He was bareheaded,
leaves had tossed his rebellious curls
His finely chiselled nostrils quivered,
nerve shook the scarlet of his lips
cure the soul by means of the senses,
want to know." Dorian Gray frowned
him. His romantic, olive-coloured face
They moved, as he spoke, like music,
their own. But he felt afraid of him,
to have disclosed to him life's mystery.
was absurd to be frightened. "Let us go
"Parker has brought out the drinks,
in this glare, you will be quite spoiled,
you have the most marvellous youth,
it now. Some day, when you are old
day, when you are old and wrinkled
has seared your forehead with its lines,
Gray. Don't frown. You have.
years in which to live really, perfectly,
youth goes, your beauty will go with it,
dreadful. Time is jealous of you,
of you, and wars against your lilies
your roses. You will become sallow,
will become sallow, and hollow-cheeked,
your life to the ignorant, the common,
will be purple stars on the clematis,
of which we were too much afraid,
youth!" Dorian Gray listened, open-eyed
upon the gravel. A furry bee came
us lays sudden siege to the brain
The flower seemed to quiver,
to quiver, and then swayed gently to
appeared at the door of the studio
to come in. They turned to each other
Do come in. The light is quite perfect,
can bring your drinks." They rose up
down the walk together. Two green-
and return to the Hellenic ideal - to
and poisons us. The body sins once,
and has done with its sin, for action is
and your soul grows sick with longing
and unlawful. It has been said that the
and the brain only, that the great sins
and your rose-white boyhood, you have
and sleeping dreams whose mere
and eyes strangely bright. He was
and with wilful paradox in them - had
and throbbing to curious pulses. Music
and vivid, and cruel! One could not
and cruel! One could not escape from
And yet what a subtle magic there was
and to have a music of their own as
and , remembering a book that he had
and perfect delicacy that in art, at any
and sit in the garden. The air is
And I have caught the effect I wanted
and the bright look in the eyes. I don't
and when Parker comes I will tell him
and found Dorian Gray burying his
and put his hand upon his shoulder.
and drew back. He was bareheaded,
and the leaves had tossed his
and tangled all their gilded threads.
and some hidden nerve shook the
and left them trembling. "Yes,"
and the senses by means of the soul.
and turned his head away. He could
and worn expression interested him.
and seemed to have a language of
and ashamed of being afraid. Why had
And , yet, what was there to be afraid
and sit in the shade," said Lord Henry.
and if you stay any longer in this
and Basil will never paint you again.
and youth is the one thing worth
and wrinkled and ugly, when thought
and ugly, when thought has seared
and passion branded your lips with its
And beauty is a form of genius - is
and fully. When your youth goes, your
and then you will suddenly discover
and wars against your lilies and your
and your roses. You will become
and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed. You
and dull-eyed. You will suffer horribly...
and the vulgar. These are the sickly
and year after year the green night of
and the exquisite temptations that we
and wondering. The spray of lilac fell
and buzzed round it for a moment.
and calls on us to yield. After a time
and then swayed gently to and fro.
and fro. Suddenly the painter appeared
and made staccato signs for them to
and smiled. "I am waiting," he cried.
and you can bring your drinks." They
and sauntered down the walk together.
and -white butterflies fluttered past
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butterflies fluttered past them,
The only difference between a caprice
then stepped up on the platform
himself into a large wicker arm-chair
arm-chair and watched him. The sweep
broke the stillness, except when, now
the open doorway the dust danced
looked for a long time at Dorian Gray,
the end of one of his huge brushes
It is quite finished," he cried at last,
of the canvas. Lord Henry came over
was certainly a wonderful work of art,
of modern times. Mr. Gray, come over
"Quite finished," said the painter. "
passed listlessly in front of his picture
it. When he saw it he drew back,
first time. He stood there motionless
That had stirred him at the time,
a day when his face would be wrinkled
be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim
the grace of his figure broken
scarlet would pass away from his lips
He would become dreadful, hideous,
of pain struck through him like a knife
His eyes deepened into amethyst,
How sad it is! I shall grow old,
is! I shall grow old, and horrible,
it were I who was to be always young,
said Hallward. Dorian Gray turned
quite angry. His face was flushed
shall kill myself." Hallward turned pale
I have never had such a friend as you,
that passes takes something from me
other way! If the picture could change,
into his eyes; he tore his hand away
finest piece of work I have ever done,
What is it but canvas
not let it come across our three lives
lifted his golden head from the pillow,
from the pillow, and with pallid face
about among the litter of tin tubes
sob the lad leaped from the couch,
tore the knife out of his hand,
as you are dry, you shall be varnished,
you shall be varnished, and framed,
can do what you like with yourself."
" And he walked across the room
You will have tea, of course, Dorian?
This silly boy doesn't really want it,
never forgive you!" cried Dorian Gray; "
I gave it to you before it existed." "
have been a little silly, Mr. Gray,
then." There came a knock at the door,
the butler entered with a laden tea-tray
table. There was a rattle of cups
There was a rattle of cups and saucers
in by a page. Dorian Gray went over
men sauntered languidly to the table
dress-clothes," muttered Hallward. "
said the lad. "Then you shall come;
work to do." "Well, then, you
and in the pear-tree at the corner of
and a lifelong passion is that the
and resumed his pose. Lord Henry
and watched him. The sweep and dash
and dash of the brush on the canvas
and then, Hallward stepped back to
and was golden. The heavy scent of
and then for a long time at the
and frowning. "It is quite finished," he
and stooping down he wrote his name
and examined the picture. It was
and a wonderful likeness as well. "My
and look at yourself." The lad started,
And you have sat splendidly to-day. I
and turned towards it. When he saw it
and his cheeks flushed for a moment
and in wonder, dimly conscious that
and now, as he stood gazing at the
and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless,
and colourless, the grace of his figure
and deformed. The scarlet would pass
and the gold steal from his hair. The
and uncouth. As he thought of it, a
and made each delicate fibre of his
and across them came a mist of tears.
and horrible, and dreadful. But this
and dreadful. But this picture will
and the picture that was to grow old!
and looked at him. "I believe you
and his cheeks burning. "Yes," he
and caught his hand. "Dorian! Dorian!"
and I shall never have such another.
and gives something to it. Oh, if it were
and I could be always what I am now!
and , flinging himself on the divan, he
and I will destroy it. What is it but
and colour? I will not let it come
and mar them." Dorian Gray lifted his
and with pallid face and tear-stained
and tear-stained eyes, looked at him as
and dry brushes, seeking for something.
and , rushing over to Hallward, tore the
and flung it to the end of the studio. "
and framed, and sent home. Then you
and sent home. Then you can do what
And he walked across the room and
and rang the bell for tea. "You will
And so will you, Harry? Or do you
and I really do." "If you let any one
and I don't allow people to call me a
And you know you have been a little
and that you don't really object to
and the butler entered with a laden
and set it down upon a small Japanese
and saucers and the hissing of a fluted
and the hissing of a fluted Georgian
and poured out the tea. The two men
and examined what was under the
And , when one has them on, they are
and you will come, too, Basil, won't
and I will go alone, Mr. Gray." "
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that awfully." The painter bit his lip
will. Young men want to be faithful,
are not; old men want to be faithless,
-night, Dorian," said Hallward. "Stop
you not to go." Dorian Gray laughed
"I entreat you." The lad hesitated,
answered. "Very well," said Hallward,
well," said Hallward, and he went over
on the tray. "It is rather late,
Harry. Good-bye, Dorian. Come
No, of course not," cried Dorian. "
Mr. Gray, my hansom is outside,
painter flung himself down on a sofa,
at Madrid when Isabella was young
the good English of his dispatches,
foolishly as was thought at the time,
live in chambers as it was less trouble,
a hero to his valet, who bullied him,
England could have produced him,
rough shooting-coat, smoking a cheroot
you dandies never got up till two,
making a wry face. "Well, sit down
settling his button-hole in his coat; "
bills who want that, Uncle George,
Credit is the capital of a younger son,
always deal with Dartmoor's tradesmen,
is a gentleman, he knows quite enough,
beautiful girl, Margaret Devereux,
sir, to do it, paid him his daughter back with him, I was told,
Selby, I know. He told me so.
me so himself. She laughed at him,
at the time who wasn't after him.
know everything about my new friends,
"At Aunt Agatha's. I have asked myself
The old gentleman growled approvingly
the low arcade into Burlington Street
crime. Months of voiceless agony,
away by death, the boy left to solitude
to solitude and the tyranny of an old
that the meanest flower might blow....
the night before, as with startled eyes
violin. He answered to every touch
one's soul into some gracious form,
one with all the added music of passion
joy left to us in an age so limited
an age grossly carnal in its pleasures,
type, at any rate. Grace was his,
his, and the white purity of boyhood,
such beauty was destined to fade! ...
silent spirit that dwelt in dim woodland,
suddenly showing herself, Dryadlike
things revealed; the mere shapes
of things becoming, as it were, refined,
were themselves patterns of some other
fascinating in this son of love
of love and death. Suddenly he stopped
he had passed his aunt's some distance,
He gave one of the footmen his hat
one of the footmen his hat and stick
He invented a facile excuse,
and walked over, cup in hand, to the
and are not; old men want to be
and cannot: that is all one can say." "
and dine with me." "I can't, Basil
and shook his head. "I entreat you."
and looked over at Lord Henry, who
and he went over and laid down his
and laid down his cup on the tray. "It
and , as you have to dress, you had
and see me soon. Come to-morrow." "
And ... Harry!" "Yes, Basil?"
and I can drop you at your own place.
and a look of pain came into his face.
and Prim unthought of, but had retired
and his inordinate passion for pleasure.
and on succeeding some months later
and took most of his meals at his club.
and a terror to most of his relations,
and he always said that the country
and grumbling over The Times. "Well,
and were not visible till five." "Pure
and tell me all about it. Young people,
and when they grow older they know
and I never pay mine. Credit is the
and one lives charmingly upon it.
and consequently they never bother me.
and if he is not a gentleman, whatever
and made all the men frantic by
and that the fellow spitted his man as
and she never spoke to him again. Oh,
And ... his mother was very beautiful?"
and there wasn't a girl in London at
And by the way, Harry, talking about
and nothing about my old ones."
and Mr. Gray. He is her latest protege.
and rang the bell for his servant.
and turned his steps in the direction of
and then a child born in pain. The
and the tyranny of an old and loveless
and loveless man. Yes; it was an
And how charming he had been at
and lips parted in frightened pleasure
and thrill of the bow.... There was
and let it tarry there for a moment; to
and youth; to convey one's
and vulgar as our own, an age grossly
and grossly common in its aims.... He
and the white purity of boyhood, and
and beauty such as old Greek marbles
And Basil? From a psychological point
and walked unseen in open field,
and not afraid, because in his soul who
and patterns of things becoming, as it
and gaining a kind of symbolical value,
and more perfect form whose shadow
and death. Suddenly he stopped and
and glanced up at the houses. He
and , smiling to himself, turned back.
and stick and passed into the
and passed into the dining-room.
and having taken the vacant seat next
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Harley, a lady of admirable good-nature
liked by every one who knew her,
who followed his leader in public life
the best cooks, dining with the Tories
the Liberals, in accordance with a wise
an old gentleman of considerable charm
that all really good people fall into,
raising her large hands in wonder
discovered," said the Radical member his listeners. The duchess sighed
that most of them are extremely pretty.
Humour's cast-off clothes. "Really!
play to me," cried Lord Henry, smiling,
smiling, and he looked down the table
lord. "It is the problem of slavery,
emotions is that they lead us astray,
of a sort of creeping common sense,
the table. He played with the idea
and grew wilful; tossed it into the air
the air and transformed it; let it escape
it; made it iridescent with fancy
he went on, soared into a philosophy,
and philosophy herself became young,
one might fancy, her wine-stained robe
like a Bacchante over the hills of life,
of Dorian Gray were fixed on him,
seemed to give his wit keenness
charmed his listeners out of themselves,
smiles chasing each other over his lips
I am late he is sure to be furious,
Lord Henry, you are quite delightful
say about your views. You must come
bow. "Ah! that is very nice,
she cried; "so mind you come";
of the room, followed by Lady Agatha
down again, Mr. Erskine moved round,
would be as lovely as a Persian carpet
anything except newspapers, primers,
but I gave them up long ago.
I consider you extremely dangerous,
of London, come down to Treadley
a great privilege. It has a perfect host,
old gentleman with a courteous bow. "
of Letters." Lord Henry laughed
you had promised Basil Hallward to go
I must come with you. Do let me.
now is to look at life. You may come
oak, its cream-coloured frieze
frieze and ceiling of raised plasterwork,
table stood a statuette by Clodion,
for Margaret of Valois by Clovis Eve
her device. Some large blue china jars
were ranged on the mantelshelf,
away. At last he heard a step outside,
a shrill voice. He glanced quickly round
Lady Henry?" "Well, eighteen, then.
" She laughed nervously as she spoke,
as if they had been designed in a rage
She was usually in love with somebody,
in being untidy. Her name was Victoria,
staccato laugh broke from her thin lips,
and good temper, much liked by every
and of those ample architectural
and in private life followed the best
and thinking with the Liberals, in
and well-known rule. The post on her
and culture, who had fallen, however,
and from which none of them ever
and accentuating the verb. "American
and he began to give some wearisome
and exercised her privilege of
And they dress well, too. They get all
And where do bad Americans go to
and he looked down the table and
and caught a bright answering glance.
and we try to solve it by amusing the
and the advantage of science is that it
and discover when it is too late that
and grew wilful; tossed it into the air
and transformed it; let it escape and
and recaptured it; made it iridescent
and winged it with paradox. The praise
and philosophy herself became young,
and catching the mad music of
and wreath of ivy, danced like a
and mocked the slow Silenus for being
and the consciousness that amongst his
and to lend colour to his imagination.
and they followed his pipe, laughing.
and wonder growing grave in his
and I couldn't have a scene in this
and dreadfully demoralizing. I am sure
and dine with us some night. Tuesday?
and very wrong of you," she cried; "so
and she swept out of the room,
and the other ladies. When Lord
and taking a chair close to him, placed
and as unreal. But there is no literary
and encyclopaedias. Of all people in
And now, my dear young friend, if you
and if anything happens to our good
and expound to me your philosophy
and a perfect library." "You will
And now I must bid good-bye to your
and rose. "I am going to the park,"
and see him," answered Lord Henry. "I
And you will promise to talk to me all
and look at it with me, if you care to
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and its brickdust felt carpet strewn
and beside it lay a copy of Les Cent
and powdered with the gilt daisies that
and parrot-tulips were ranged on the
and through the small leaded panes of
and the door opened. "How late you
and rose to his feet. "I beg your pardon
And I saw you with him the other
and watched him with her vague
and put on in a tempest. She was
and , as her passion was never
and she had a perfect mania for going
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tortoise-shell paper-knife. Dorian smiled
t they? It is so clever of them,
you something - I forget what it was his dark, crescent-shaped eyebrows
piece of old brocade in Wardour Street
people know the price of everything
of frangipanni. Then he lit a cigarette
are only two kinds of women, the plain
however. They paint in order to try
grandmothers painted in order to try
order to try and talk brilliantly. Rouge
five women in London worth talking to,
you known her?" "About three weeks." "
to look at every one who passed me
its myriads of people, its sordid sinners,
t know what I expected, but I went out
my way in a labyrinth of grimy streets
little theatre, with great flaring gas-jets
a vile cigar. He had greasy ringlets,
' he said, when he saw me,
me, I know, but I really went in
I can't make out why I did so;
of your life. You will always be loved,
people. What they call their loyalty,
I looked out from behind the curtain
house. It was a tawdry affair, all Cupids
a third-rate wedding-cake. The gallery
rows of dingy stalls were quite empty,
Women went about with oranges
about with oranges and ginger-beer,
drama." "Just like, I should fancy,
enough for us, Harry. It was Romeo
at last the drop-scene was drawn up
corked eyebrows, a husky tragedy voice,
who had introduced gags of his own
were both as grotesque as the scenery,
the mist of tears that came across me.
s ear. Then it became a little louder,
how a voice can stir one. Your voice
When I close my eyes, I hear them,
her play. One evening she is Rosalind,
disguised as a pretty boy in hose
as a pretty boy in hose and doublet
and dainty cap. She has been mad,
come into the presence of a guilty king,
guilty king, and given him rue to wear
to taste of. She has been innocent,
throat. I have seen her in every age
They ride in the park in the morning
They have their stereotyped smile
"Oh, yes, horrid people with dyed hair
faces." "Don't run down dyed hair
If I ever did a crime, I would come
for the compliment, all the same.
leaped to his feet, with flushed cheeks
always begins by deceiving one's self,
the box after the performance was over
offered to take me behind the scenes
me to her. I was furious with him,
had been dead for hundreds of years
seemed terribly disappointed at that,
and shook his head: "I am afraid I
and such a compliment to art. Makes
and I found Mr. Gray here. We have
and looking at them both with an
and had to bargain for hours for it.
and the value of nothing." "I am afraid
and flung himself down on the sofa.
and the coloured. The plain women
and look young. Our grandmothers
and talk brilliantly. Rouge and esprit
and esprit used to go together. That is
and two of these can't be admitted
And where did you come across her?"
and wonder, with a mad curiosity,
and its splendid sins, as you once
and wandered eastward, soon losing my
and black grassless squares. About
and gaudy play-bills. A hideous Jew, in
and an enormous diamond blazed in
and he took off his hat with an air of
and paid a whole guinea for the
and yet if I hadn't - my dear Harry,
and you will always be in love with
and their fidelity, I call either the
and surveyed the house. It was a
and cornucopias, like a third-rate
and pit were fairly full, but the two
and there was hardly a person in what
and ginger-beer, and there was a
and there was a terrible consumption
and very depressing. I began to
and Juliet. I must admit that I was
and the play began. Romeo was a
and a figure like a beer-barrel.
and was on most friendly terms with
and that looked as if it had come out
And her voice - I never heard such a
and sounded like a flute or a distant
and the voice of Sibyl Vane are two
and each of them says something
and the next evening she is Imogen. I
and doublet and dainty cap. She has
and dainty cap. She has been mad,
and has come into the presence of a
and given him rue to wear and bitter
and bitter herbs to taste of. She has
and the black hands of jealousy have
and in every costume. Ordinary women
and chatter at tea-parties in the
and their fashionable manner. They are
and painted faces." "Don't run down
and painted faces. There is an
and confess it to you. You would
And now tell me - reach me the
and burning eyes. "Harry! Sibyl Vane
and one always ends by deceiving
and offered to take me behind the
and introduce me to her. I was furious
and told him that Juliet had been dead
and that her body was lying in a
and confided to me that all the
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critics were in a conspiracy against him,
lights were being put out in the theatre,
he saw me, he made me a low bow
round. I had thrown her some flowers,
"Sibyl? Oh, she was so shy
her what I thought of her performance,
dressing-wrapper on the first night,
head to her little feet, she is absolutely
of my life I go to see her act,
either lunch or sup together every day,
act. I get hungry for her presence;
-night she is Imogen," he answered, "
tell you she has genius. I love her,
of the world to hear our laughter
how I worship her!" He was walking up
secret hiding-place had crept his soul,
had come to meet it on the way. "
said Lord Henry at last. "I want you
and Basil to come with me some night
for three years - at least for two years
settled, I shall take a West End theatre
in her, but she has personality also;
All right. The Bristol at eight o'clock;
seven. Shall you see Basil between this
frame, specially designed by himself,
life but his prejudices, his principles,
artists exist simply in what they make,
"It must be, if you say it.
Lord Henry's heavy eyelids drooped,
him so much as Dorian Gray,
that science had seemed to him trivial
to him trivial and of no import.
life in its curious crucible of pain
fumes from troubling the brain
turbid with monstrous fancies
one sought to understand their nature.
note the curious hard logic of passion,
intellect - to observe where they met,
at what point they were in unison,
for any sensation. He was conscious soul had turned to this white girl
Sometimes this was the effect of art,
dealt immediately with the passions
the passions and the intellect. But now
a complex personality took the place
while it was yet spring. The pulse
to watch him. With his beautiful face,
sorrows stir one's sense of beauty,
whose wounds are like red roses. Soul
are like red roses. Soul and body, body
were! There was animalism in the soul,
of spirituality. The senses could refine,
definitions of ordinary psychologists!
of spirit from matter was a mystery,
was, we always misunderstood ourselves
something that taught us what to follow
future would be the same as our past,
and that the sin we had done once,
with loathing, we would do many times,
at any scientific analysis of the passions;
Gray was a subject made to his hand,
and that they were every one of them
and I had to go. He wanted me to try
and assured me that I was a munificent
and she had looked at me - at least I
and so gentle. There is something of a
and she seemed quite unconscious of
and looks as if she had seen better
and entirely divine. Every night of my
and every night she is more marvellous.
and I have been to the opera with
and when I think of the wonderful
and to-morrow night she will be Juliet.
and I must make her love me. You,
and grow sad. I want a breath of our
and down the room as he spoke.
and desire had come to meet it on the
And what do you propose to do?" said
and Basil to come with me some night
and see her act. I have not the
and eight months - from the present
and bring her out properly. She will
and you have often told me that it is
and I will get Basil." "Not eight, Harry
and then? Or shall I write to him?" "
and , though I am a little jealous of the
and his common sense. The only
and consequently are perfectly
And now I am off. Imogen is waiting
and he began to think. Certainly few
and yet the lad's mad adoration of
and of no import. And so he had
And so he had begun by vivisecting
and pleasure, one could not wear over
and making the imagination turbid with
and misshapen dreams. There were
And , yet, what a great reward one
and the emotional coloured life of the
and where they separated, at what
and at what point they were at discord
and the thought brought a gleam of
and bowed in worship before her. To
and chiefly of the art of literature,
and the intellect. But now and then a
and then a complex personality took
and assumed the office of art, was
and passion of youth were in him, but
and his beautiful soul, he was a thing
and whose wounds are like red roses.
and body, body and soul - how
and soul - how mysterious they were!
and the body had its moments of
and the intellect could degrade. Who
And yet how difficult to decide
and the union of spirit with matter was
and rarely understood others.
and showed us what to avoid. But
and that the sin we had done once,
and with loathing, we would do many
and with joy. It was clear to him that
and certainly Dorian Gray was a
and seemed to promise rich and
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his hand, and seemed to promise rich
had much to do with it, curiosity
lad himself to be remote from sense,
these things, a knock came to the door,
came to the door, and his valet entered
time to dress for dinner. He got up
of his friend's young fiery-coloured life
lying on the hall table. He opened it
"I am so happy!" she repeated, "
must be happy, too!" Mrs. Vane winced
Mr. Isaacs has been very good to us,
owe him money." The girl looked up
us fifty pounds to pay off our debts
"He is not a gentleman, Mother,
me," said the girl, rising to her feet
querulously. Sibyl Vane tossed her head
she paused. A rose shook in her blood
wind of passion swept over her
her voice. Her eyes caught the melody
had sent her soul to search for him,
breath. Then wisdom altered its method
altered its method and spoke of espial
by her. She saw the thin lips moving,
in me? I am not worthy of him.
coarse powder that daubed her cheeks,
to her, flung her arms round her neck,
The whole thing is most inconvenient,
when James is going away to Australia,
be happy!" Mrs. Vane glanced at her,
arms. At this moment, the door opened
room. He was thick-set of figure,
was thick-set of figure, and his hands
and his hands and feet were large
them. Mrs. Vane fixed her eyes on him
cried. "You are a dreadful old bear."
old bear." And she ran across the room
a tawdry theatrical dress, with a sigh,
your fortune, you must come back
like to make some money to take you
feet pattered overhead. He walked up
attacking, just as they attack by sudden
Solicitors are a very respectable class,
with the best families." "I hate offices,
comes every night to the theatre
he has the appearance of being rich,
The lad muttered something to himself
to say something when the door opened
at the tone he had adopted with her,
lips touched the withered cheek
into the flickering, wind-blown sunlight
at, which comes on geniuses late in life
She was thinking of Prince Charming,
hump-backed waves trying to get in,
a black wind blowing the masts down
bid a polite good-bye to the captain,
nugget that had ever been discovered,
were to attack them three times,
places, where men got intoxicated,
and shot each other in bar-rooms,
He was to be a nice sheep-farmer,
off by a robber on a black horse,
and fruitful results. His sudden mad
and the desire for new experiences, yet
and was for that very reason all the
and his valet entered and reminded
and reminded him it was time to dress
and looked out into the street. The
and wondered how it was all going to
and found it was from Dorian Gray.
and you must be happy, too!" Mrs.
and put her thin, bismuth-whitened
and we owe him money." The girl
and pouted. "Money, Mother?" she
and to get a proper outfit for James.
and I hate the way he talks to me,"
and going over to the window. "I don't
and laughed. "We don't want him any
and shadowed her cheeks. Quick
and stirred the dainty folds of her
and echoed it in radiance, then closed
and it had brought him back. His kiss
and spoke of espial and discovery.
and discovery. This young man might
and smiled. Suddenly she felt the need
And yet - why, I cannot tell - though I
and her dry lips twitched with a spasm
and kissed her. "Forgive me, Mother. I
and really, when James is going away
and I have so much to think of, I must
and with one of those false theatrical
and a young lad with rough brown
and his hands and feet were large and
and feet were large and somewhat
and somewhat clumsy in movement.
and intensified her smile. She mentally
And she ran across the room and
and hugged him. James Vane looked
and beginning to patch it. She felt a
and assert yourself in London."
and Sibyl off the stage. I hate it." "
and down the room two or three times.
and strange surrenders. "I hope you
and in the country often dine with the
and I hate clerks," he replied. "But you
and goes behind to talk to her. Is that
and the flowers he sends are lovely."
and drummed on the window-pane
and Sibyl ran in. "How serious you
and there was something in his look
and warmed its frost. "My child! my
and strolled down the dreary Euston
and never leaves the commonplace.
and , that she might think of him all
and a black wind blowing the masts
and tearing the sails into long
and go off at once to the gold-fields.
and bring it down to the coast in a
and be defeated with immense
and shot each other in bar-rooms, and
and used bad language. He was to be
and one evening, as he was riding
and give chase, and rescue her. Of
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on a black horse, and give chase,
course, she would fall in love with him,
in love with him, and he with her,
with her, and they would get married,
would get married, and come home,
for him. But he must be very good,
also, to write to her by every mail,
God was very good,
him. She would pray for him, too,
years he would come back quite rich
happy. The lad listened sulkily to her
not this alone that made him gloomy
her no good. He was a gentleman,
for which he could not account,
was conscious also of the shallowness
and vanity of his mother's nature,
and in that saw infinite peril for Sibyl
knit together into a wedge-like furrow,
I am saying, Jim," cried Sibyl, "
"Oh! that you will be a good boy
like him so much. Everybody likes him,
-night. He is going to be there,
it! Fancy, Jim, to be in love
announce me as a revelation. I feel it.
rewriting. They were made in winter,
you are mad about him." She laughed
been hard for us both, terribly hard
now. You are going to a new world,
Here are two chairs; let us sit down
The brightly coloured parasols danced
hopes, his prospects. He spoke slowly
she caught a glimpse of golden hair
of golden hair and laughing lips,
after the victoria. He jumped up
Berwick's four-in-hand came between,
talking about. You are simply jealous
fall in love. Love makes people good,
"I am sixteen," he answered, "
to quarrel with you. I have seen him,
shall love him for ever!" she cried. "
shrank from him. Then she laughed
Euston Road. It was after five o'clock,
She would be sure to make a scene,
There was jealousy in the lad's heart,
her arms were flung round his neck,
strayed through his hair, he softened
meal. The flies buzzed round the table
Through the rumble of omnibuses,
some time, he thrust away his plate
When the clock struck six, he got up
went to the door. Then he turned back
terrible moment, the moment that night
moment that night and day, for weeks
she had dreaded, had come at last,
him, my son. He was your father,
lad was touched. He went towards her,
have only one child now to look after,
find out who he is, track him down,
atmosphere. She breathed more freely,
short. Trunks had to be carried down
The lodging-house drudge bustled in
and rescue her. Of course, she would
and he with her, and they would get
and they would get married, and come
and come home, and live in an
and live in an immense house in
and not lose his temper, or spend his
and to say his prayers each night
and would watch over him. She would
and in a few years he would come
and happy. The lad listened sulkily to
and made no answer. He was
and morose. Inexperienced though he
and he hated him for that, hated him
and which for that reason was all the
and vanity of his mother's nature, and
and in that saw infinite peril for Sibyl
and Sibyl's happiness. Children begin
and with a twitch of pain he bit his
and I am making the most delightful
and not forget us," she answered,
and I ... love him. I wish you could
and I am to play Juliet. Oh! how I
and play Juliet! To have him sitting
And it is all his, his only, Prince
and it is summer now; spring-time for
and took his arm. "You dear old Jim,
and difficult. But it will be different
and I have found one. Here are two
and see the smart people go by." They
and dipped like monstrous butterflies.
and with effort. They passed words to
and laughing lips, and in an open
and in an open carriage with two
and seized her roughly by the arm.
and when it had left the space clear,
and unkind. Ah! I wish you would fall
and what you said was wicked." "I am
and I know what I am about. Mother
and oh! to see him is perfect happiness.
And he?" "For ever, too!" "He
and put her hand on his arm. He was
and Sibyl had to lie down for a couple
and he detested scenes of every kind.
and a fierce murderous hatred of the
and her fingers strayed through his
and kissed her with real affection.
and crawled over the stained cloth.
and the clatter of street-cabs, he could
and put his head in his hands. He felt
and went to the door. Then he turned
and looked at her. Their eyes met. In
and day, for weeks and months, she
and months, she had dreaded, had
and yet she felt no terror. Indeed, in
and a gentleman. Indeed, he was highly
and stooping down, he kissed her. "I am
and believe me that if this man
and kill him like a dog. I swear it."
and for the first time for many months
and mufflers looked for. The
and out. There was the bargaining
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threat she said nothing. It was vividly
answered the artist, giving his hat
him as he spoke. Hallward started
too wise not to do foolish things now
is hardly a thing that one can do now
engaged." "But think of Dorian's birth,
think of Dorian's birth, and position,
creature, who might degrade his nature
Henry, sipping a glass of vermouth
-bitters. "Dorian says she is beautiful,
Harry?" asked the painter, walking up
painter, walking up and down the room
any notice of what common people say,
with a beautiful girl who acts Juliet,
complex. They retain their egotism,
They become more highly organized,
Besides, every experience is of value,
passionately adore her for six months,
that we may overdraw our account,
that would be silly, but there are other
more interesting bonds between men
evening cape with its satin-lined wings
sudden - all really delightful things are.
life." He was flushed with excitement
flushed with excitement and pleasure,
engagement. You let Harry know." "
putting his hand on the lad's shoulder
he spoke. "Come, let us sit down
and try what the new chef here is like,
in Rupert Street you introduced me to,
Of course, the scenery was dreadful
with a hawk's feather caught in a jewel,
I forgot that I was in London
performance was over, I went behind
rose-coloured joy. She trembled all over
Then she flung herself on her knees
shall be of age in less than a year,
t I, to take my love out of poetry
had the arms of Rosalind around me,
mention the word marriage, Dorian?
not treat it as a business transaction,
proposal. I told her that I loved her,
forget to say anything about marriage,
always the women who propose to us,
are not modern." Dorian Gray laughed,
want to place her on a pedestal of gold
have known me to be. I am changed,
Sibyl Vane's hand makes me forget you
poisonous, delightful theories." "
Dorian, leaning back in his chair
civilized man ever regrets a pleasure,
treats its gods. They worship us,
us with the desire to do masterpieces
you fellows? Waiter, bring coffee,
bring coffee, and fine-champagne,
of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite,
follow us in a hansom." They got up
coffee standing. The painter was silent
him. He could not bear this marriage,
off by himself, as had been arranged,
and dramatically expressed. She felt
and coat to the bowing waiter. "What
and then frowned. "Dorian engaged to
and then, my dear Basil." "Marriage is
and then, Harry." "Except in America,"
and position, and wealth. It would be
and wealth. It would be absurd for
and ruin his intellect." "Oh, she is
and orange-bitters. "Dorian says she is
and he is not often wrong about things
and down the room and biting his lip.
and biting his lip. "You can't approve
and I never interfere with what
and proposes to marry her. Why not?
And unselfish people are colourless.
and add to it many other egos. They
and to be highly organized is, I should
and whatever one may say against
and then suddenly become fascinated
and find good qualities in the
and more interesting bonds between
and women. I will certainly encourage
and shaking each of his friends by the
And yet it seems to me to be the one
and pleasure, and looked
and looked extraordinarily handsome.
And I don't forgive you for being late
and smiling as he spoke. "Come, let us
and try what the new chef here is like,
and then you will tell us how it all
and went down at eight o'clock to the
and the Orlando absurd. But Sibyl!
and a hooded cloak lined with dull red.
and in the nineteenth century. I was
and spoke to her. As we were sitting
and shook like a white narcissus. Then
and kissed my hands. I feel that I
and then I can do what I like. I have
and to find my wife in Shakespeare's
and kissed Juliet on the mouth." "Yes,
And what did she say in answer?
and I did not make any formal
and she said she was not worthy to be
and they always remind us." Hallward
and not we who propose to the women.
and tossed his head. "You are quite
and to see the world worship the
and the mere touch of Sibyl Vane's
and all your wrong, fascinating,
And those are ...?" asked Lord Henry,
and looking at Lord Henry over the
and no uncivilized man ever knows
and are always bothering us to do
and always prevent us from carrying
and fine-champagne, and some
and some cigarettes. No, don't mind
and it leaves one unsatisfied. What
and put on their coats, sipping their
and preoccupied. There was a gloom
and yet it seemed to him to be better
and watched the flashing lights of the
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between them.... His eyes darkened,
the house was crowded that night,
humility, waving his fat jewelled hands
as if he had come to look for Miranda
liked him. At least he declared he did,
insisted on shaking him by the hand
man who had discovered a real genius
pit. The heat was terribly oppressive,
in the gallery had taken off their coats
had taken off their coats and waistcoats
talked to each other across the theatre
the pit. Their voices were horribly shrill
Gray. "It was here I found her,
rough people, with their coarse faces
she is on the stage. They sit silently
sit silently and watch her. They weep
as a violin. She spiritualizes them,
feels that they are of the same flesh
blood as one's self." "The same flesh
painter. "I understand what you mean,
Any one you love must be marvellous,
the effect you describe must be fine
in people whose lives have been sordid
she can strip them of their selfishness
five minutes. Then the curtain rises,
something of the fawn in her shy grace
house. She stepped back a few paces
Basil Hallward leaped to his feet
feet and began to applaud. Motionless,
scene was the hall of Capulet's house,
dress had entered with Mercutio
was, struck up a few bars of music,
hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
pale as he watched her. He was puzzled
staginess of her acting was unbearable,
When she leaned over the balcony
common uneducated audience of the pit
interest in the play. They got restless,
got restless, and began to talk loudly
at the back of the dress-circle, stamped
was over, there came a storm of hisses,
and Lord Henry got up from his chair
she seems to me to be simply callous
like a wooden doll? She is very lovely,
people who know absolutely everything,
Come to the club with Basil
and myself. We will smoke cigarettes
came to his eyes. His lips trembled,
with a strange tenderness in his voice,
afterwards the footlights flared up
went back to his seat. He looked pale,
his seat. He looked pale, and proud,
and indifferent. The play dragged on,
went out, tramping in heavy boots
The curtain went down on a titter
When he entered, she looked at him,
was all true. I was Rosalind one night
other. The joy of Beatrice was my joy,
my world. I knew nothing but shadows,
You came - oh, my beautiful love! conscious that the Romeo was hideous,
and the crowded flaring streets became
and the fat Jew manager who met
and talking at the top of his voice.
and had been met by Caliban. Lord
and insisted on shaking him by the
and assuring him that he was proud to
and gone bankrupt over a poet.
and the huge sunlight flamed like a
and waistcoats and hung them over the
and hung them over the side. They
and shared their oranges with the
and discordant. The sound of the
and she is divine beyond all living
and brutal gestures, become quite
and watch her. They weep and laugh
and laugh as she wills them to do.
and one feels that they are of the
and blood as one's self." "The same
and blood as one's self! Oh, I hope
and I believe in this girl. Any one you
and any girl who has the effect you
and noble. To spiritualize one's age and ugly, if she can strip them of their
and lend them tears for sorrows that
and you will see the girl to whom I
and startled eyes. A faint blush, like
and her lips seemed to tremble. Basil
and began to applaud. Motionless, and
and as one in a dream, sat Dorian
and Romeo in his pilgrim's dress had
and his other friends. The band, such
and the dance began. Through the
And palm to palm is holy palmers'
and anxious. Neither of his friends
and grew worse as she went on. Her
and came to those wonderful lines and gallery lost their interest in the
and began to talk loudly and to
and to whistle. The Jew manager, who
and swore with rage. The only person
and Lord Henry got up from his chair
and put on his coat. "She is quite
and cold. She has entirely altered. Last
and if she knows as little about life as
and people who know absolutely
and myself. We will smoke cigarettes
and drink to the beauty of Sibyl Vane.
and rushing to the back of the box, he
and the two young men passed out
and the curtain rose on the third act.
and proud, and indifferent. The play
and indifferent. The play dragged on,
and seemed interminable. Half of the
and laughing. The whole thing was a
and some groans. As soon as it was
and an expression of infinite joy came
and Portia the other. The joy of
and the sorrows of Cordelia were
and I thought them real. You came and you freed my soul from prison.
and old, and painted, that the
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that the Romeo was hideous, and old,
was false, that the scenery was vulgar,
exquisite to me. I heard them hissing,
" He flung himself down on the sofa
muttered. She looked at him in wonder
no answer. She came across to him,
fingers stroked his hair. She knelt down
hands to her lips. He drew them away,
ran through him. Then he leaped up
marvellous, because you had genius
you realized the dreams of great poets
dreams of great poets and gave shape
thrown it all away. You are shallow
The world would have worshipped you,
with a pretty face." The girl grew white,
She clenched her hands together,
bitterly. She rose from her knees
to him. She put her hand upon his arm
he cried. A low moan broke from her,
her, and she flung herself at his feet
for to-night? I will work so hard
of an artist. It was foolish of me,
on the floor like a wounded thing,
his beautiful eyes, looked down at her,
to be absurdly melodramatic. Her tears
disappointed me." She wept silently,
Her little hands stretched blindly out,
seeking for him. He turned on his heel
past gaunt, black-shadowed archways
houses. Women with hoarse voices
him. Drunkards had reeled by, cursing
children huddled upon door-steps,
upon door-steps, and heard shrieks
to Covent Garden. The darkness lifted,
heavy with the perfume of the flowers,
his pain. He followed into the market
refused to accept any money for them,
They had been plucked at midnight,
of boys carrying crates of striped tulips,
crates of striped tulips, and of yellow
piazza. The heavy cart-horses slipped
the rough stones, shaking their bells
asleep on a pile of sacks. Iris-necked
After a little while, he hailed a hansom
with its blank, close-shuttered windows
blinds. The sky was pure opal now,
with white fire. He turned them out
them out and, having thrown his hat
he had just had decorated for himself
he came back, went over to the picture,
was certainly strange. He turned round
The bright dawn flooded the room
done some dreadful thing. He winced
What did it mean? He rubbed his eyes,
his eyes, and came close to the picture,
he looked into the actual painting,
apparent. He threw himself into a chair
that he himself might remain young,
his own beauty might be untarnished,
canvas bear the burden of his passions
be seared with the lines of suffering
and painted, that the moonlight in the
and that the words I had to speak
and I smiled. What could they know
and turned away his face. "You have
and laughed. He made no answer. She
and with her little fingers stroked his
and pressed his hands to her lips. He
and a shudder ran through him. Then
and went to the door. "Yes," he cried
and intellect, because you realized the
and gave shape and substance to the
and substance to the shadows of art.
and stupid. My God! how mad I was to
and you would have borne my name.
and trembled. She clenched her hands
and her voice seemed to catch in her
and , with a piteous expression of pain
and looked into his eyes. He thrust
and she flung herself at his feet and
and lay there like a trampled flower.
and try to improve. Don't be cruel to
and yet I couldn't help it. Oh, don'
and Dorian Gray, with his beautiful
and his chiselled lips curled in
and sobs annoyed him. "I am going," he
and made no answer, but crept nearer.
and appeared to be seeking for him.
and left the room. In a few moments
and evil-looking houses. Women with
and harsh laughter had called after
and chattering to themselves like
and heard shrieks and oaths from
and oaths from gloomy courts. As the
and , flushed with faint fires, the sky
and their beauty seemed to bring him
and watched the men unloading their
and began to eat them listlessly. They
and the coldness of the moon had
and of yellow and red roses, defiled in
and red roses, defiled in front of him,
and stamped upon the rough stones,
and trappings. Some of the drivers
and pink-footed, the pigeons ran about
and drove home. For a few moments
and its staring blinds. The sky was
and the roofs of the houses glistened
and , having thrown his hat and cape
and cape on the table, passed through
and hung with some curious
and examined it. In the dim arrested
and , walking to the window, drew up
and swept the fantastic shadows into
and , taking up from the table an oval
and came close to the picture, and
and examined it again. There were no
and yet there was no doubt that the
and began to think. Suddenly there
and the portrait grow old; that his
and the face on the canvas bear the
and his sins; that the painted image
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with the lines of suffering and thought,
he might keep all the delicate bloom
monstrous even to think of them.
disappointed him. She had been shallow
She had been shallow and unworthy.
scenes. Lord Henry had told him that,
that? It held the secret of his life,
him, with its beautiful marred face
came over him. It had altered already,
Its gold would wither into grey. Its red
that he committed, a stain would fleck
had. Poor child! He had been selfish
His life with her would be beautiful
and pure. He got up from his chair
horrible!" he murmured to himself,
and he walked across to the window
to him. He repeated her name over
into the room to see if he was stirring,
sleep so late. Finally his bell sounded,
Victor came in softly with a cup of tea,
on a small tray of old Sevres china,
asked Dorian Gray drowsily. "One hour
How late it was! He sat up,
One of them was from Lord Henry,
morning. He hesitated for a moment,
views, programmes of charity concerts,
were extremely old-fashioned people
things are our only necessities;
sum of money at a moment's notice
After about ten minutes he got up,
was dressed, he went into the library
laden with spices. A bee flew in
he had placed in front of the portrait,
some day. It would make him smile.
whole thing! First in the dim twilight,
was afraid of certainty. When the coffee
coffee and cigarettes had been brought
he said with a sigh. The man bowed
he rose from the table, lit a cigarette,
one, of gilt Spanish leather, stamped
eyes other than his spied behind
should he do if Basil Hallward came
No; the thing had to be examined,
this dreadful state of doubt. He got up
shame. Then he drew the screen aside
As he often remembered afterwards,
have taken place was incredible to him.
atoms that shaped themselves into form
into form and colour on the canvas
more terrible reason? He shuddered,
reason? He shuddered, and felt afraid,
She could still be his wife. His unreal
transformed into some nobler passion,
be to him what holiness is to some,
is to some, and conscience to others,
upon their souls. Three o'clock struck,
souls. Three o'clock struck, and four,
to gather up the scarlet threads of life
think. Finally, he went over to the table
he had loved, imploring her forgiveness
after page with wild words of sorrow
and that he might keep all the delicate
and loveliness of his then just
And , yet, there was the picture before
and unworthy. And, yet, a feeling of
And , yet, a feeling of infinite regret
and Lord Henry knew what women
and told his story. It had taught him
and its cruel smile. Its bright hair
and would alter more. Its gold would
and white roses would die. For every
and wreck its fairness. But he would
and cruel to her. The fascination that
and pure. He got up from his chair
and drew a large screen right in front
and he walked across to the window
and opened it. When he stepped out
and over again. The birds that were
and had wondered what made his
and Victor came in softly with a cup
and a pile of letters, on a small tray of
and drew back the olive-satin curtains,
and a quarter, Monsieur." How late it
and having sipped some tea, turned
and had been brought by hand that
and then put it aside. The others he
and the like that are showered on
and did not realize that we live in an
and there were several very courteously
and at the most reasonable rates of
and throwing on an elaborate
and sat down to a light French
and buzzed round the blue-dragon
and he started. "Too cold for Monsieur?
And , yet, how vivid was his recollection
and then in the bright dawn, he had
and cigarettes had been brought and
and the man turned to go, he felt a
and retired. Then he rose from the
and flung himself down on a
and wrought with a rather florid
and saw the horrible change? What
and asked to look at his own picture?
and at once. Anything would be better
and locked both doors. At least he
and saw himself face to face. It was
and always with no small wonder, he
And yet it was a fact. Was there some
and colour on the canvas and the soul
and the soul that was within him?
and felt afraid, and, going back to the
and , going back to the couch, lay
and selfish love would yield to some
and the portrait that Basil Hallward
and conscience to others, and the fear
and the fear of God to us all. There
and four, and the half-hour rang its
and the half-hour rang its double
and to weave them into a pattern; to
and wrote a passionate letter to the
and accusing himself of madness. He
and wilder words of pain. There is a
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there came a knock to the door,
quite still. The knocking still continued
it was better to let Lord Henry in,
the screen hastily across the picture,
Lord Henry, sinking into a chair
your fault. Tell me, did you go behind
I would find you plunged in remorse
all that," said Dorian, shaking his head
Vane!" cried Lord Henry, standing up
my letter? I wrote to you this morning,
" Lord Henry walked across the room,
Gray, took both his hands in his own
cry of pain broke from the lad's lips,
will have to be an inquest, of course,
than that. She looked such a child,
get on your nerves. You must come
You must come and dine with me,
at the opera. It is a Patti night,
birds sing just as happily in my garden.
to-night I am to dine with you,
you, and then go on to the opera,
now that it has happened actually,
last night? - when she played so badly,
to her. I felt I had done wrong.
You don't know the danger I am in,
Henry, taking a cigarette from his case
you were absolutely indifferent to her.
it would," muttered the lad, walking up
the lad, walking up and down the room
is absolutely nil. They give us, now
cried Dorian Gray, coming over
I know I am not.
us an impression of sheer brute force,
we are both. We watch ourselves,
care for me. They have become stout
They have become stout and tedious,
of woman! What a fearful thing it is!
poppies in her hands. Of course, now
at dinner next the lady in question,
on going over the whole thing again,
thing again, and digging up the past,
of asphodel. She dragged it out again
fallen. They always want a sixth act,
comedy would have a tragic ending,
of a flirtation, a woman once told me,
all play with, such as romance, passion,
splendid. I have never seen you really
I can fancy how delightful you looked.
but that I see now was absolutely true,
- that she was Desdemona one night,
Tourneur. The girl never really lived,
that flitted through Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare's music sounded richer
she touched actual life, she marred it,
she marred it, and it marred her,
darkened in the room. Noiselessly,
said, but somehow I was afraid of it,
"But suppose, Harry, I became haggard,
Harry, I became haggard, and old,
an age that reads too much to be wise,
to be beautiful. We cannot spare you.
and he heard Lord Henry's voice
and grew louder. Yes, it was better to
and to explain to him the new life he
and unlocked the door. "I am so sorry
and slowly pulling off his yellow gloves.
and see her, after the play was over?" "
and tearing that nice curly hair of
and smiling. "I am perfectly happy
and looking at him in perplexed
and sent the note down by my own
and sitting down by Dorian Gray, took
and held them tightly. "Dorian," he
and he leaped to his feet, tearing his
and you must not be mixed up in it.
and seemed to know so little about
and dine with me, and afterwards we
and afterwards we will look in at the
and everybody will be there. You can
And to-night I am to dine with you,
and then go on to the opera, and sup
and sup somewhere, I suppose,
and to me, it seems far too wonderful
and my heart almost broke. She
And now she is dead. My God! My
and there is nothing to keep me
and producing a gold-latten matchbox,
And when a woman finds that out
and down the room and looking
and looking horribly pale. "But I
and then, some of those luxurious
and sitting down beside him, "why is it
And yet I must admit that this thing
and we revolt against that. Sometimes,
and the mere wonder of the spectacle
and tedious, and when I meet them,
and when I meet them, they go in at
And what an utter intellectual
and then things linger. I once wore
and she insisted on going over the
and digging up the past, and raking
and raking up the future. I had buried
and assured me that I had spoiled her
and as soon as the interest of the play
and every tragedy would culminate in
and I can quite understand it. Besides,
and love." "I was terribly cruel to her.
and absolutely angry, but I can fancy
And , after all, you said something to
and it holds the key to everything."
and Ophelia the other; that if she died
and so she has never really died. To
and left them lovelier for its presence,
and more full of joy. The moment she
and it marred her, and so she passed
and so she passed away. Mourn for
and with silver feet, the shadows crept
and I could not express it to myself.
and old, and wrinkled? What then?" "Ah
and wrinkled? What then?" "Ah, then,"
and that thinks too much to be
And now you had better dress and
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you. And now you had better dress
door. But I am sorry you won't come
him, Dorian Gray touched the bell,
minutes Victor appeared with the lamps
as he had left, he rushed to the screen
passed within the soul? He wondered,
Then Death himself had touched her
No; she had died for love of him,
as he remembered her childlike look,
look, and winsome fanciful ways,
grace. He brushed them away hastily
life had decided that for him - life,
youth, infinite passion, pleasures subtle
pleasures subtle and secret, wild joys
yielded? Was it to become a monstrous
sympathy that existed between him
to a prayer it might remain unchanged.
exercise an influence upon dead
vibrate in unison with our moods
so it would reveal to him his own soul.
When the blood crept from its face,
of the Greeks, he would be strong,
Greeks, he would be strong, and fleet,
of the picture, smiling as he did so,
An hour later he was at the opera,
he said gravely. "I called last night,
up at the club. I came here at once
But where were you? Did you go down
woman! What a state she must be in!
gold-beaded bubble of Venetian glass
in her box. She is perfectly charming;
stage. He is a sailor, or something.
And now, tell me about yourself
" said Hallward, speaking very slowly
to me of other women being charming,
I want to use them, to enjoy them,
picture. But you were simple, natural,
I see that." The lad flushed up
Basil," said the lad, going over to him
his hands. "How fearful," he muttered,
know what I mean - middle-class virtue
No one can, except sentimentalists.
of you. You find me consoled,
what it was. Finally he succeeded,
nothing to do, almost died of ennui,
and became a confirmed misanthrope.
book in your studio one day
love beautiful things that one can touch
afraid of life - but you are better.
be together! Don't leave me, Basil,
The lad was infinitely dear to him,
you?" Dorian shook his head,
" There was something so crude
she did?" "Only my Christian name,
all rather curious to learn who I was,
of her than the memory of a few kisses
some broken pathetic words." "I will try
would please you. But you must come
admirable place for it. Let me see it."
terror broke from Dorian Gray's lips,
lips, and he rushed between the painter
and drive down to the club. We are
and dine." "I don't feel up to it
and in a few minutes Victor appeared
and drew the blinds down. He waited
and drew it back. No; there was no
and hoped that some day he would see
and taken her with him. How had she
and love would always be a sacrament
and winsome fanciful ways, and shy
and shy tremulous grace. He brushed
and looked again at the picture. He
and his own infinite curiosity about life.
and secret, wild joys and wilder sins and wilder sins - he was to have all
and loathsome thing, to be hidden
and the picture might cease. It had
And yet, who, that knew anything
and inorganic things? Nay, without
and passions, atom calling to atom in
And when winter came upon it, he
and left behind a pallid mask of chalk
and fleet, and joyous. What did it
and joyous. What did it matter what
and passed into his bedroom, where
and Lord Henry was leaning over his
and they told me you were at the
and was miserable at not finding you. I
and see the girl's mother? For a
And her only child, too! What did she
and looking dreadfully bored. "I was at
and Patti sang divinely. Don't talk
And now, tell me about yourself and
and what you are painting." "You went
and with a strained touch of pain in
and of Patti singing divinely, before
and to dominate them." "Dorian, this is
and affectionate then. You were the
and , going to the window, looked out
and putting his hand on his shoulder,
and a shudder ran through him. "No,"
and all that kind of thing. How
And you are awfully unjust, Basil. You
and you are furious. How like a
and nothing could exceed his
and became a confirmed misanthrope.
And besides, my dear old Basil, if you
and chancing on that delightful phrase.
and handle. Old brocades, green
And how happy we used to be
and don't quarrel with me. I am what I
and his personality had been the great
and a look of annoyance passed over
and vulgar about everything of the
and that I am quite sure she never
and that she invariably told them my
and some broken pathetic words." "I
and do something, Dorian, if it would
and sit to me yourself again. I can't get
And Hallward walked towards the
and he rushed between the painter and
and the screen. "Basil," he said, looking
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serious. I don't offer any explanation,
with rage. His hands were clenched,
said, rather coldly, turning on his heel
that, so I must see it some day,
you are sure to be out of town.
the same thing." He stopped suddenly,
had said to him once, half seriously
He told me why he wouldn't,
too, had his secret. He would ask him
"Basil," he said, coming over quite close
of us a secret. Let me know yours,
you might like me less than you do,
" His feeling of terror had passed away,
looking troubled. "Let us sit down.
arms of his chair with trembling hands
me. I was dominated, soul, brain,
that I had seen perfection face to face,
than the peril of keeping them.... Weeks
them.... Weeks and weeks went on,
and weeks went on, and I grew more
drawn you as Paris in dainty armour,
and as Adonis with huntsman's cloak
the still pool of some Greek woodland
silver the marvel of your own face.
what art should be - unconscious, ideal,
of dead ages, but in your own dress
know that as I worked at it, every flake
that. When the picture was finished,
a few days the thing left my studio,
that you were extremely good-looking
more abstract than we fancy. Form
fancy. Form and colour tell us of form
completely than it ever reveals him.
The colour came back to his cheeks,
made this strange confession to him,
But that was all. He was too clever
Never." "Well, perhaps you are right.
t talk about worship. It is foolish. You
foolish. You and I are friends, Basil,
his days in saying what is incredible
has a life of its own. I will come
murmured Hallward regretfully. "
How little he knew of the true reason!
- he understood them all now,
so coloured by romance. He sighed
entered, he looked at him steadfastly
screen. The man was quite impassive
for his orders. Dorian lit a cigarette
a cigarette and walked over to the glass
that he wanted to see her,
and then to go to the frame-maker
is full of dust. I must get it arranged
that is all. Give me the key." "
don't think of living up there, sir,
do." She lingered for a few moments,
detail of the household. He sighed
Dorian put the key in his pocket
- something that would breed horrors
the canvas. They would mar its beauty
eat away its grace. They would defile it
would defile it and make it shameful.
and you are not to ask for any. But,
and the pupils of his eyes were like
and going over towards the window.
and why not to-day?" "To exhibit it
And if you keep it always behind a
and a gleam of light came into his
and half in jest, "If you want to have
and it was a revelation to me." Yes,
and try. "Basil," he said, coming over
and looking him straight in the face,
and I shall tell you mine. What was
and you would certainly laugh at me.
and curiosity had taken its place. He
And just answer me one question.
and gazing at him with wild startled
and power, by you. You became to me
and that the world had become
and weeks went on, and I grew more
and I grew more and more absorbed
and more absorbed in you. Then
and as Adonis with huntsman's cloak
and polished boar-spear. Crowned with
and seen in the water's silent silver the
And it had all been what art should
and remote. One day, a fatal day I
and in your own time. Whether it was
and film of colour seemed to me to
and I sat alone with it, I felt that I
and as soon as I had got rid of the
and that I could paint. Even now I
and colour tell us of form and colour
and colour - that is all. It often seems
And so when I got this offer from
and a smile played about his lips. The
and wondered if he himself would ever
and too cynical to be really fond of.
And now good-bye, Dorian. You have
and I are friends, Basil, and we must
and we must always remain so." "You
and his evenings in doing what is
and have tea with you. That will be
And now good-bye. I am sorry you
And how strange it was that, instead of
and he felt sorry. There seemed to
and touched the bell. The portrait
and wondered if he had thought of
and waited for his orders. Dorian lit
and walked over to the glass and
and glanced into it. He could see the
and then to go to the frame-maker
and ask him to send two of his men
and put straight before you go into it.
And here is the key, sir," said the old
and you so comfortable here?" "No,
and was garrulous over some detail
and told her to manage things as she
and looked round the room. His eye
and yet would never die. What the
and eat away its grace. They would
and make it shameful. And yet the
And yet the thing would still live on.
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It would be always alive. He shuddered,
him to resist Lord Henry's influence,
- had nothing in it that was not noble
of beauty that is born of the senses
such love as Michelangelo had known,
had known, and Montaigne,
and Montaigne, and Winckelmann,
up from the couch the great purplepurple-and-gold texture that covered it,
seemed to him that it was unchanged,
it was intensified. Gold hair, blue eyes,
Sibyl Vane had been! - how shallow,
was looking out at him from the canvas
A look of pain came across him,
to. There was something sly about him,
to send him round something to read
he said, handing it to him, "
three minutes there was another knock,
Mr. Hubbard. I shall certainly drop in
screen back. "Can you move it, covering
chains by which it was suspended. "
" He held the door open for them,
them, and they passed out into the hall
had made the picture extremely bulky,
the picture extremely bulky, and now
when they reached the top landing.
for him the curious secret of his life
a play-room when he was a child,
for his strange likeness to his mother,
for other reasons, he had always hated
with its fantastically painted panels
Flemish tapestry where a faded king
the stainless purity of his boyish life,
prying eyes as this. He had the key,
the canvas could grow bestial, sodden,
He kept his youth - that was enough.
Some love might come across his life,
come across his life, and purify him,
seemed to be already stirring in spirit
very mystery lent them their subtlety
away from the scarlet sensitive mouth,
No; that was impossible. Hour by hour,
feet would creep round the fading eyes
man. He felt ready to leap upon him
ready to do anything for you, sir."
had died away, Dorian locked the door
found that it was just after five o'clock
was lying a note from Lord Henry,
in yellow paper, the cover slightly torn
the hall as they were leaving the house
The screen had not been set back,
he might find him creeping upstairs
or a shred of crumpled lace. He sighed,
he sent him round the evening paper,
and a book that might interest him,
He opened The St. James's languidly,
during the giving of her own evidence,
of the deceased. He frowned,
the paper in two, went across the room
the pieces away. How ugly it all was!
Henry for having sent him the report.
and for a moment he regretted that
and the still more poisonous
and intellectual. It was not that mere
and that dies when the senses tire. It
and Montaigne, and Winckelmann,
and Winckelmann, and Shakespeare
and Shakespeare himself. Yes, Basil
and -gold texture that covered it, and,
and , holding it in his hands, passed
and yet his loathing of it was
and rose-red lips - they all were there.
and of what little account! His own
and calling him to judgement. A look
and he flung the rich pall over the
and he had thoughtful, treacherous
and reminding him that they were to
and show the men in here." In two or
and Mr. Hubbard himself, the
and look at the frame - though I
and all, just as it is? I don't
And , now, where shall we carry it to,
and they passed out into the hall and
and began the ascent. The elaborate
and now and then, in spite of the
and then, in spite of the obsequious
And he wiped his shiny forehead. "I
and hide his soul from the eyes of
and then as a study when he grew
and also for other reasons, he had
and desired to keep at a distance. It
and its tarnished gilt mouldings, in
and queen were playing chess in a
and it seemed horrible to him that it
and no one else could enter it.
and unclean. What did it matter? No
And , besides, might not his nature
and purify him, and shield him from
and shield him from those sins that
and in flesh - those curious
and their charm. Perhaps, some day,
and he might show to the world Basil
and week by week, the thing upon
and make them horrible. The hair
and fling him to the ground if he
And Mr. Hubbard tramped
and put the key in his pocket. He
and that the tea had been already
and beside it was a book bound in
and the edges soiled. A copy of the
and had wormed out of them what
and a blank space was visible on the
and trying to force the door of the
and having poured himself out some
and a book that might interest him,
and that he would be at the club at
and looked through it. A red
and that of Dr. Birrell, who had
and tearing the paper in two, went
and flung the pieces away. How ugly
And how horribly real ugliness made
And it was certainly stupid of him to
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for that. Perhaps he had read it
it and had begun to suspect something.
Egyptian bees that wrought in silver,
volume, flung himself into an arm-chair
to him that in exquisite raiment,
revealed. It was a novel without a plot
the nineteenth century all the passions
to every century except his own,
was that curious jewelled style, vivid
vivid and obscure at once, full of argot
of archaisms, of technical expressions
in it metaphors as monstrous as orchids
incense seemed to cling about its pages
so full as it was of complex refrains
him unconscious of the falling day
day and creeping shadows. Cloudless,
the lateness of the hour, he got up,
table that always stood at his bedside
that?" murmured Lord Henry.
large-paper copies of the first edition,
that they might suit his various moods
young Parisian in whom the romantic
a kind of prefiguring type of himself.
somewhat grotesque dread of mirrors,
of mirrors, and polished metal surfaces,
the young Parisian so early in his life,
It was with an almost cruel joy overemphasized, account of the sorrow
who had himself lost what in others,
that had so fascinated Basil Hallward,
heard the most evil things against him his mode of life crept through London
They wondered how one so charming
stain of an age that was at once sordid
home from one of those mysterious
with the key that never left him now,
painted of him, looking now at the evil
the evil and aging face on the canvas,
his sense of pleasure. He grew more
enamoured of his own beauty, more
He would examine with minute care,
care, and sometimes with a monstrous
the coarse bloated hands of the picture,
smile. He mocked the misshapen body
docks which, under an assumed name
or twice every month during the winter,
open to the world his beautiful house
noted as much for the careful selection
arrangements of exotic flowers,
exotic flowers, and embroidered cloths,
cloths, and antique plate of gold
culture of the scholar with all the grace
with all the grace and distinction
for whom "the visible world existed."
the first, the greatest, of the arts,
becomes for a moment universal,
for him. His mode of dressing,
young exquisites of the Mayfair balls
copied him in everything that he did,
offered to him on his coming of age,
that would have its reasoned philosophy
and had begun to suspect something.
And , yet, what did it matter? What
and taking up the volume, flung
and began to turn over the leaves.
and to the delicate sound of flutes,
and with only one character, being,
and modes of thought that belonged
and to sum up, as it were, in himself
and obscure at once, full of argot and
and of archaisms, of technical
and of elaborate paraphrases, that
and as subtle in colour. The life of
and to trouble the brain. The mere
and movements elaborately repeated,
and creeping shadows. Cloudless, and
and pierced by one solitary star, a
and going into the next room, placed
and began to dress for dinner. It was
And they passed into the dining-room.
and had them bound in different
and the changing fancies of a nature
and the scientific temperaments were
And , indeed, the whole book seemed
and polished metal surfaces, and still
and still water which came upon the
and was occasioned by the sudden
and perhaps in nearly every joy, as
and despair of one who had himself
and the world, he had most dearly
and many others besides him, seemed
and from time to time strange
and became the chatter of the clubs and graceful as he was could have
and sensual. Often, on returning
and prolonged absences that gave rise
and stand, with a mirror, in front of
and aging face on the canvas, and
and now at the fair young face that
and more enamoured of his own
and more interested in the corruption
and sometimes with a monstrous and
and terrible delight, the hideous lines
and smile. He mocked the misshapen
and the failing limbs. There were
and in disguise, it was his habit to
and on each Wednesday evening while
and have the most celebrated
and placing of those invited, as for
and embroidered cloths, and antique
and antique plate of gold and silver.
and silver. Indeed, there were many,
and distinction and perfect manner of
and perfect manner of a citizen of
And , certainly, to him life itself was
and for it all the other arts seemed to
and dandyism, which, in its own way,
and the particular styles that from
and Pall Mall club windows, who
and tried to reproduce the accidental
and found, indeed, a subtle pleasure
and its ordered principles, and find in
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philosophy and its ordered principles,
The worship of the senses has often,
natural instinct of terror about passions
that seem stronger than themselves,
the senses had never been understood,
and that they had remained savage
of loss. So much had been surrendered!
monstrous forms of self-torture
and self-denial, whose origin was fear
feed with the wild animals of the desert
new Hedonism that was to recreate life
aim, indeed, was to be experience itself,
death, or one of those nights of horror
more terrible than reality itself,
vivid life that lurks in all grotesques,
white fingers creep through the curtains,
crawl into the corners of the room
going forth to their work, or the sigh
of the wind coming down from the hills
though it feared to wake the sleepers
after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted,
is lifted, and by degrees the forms
colours of things are restored to them,
tapers stand where we had left them,
to resume it where we had left off,
in which things would have fresh shapes
would have fresh shapes and colours,
even of joy having its bitterness
or amongst the true objects, of life;
sensations that would be at once new
would be at once new and delightful,
himself to their subtle influences,
having, as it were, caught their colour
with a real ardour of temperament,
join the Roman Catholic communion,
the primitive simplicity of its elements
down on the cold marble pavement
in his stiff flowered dalmatic, slowly
breaking the Host into the chalice
that the grave boys, in their lace
with wonder at the black confessionals
sit in the dim shadow of one of them
of one of them and listen to men
of a night in which there are no stars
making common things strange to us,
accompany it, moved him for a season;
Darwinismus movement in Germany,
curious pleasure in tracing the thoughts
is when separated from action
have their spiritual mysteries to reveal.
And so he would now study perfumes
distilling heavily scented oils
not its counterpart in the sensuous life,
in frankincense that made one mystical,
in ambergris that stirred one's passions,
woke the memory of dead romances,
and in musk that troubled the brain,
champak that stained the imagination;
a real psychology of perfumes,
influences of sweet-smelling roots
pollen-laden flowers; of aromatic balms
and find in the spiritualizing of the
and with much justice, been decried,
and sensations that seem stronger
and that they are conscious of
and that they had remained savage
and animal merely because the world
and to such little purpose! There had
and self-denial, whose origin was fear
and whose result was a degradation
and giving to the hermit the beasts of
and to save it from that harsh
and not the fruits of experience,
and misshapen joy, when through the
and instinct with that vivid life that
and that lends to Gothic art its
and they appear to tremble. In black
and crouch there. Outside, there is
and sob of the wind coming down
and wandering round the silent house,
and yet must needs call forth sleep
and by degrees the forms and colours
and colours of things are restored to
and we watch the dawn remaking the
and beside them lies the half-cut book
and there steals over us a terrible
and colours, and be changed, or have
and be changed, or have other
and the memories of pleasure their
and in his search for sensations that
and delightful, and possess that
and possess that element of
and then, having, as it were, caught
and satisfied his intellectual curiosity,
and that, indeed, according to certain
and certainly the Roman ritual had
and the eternal pathos of the human
and watch the priest, in his stiff
and with white hands moving aside
and smiting his breast for his sins.
and scarlet, tossed into the air like
and long to sit in the dim shadow of
and listen to men and women
and women whispering through the
and the moon is in travail. Mysticism,
and the subtle antinomianism that
and for a season he inclined to the
and found a curious pleasure in
and passions of men to some pearly
and experiment. He knew that the
And so he would now study perfumes
and the secrets of their manufacture,
and burning odorous gums from the
and set himself to discover their true
and in ambergris that stirred one's
and in violets that woke the memory
and in musk that troubled the brain,
and in champak that stained the
and seeking often to elaborate a real
and to estimate the several influences
and scented, pollen-laden flowers; of
and of dark and fragrant woods; of
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flowers; of aromatic balms and of dark
of hovenia, that makes men mad;
he devoted himself entirely to music,
a long latticed room, with a vermilionroom, with a vermilion-and-gold ceiling
beat monotonously upon copper drums
through long pipes of reed or brass
feigned to charm - great hooded snakes
horned adders. The harsh intervals
him at times when Schubert's grace,
grace, and Chopin's beautiful sorrows,
contact with Western civilizations,
civilizations, and loved to touch
that women are not allowed to look at
till they have been subjected to fasting
been subjected to fasting and scourging,
that have the shrill cries of birds,
as Alfonso de Ovalle heard in Chile,
jaspers that are found near Cuzco
who sit all day long in high trees,
that has two vibrating tongues of wood
that are hung in clusters like grapes;
with Cortes into the Mexican temple,
of these instruments fascinated him,
her monsters, things of bestial shape
after some time, he wearied of them,
in rapt pleasure to "Tannhauser"
he took up the study of jewels,
in a dress covered with five hundred
This taste enthralled him for years,
would often spend a whole day settling
the pistachio-coloured peridot, rose-pink
stars, flame-red cinnamon-stones, orange
orange and violet spinels,
with their alternate layers of ruby
He loved the red gold of the sunstone,
and the moonstone's pearly whiteness,
three emeralds of extraordinary size
size and richness of colour,
was mentioned with eyes of real jacinth,
of the dragon, Philostratus told us,
and "by the exhibition of golden letters
could be thrown into a magical sleep
the diamond rendered a man invisible,
eloquent. The cornelian appeased anger,
anger, and the hyacinth provoked sleep,
of wine. The garnet cast out demons,
The selenite waxed
waxed and waned with the moon,
so that the gold might shine by day
of chrysolites, carbuncles, sapphires,
that the diver brought to King Perozes,
King Perozes, and had slain the thief,
Venetian a rosary of three hundred
gold leaves, according to Brantome,
in stirrups hung with four hundred
the placard embroidered with diamonds
with diamonds and other rich stones,
of gold roses set with turquoise-stones,
jewelled gloves reaching to the elbow,
a hawk-glove sewn with twelve rubies
and fragrant woods; of spikenard, that
and of aloes, that are said to be able
and in a long latticed room, with a
and -gold ceiling and walls of
and walls of olive-green lacquer, he
and , crouching upon scarlet mats, slim
and charmed - or feigned to charm and horrible horned adders. The
and shrill discords of barbaric music
and Chopin's beautiful sorrows, and
and the mighty harmonies of
and loved to touch and try them. He
and try them. He had the mysterious
and that even youths may not see till
and scourging, and the earthen jars
and the earthen jars of the Peruvians
and flutes of human bones such as
and the sonorous green jaspers that
and give forth a note of singular
and can be heard, it is said, at a
and is beaten with sticks that are
and a huge cylindrical drum, covered
and of whose doleful sound he has
and he felt a curious delight in the
and with hideous voices. Yet, after
and would sit in his box at the opera,
and seeing in the prelude to that
and appeared at a costume ball as
and sixty pearls. This taste enthralled
and , indeed, may be said never to
and resettling in their cases the
and wine-yellow topazes, carbuncles of
and violet spinels, and amethysts with
and amethysts with their alternate
and sapphire. He loved the red gold
and the moonstone's pearly whiteness,
and the broken rainbow of the milky
and richness of colour, and had a
and had a turquoise de la vieille
and in the romantic history of
and "by the exhibition of golden
and a scarlet robe" the monster could
and slain. According to the great
and the agate of India made him
and the hyacinth provoked sleep, and
and the amethyst drove away the
and the hydropicus deprived the
and waned with the moon, and the
and the meloceus, that discovers
and the carbuncles by night. In
and greene emeraults." Marco Polo
and had slain the thief, and mourned
and mourned for seven moons over
and four pearls, one for every god
and his cap had double rows of
and twenty-one diamonds. Richard II
and other rich stones, and a great
and a great bauderike about his neck
and a skull-cap parseme with pearls.
and had a hawk-glove sewn with
and fifty-two great orients. The ducal
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race, was hung with pear-shaped pearls
once been! How gorgeous in its pomp
he turned his attention to embroideries
As he investigated the subject the ruin that time brought on beautiful
escaped that. Summer followed summer,
and the yellow jonquils bloomed
jonquils bloomed and died many times,
which was represented the starry sky,
on which were displayed all the dainties
the indignation of the Bishop of Pontus
that a painter can copy from nature";
words being wrought in gold thread,
for the use of Queen Joan of Burgundy
was decorated with "thirteen hundred
twenty-one parrots, made in broidery,
and blazoned with the king's arms,
with the king's arms, and five hundred
of black velvet powdered with crescents
were of damask, with leafy wreaths
and garlands, figured upon a gold
figured upon a gold and silver ground,
the edges with broideries of pearls,
were of silver gilt, beautifully chased,
and profusely set with enamelled
from the Turkish camp before Vienna,
the tremulous gilt of its canopy.
specimens that he could find of textile
wrought with gold-thread palmates
are known in the East as "woven air,"
as "woven air," and "running water,"
bound in tawny satins or fair blue silks
and wrought with fleurs-de-lis, birds
in Hungary point; Sicilian brocades
Georgian work, with its gilt coins,
Foukousas, with their green-toned golds
house, he had stored away many rare
Bride of Christ, who must wear purple
who must wear purple and jewels
worn by the suffering that she seeks for
a gorgeous cope of crimson silk
scenes from the life of the Virgin,
were picked out with silver thread
orphreys were woven in a diaper of red
woven in a diaper of red and gold silk,
starred with medallions of many saints
chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk,
of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk
silk, and blue silk and gold brocade,
gold brocade, and yellow silk damask
with representations of the Passion
the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ,
of Christ, and embroidered with lions
embroidered with lions and peacocks
other emblems; dalmatics of white satin
pink silk damask, decorated with tulips
decorated with tulips and dolphins
-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet
of crimson velvet and blue linen;
linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils,
his imagination. For these treasures,
and studded with sapphires. How
and decoration! Even to read of the
and to the tapestries that performed
and he always had an extraordinary
and wonderful things. He, at any rate,
and the yellow jonquils bloomed and
and died many times, and nights of
and nights of horror repeated the
and Apollo driving a chariot drawn by
and viands that could be wanted for a
and were figured with "lions, panthers,
and the coat that Charles of Orleans
and each note, of square shape in
and was decorated with "thirteen
and twenty-one parrots, made in
and blazoned with the king's arms,
and five hundred and sixty-one
and sixty-one butterflies, whose wings
and suns. Its curtains were of
and garlands, figured upon a gold
and silver ground, and fringed along
and fringed along the edges with
and it stood in a room hung with
and profusely set with enamelled and
and jewelled medallions. It had been
and the standard of Mohammed had
And so, for a whole year, he sought to
and embroidered work, getting the
and stitched over with iridescent
and "running water," and "evening
and "evening dew"; strange figured
and wrought with fleurs-de-lis, birds
and images; veils of lacis worked in
and stiff Spanish velvets; Georgian
and Japanese Foukousas, with their
and their marvellously plumaged birds.
and beautiful specimens of what is
and jewels and fine linen that she may
and fine linen that she may hide the
and wounded by self-inflicted pain. He
and gold-thread damask, figured with
and the coronation of the Virgin was
and coloured crystals. The morse bore
and gold silk, and were starred with
and were starred with medallions of
and martyrs, among whom was St.
and blue silk and gold brocade, and
and gold brocade, and yellow silk
and yellow silk damask and cloth of
and cloth of gold, figured with
and Crucifixion of Christ, and
and embroidered with lions and
and peacocks and other emblems;
and other emblems; dalmatics of
and pink silk damask, decorated with
and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar
and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of
and blue linen; and many corporals,
and many corporals, chalice-veils, and
and sudaria. In the mystic offices to
and everything that he collected in his
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him the real degradation of his life,
in front of it had draped the purplewould forget the hideous painted thing,
dreadful places near Blue Gate Fields,
of the picture, sometimes loathing it
that is half the fascination of sin,
not endure to be long out of England,
picture that was such a part of his life,
still preserved, under all the foulness
painted it. What was it to him how vile
rank who were his chief companions,
the county by the wanton luxury
life, he would suddenly leave his guests
the door had not been tampered with
at a West End club of which his birth
fully entitled him to become a member,
of the Churchill, the Duke of Berwick
gentleman got up in a marked manner
den in the distant parts of Whitechapel,
and that he consorted with thieves
he consorted with thieves and coiners
absences became notorious,
discover his secret. Of such insolences
slights he, of course, took no notice,
manner, his charming boyish smile,
Women who had wildly adored him,
his sake had braved all social censure
in the eyes of many his strange
detriment of those who are both rich
are of more importance than morals,
than the possession of a good chef.
once, in a discussion on the subject,
of a ceremony, as well as its unreality,
of a romantic play with the wit
as a thing simple, permanent, reliable,
him, man was a being with myriad lives
within itself strange legacies of thought
strange legacies of thought and passion,
cold picture-gallery of his country house
on the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth
grace that had made him so suddenly,
red doublet, jewelled surcoat,
jewelled surcoat, and gilt-edged ruff
Sir Anthony Sherard, with his silverbequeathed him some inheritance of sin
in her gauze hood, pearl stomacher,
sleeves. A flower was in her right hand,
clasped an enamelled collar of white
On a table by her side lay a mandolin
little pointed shoes. He knew her life,
Willoughby, with his powdered hair
evil he looked! The face was saturnine
The face was saturnine and swarthy,
a macaroni of the eighteenth century,
the Prince Regent in his wildest days,
with Mrs. Fitzherbert? How proud
he was, with his chestnut curls
within him. How curious it all seemed!
mother with her Lady Hamilton face
her. He had got from her his beauty,
eyes were still wonderful in their depth
and in front of it had draped the
and -gold pall as a curtain. For weeks
and get back his light heart, his
and stay there, day after day, until he
and himself, but filled, at other times,
and smiling with secret pleasure at
and gave up the villa that he had
and was also afraid that during his
and ugliness of the face, its marked
and full of shame it looked? Even if
and astounding the county by the
and gorgeous splendour of his mode
and rush back to town to see that the
and that the picture was still there.
and social position fully entitled him
and it was said that on one occasion,
and another gentleman got up in a
and went out. Curious stories became
and that he consorted with thieves
and coiners and knew the mysteries
and knew the mysteries of their trade.
and , when he used to reappear again
and attempted slights he, of course,
and in the opinion of most people his
and the infinite grace of that
and for his sake had braved all social
and set convention at defiance, were
and dangerous charm. His great
and fascinating. It feels instinctively
and , in its opinion, the highest
And , after all, it is a very poor
and there is possibly a good deal to
and should combine the insincere
and beauty that make such plays
and of one essence. To him, man was
and myriad sensations, a complex
and passion, and whose very flesh
and whose very flesh was tainted with
and look at the various portraits of
and King James, as one who was
and almost without cause, give
and gilt-edged ruff and wristbands,
and wristbands, stood Sir Anthony
and -black armour piled at his feet.
and shame? Were his own actions
and pink slashed sleeves. A flower
and her left clasped an enamelled
and damask roses. On a table by her
and an apple. There were large green
and the strange stories that were told
and fantastic patches? How evil he
and swarthy, and the sensual lips
and the sensual lips seemed to be
and the friend, in his youth, of Lord
and one of the witnesses at the secret
and handsome he was, with his
and insolent pose! What passions had
And his mother with her Lady
and her moist, wine-dashed lips - he
and his passion for the beauty of
and brilliancy of colour. They seemed
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one's own race, nearer perhaps in type
type and temperament, many of them,
life, not as he had lived it in act
for him, as it had been in his brain
passed across the stage of the world
the world and made sin so marvellous
books of Elephantis, while dwarfs
dwarfs and peacocks strutted round him
mocked the swinger of the censer;
the green-shirted jockeys in their stables
manger with a jewel-frontleted horse;
of the dagger that was to end his days,
on those to whom life denies nothing;
at the red shambles of the circus
the circus and then, in a litter of pearl
of Pomegranates to a House of Gold
cry on Nero Caesar as he passed by;
had painted his face with colours,
and plied the distaff among the women,
and brought the Moon from Carthage
Over
used to read this fantastic chapter,
enamels, were pictured the awful
and beautiful forms of those whom vice
forms of those whom vice and blood
Duke of Milan, who slew his wife
vanity to assume the title of Formosus,
who used hounds to chase living men
horse, with Fratricide riding beside him
Cardinal Archbishop of Florence, child
was equalled only by his debauchery,
of Aragon in a pavilion of white
and crimson silk, filled with nymphs
silk, filled with nymphs and centaurs,
cured only by the spectacle of death,
the son of the Fiend, as was reported,
in mockery took the name of Innocent
Malatesta, the lover of Isotta
burned at Rome as the enemy of God
who strangled Polyssena with a napkin,
to Ginevra d'Este in a cup of emerald,
of the insanity that was coming on him,
and who, when his brain had sickened
cards painted with the images of love
with the images of love and death
images of love and death and madness;
madness; and, in his trimmed jerkin
in his trimmed jerkin and jewelled cap
who slew Astorre with his bride,
his bride, and Simonetto with his page,
hated him could not choose but weep,
in them all. He saw them at night,
of poisoning - poisoning by a helmet
lighted torch, by an embroidered glove
a jewelled fan, by a gilded pomander
Henry's, where he had been dining,
in heavy furs, as the night was cold
At the corner of Grosvenor Square
him in the mist, walking very fast
him. He made no sign of recognition
him first stopping on the pavement
and temperament, many of them, and
and certainly with an influence of
and circumstance, but as his
and in his passions. He felt that he
and made sin so marvellous and evil
and evil so full of subtlety. It seemed
and peacocks strutted round him and
and the flute-player mocked the
and , as Caligula, had caroused with
and supped in an ivory manger with a
and , as Domitian, had wandered
and sick with that ennui, that terrible
and had peered through a clear
and then, in a litter of pearl and
and purple drawn by silver-shod
and heard men cry on Nero Caesar
and , as Elagabalus, had painted his
and plied the distaff among the
and brought the Moon from Carthage
and given her in mystic marriage to
and over again Dorian used to read
and the two chapters immediately
and beautiful forms of those whom
and blood and weariness had made
and weariness had made monstrous or
and painted her lips with a scarlet
and whose tiara, valued at two
and whose murdered body was
and his mantle stained with the blood
and minion of Sixtus IV, whose beauty
and who received Leonora of Aragon
and crimson silk, filled with nymphs
and centaurs, and gilded a boy that
and gilded a boy that he might serve
and who had a passion for red blood,
and one who had cheated his father
and into whose torpid veins the blood
and the lord of Rimini, whose effigy
and man, who strangled Polyssena
and gave poison to Ginevra d'Este in
and in honour of a shameful passion
and who, when his brain had sickened
and grown strange, could only be
and death and madness; and, in his
and madness; and, in his trimmed
and , in his trimmed jerkin and
and jewelled cap and acanthuslike
and acanthuslike curls, Grifonetto
and Simonetto with his page, and
and whose comeliness was such that,
and Atalanta, who had cursed him,
and they troubled his imagination in
and a lighted torch, by an
and a jewelled fan, by a gilded
and by an amber chain. Dorian Gray
and was wrapped in heavy furs, as
and foggy. At the corner of
and South Audley Street, a man
and with the collar of his grey ulster
and went on quickly in the direction
and then hurrying after him. In a few
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I took pity on your tired servant
I am off to Paris by the midnight train,
I intend to take a studio in Paris
languidly as he passed up the steps
lamplight struggled out through the fog,
The train doesn't go till twelve-fifteen,
All I have with me is in this bag,
twenty minutes." Dorian looked at him
painter to travel! A Gladstone bag
or the fog will get into the house.
shook his head, as he entered,
large open hearth. The lamps were lit,
stood, with some siphons of soda-water
believe he married Lady Radley's maid,
He was really very devoted to me
he went away. Have another brandyand-soda? Or would you like hock-and-seltzer? I always take hockmore," said the painter, taking his cap
the painter, taking his cap and coat off
bag that he had placed in the corner. "
Hallward in his grave deep voice, "
keep you half an hour." Dorian sighed
is not much to ask of you, Dorian,
people to talk of you as something vile
Of course, you have your position,
have your position, and your wealth,
and all that kind of thing. But position
done. I had never seen him before,
with your pure, bright, innocent face,
And yet I see you very seldom,
never come down to the studio now,
now, and when I am away from you,
at the Dudley. Staveley curled his lip
girl should be allowed to know,
him that I was a friend of yours,
England with a tarnished name. You
What about Adrian Singleton
end? What about Lord Kent's only son
Street. He seemed broken with shame
said Dorian Gray, biting his lip,
You ask me about Henry Ashton
Perth. Did I teach the one his vices,
prejudices over their gross dinner-tables,
of their betters in order to try
pretend that they are in smart society
is enough for a man to have distinction
common tongue to wag against him.
England is bad enough I know,
them there. Yes: you led them there,
you can smile, as you are smiling now.
And there is worse behind. I know you
You go too far." "I must speak,
at dawn out of dreadful houses
them, I laughed. I hear them now,
What about your country-house
moment always began by saying that,
you. I want you to have a clean name
one with whom you become intimate,
absurd - that I knew you thoroughly
and told him to go to bed, as he let
and I particularly wanted to see you
and shut myself up till I have finished
and opened the door with his
and Hallward looked at his watch. "I
and it is only just eleven. In fact, I
and I can easily get to Victoria in
and smiled. "What a way for a
and an ulster! Come in, or the fog
And mind you don't talk about
and followed Dorian into the library.
and an open Dutch silver spirit-case
and large cut-glass tumblers, on a
and has established her in Paris as an
and seemed quite sorry when he went
and -soda? Or would you like hock-and
and -seltzer? I always take hock-andand -seltzer myself. There is sure to
and coat off and throwing them on
and throwing them on the bag that
And now, my dear fellow, I want to
and I must say it to you. I shall only
and lit a cigarette. "Half an hour!" he
and it is entirely for your own sake
and degraded. Of course, you have
and your wealth, and all that kind of
and all that kind of thing. But
and wealth are not everything. Mind
and had never heard anything about
and your marvellous untroubled youth
And yet I see you very seldom, and
and you never come down to the
and when I am away from you, and I
and I hear all these hideous things
and said that you might have the most
and whom no chaste woman should
and asked him what he meant. He
and he were inseparable. What about
and his dreadful end? What about
and his career? I met his father
and sorrow. What about the young
and with a note of infinite contempt
and young Perth. Did I teach the one
and the other his debauchery? If
and whisper about what they call the
and pretend that they are in smart
and on intimate terms with the
and brains for every common tongue
And what sort of lives do these
and English society is all wrong. That
and yet you can smile, as you are
And there is worse behind. I know
and Harry are inseparable. Surely for
and you must listen. You shall listen.
and slinking in disguise into the
and they make me shudder. What
and the life that is led there? Dorian,
and then proceeded to break his
and a fair record. I want you to get
and that it is quite sufficient for you
and that you were incapable of
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Dorian Gray, starting up from the sofa
fear. "Yes," answered Hallward gravely,
some one else was to share his secret,
he continued, coming closer to him
say things like that. They are horrible,
face. He paused for a moment,
Then he straightened himself up,
and walked over to the fire-place,
burning logs with their frostlike ashes
don't tell me that you are bad,
tell me that you are bad, and corrupt,
a diary of my life from day to day,
He passed out of the room
lamp cast fantastic shadows on the wall
Dorian set the lamp down on the floor,
to do with my life than you think";
up the lamp, he opened the door
in. A cold current of air passed them,
picture, an old Italian cassone,
it seemed to contain, besides a chair
the whole place was covered with dust
the soul, Basil? Draw that curtain back,
mine." The voice that spoke was cold
must do it myself," said the young man,
and he tore the curtain from its rod
expression that filled him with disgust
was still some gold in the thinning hair
passed away from chiselled nostrils
to recognize his own brushwork,
felt afraid. He seized the lighted candle,
it was his own picture. He knew it,
mean? Why had it altered? He turned
His mouth twitched,
had taken the flower out of his coat,
at last. His own voice sounded shrill
hand, "you met me, flattered me,
explained to me the wonder of youth,
young man, going over to the window
of a devil." "Each of us has heaven
Hallward turned again to the portrait
If it is true," he exclaimed, "
held the light up again to the canvas
surface seemed to be quite undisturbed
within, apparently, that the foulness
was not so fearful. His hand shook,
candle fell from its socket on the floor
sputtering. He placed his foot on it
chair that was standing by the table
" Dorian Gray turned slowly around
too late, Dorian. Let us kneel down
" Dorian Gray glanced at the picture,
of a hunted animal stirred within him,
days before, to cut a piece of cord,
soon as he got behind him, he seized it
he was going to rise. He rushed at him
the man's head down on the table
down on the table and stabbing again
and again. There was a stifled groan
Then he threw the knife on the table,
threadbare carpet. He opened the door
he stood bending over the balustrade
and turning almost white from fear.
and with deep-toned sorrow in his
and that the man who had painted
and looking steadfastly into his stern
and they don't mean anything." "You
and a wild feeling of pity came over
and walked over to the fire-place, and
and stood there, looking at the
and their throbbing cores of flame. "I
and corrupt, and shameful." Dorian
and shameful." Dorian Gray smiled.
and it never leaves the room in which
and began the ascent, Basil Hallward
and staircase. A rising wind made
and taking out the key, turned it in
and , taking up the lamp, he opened
and went in. A cold current of air
and the light shot up for a moment
and an almost empty book-case - that
and a table. As Dorian Gray was
and that the carpet was in holes. A
and you will see mine." The voice
and cruel. "You are mad, Dorian, or
and he tore the curtain from its rod
and flung it on the ground. An
and loathing. Good heavens! it was
and some scarlet on the sensual
and from plastic throat. Yes, it was
and the frame was his own design.
and held it to the picture. In the leftand he felt as if his blood had
and looked at Dorian Gray with the
and his parched tongue seemed
and was smelling it, or pretending to
and curious in his ears. "Years ago,
and taught me to be vain of my good
and you finished a portrait of me
and leaning his forehead against the
and hell in him, Basil," cried Dorian
and gazed at it. "My God! If it
and this is what you have done with
and examined it. The surface seemed
and as he had left it. It was from
and horror had come. Through some
and the candle fell from its socket on
and lay there sputtering. He placed
and put it out. Then he flung himself
and buried his face in his hands.
and looked at him with tear-dimmed
and try if we cannot remember a
and suddenly an uncontrollable feeling
and he loathed the man who was
and had forgotten to take away with
and turned round. Hallward stirred in
and dug the knife into the great vein
and stabbing again and again. There
and again. There was a stifled groan
and the horrible sound of some one
and listened. He could hear nothing,
and went out on the landing. The
and peering down into the black
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of darkness. Then he took out the key
over the table with bowed head,
with bowed head, and humped back,
for the red jagged tear in the neck
all been done! He felt strangely calm,
walking over to the window, opened it
The wind had blown the fog away,
He looked down
and saw the policeman going his rounds
prowling hansom gleamed at the corner
railings, staggering as she went. Now
as she went. Now and then she stopped
voice. The policeman strolled over
the square. The gas-lamps flickered
gas-lamps flickered and became blue,
trees shook their black iron branches to
iron branches to and fro. He shivered
reached the door, he turned the key
with arabesques of burnished steel,
it might be missed by his servant,
for a moment, then he turned back
downstairs. The woodwork creaked
as if in pain. He stopped several times
he reached the library, he saw the bag
he kept his own curious disguises,
twenty minutes to two. He sat down
star had come too close to the earth....
It was to Paris that Basil had gone,
struck him. He put on his fur coat
him. He put on his fur coat and hat
the policeman on the pavement outside
reflected in the window. He waited
a few moments he drew back the latch
minutes his valet appeared, half-dressed
answered the man, looking at the clock
sir. He stayed here till eleven,
his slippers. Dorian Gray threw his hat
threw his hat and coat upon the table
For a quarter of an hour he walked up
up and down the room, biting his lip
the Blue Book from one of the shelves
in with a cup of chocolate on a tray
twice on the shoulder before he woke,
of its chiefest charms. He turned round,
into the room. The sky was bright,
silent, blood-stained feet into his brain
the memory of all that he had suffered,
he sat in the chair came back to him,
dead man was still sitting there, too,
the pride more than the passions,
he passed his hand across his forehead,
his forehead, and then got up hastily
of attention to the choice of his necktie
the choice of his necktie and scarf-pin
getting made for the servants at Selby,
him. One he read several times over
napkin, motioned to his servant to wait,
and going over to the table, sat down
round to `5´, Hertford Street, Francis,
soon as he was alone, he lit a cigarette
a piece of paper, drawing first flowers
and returned to the room, locking
and humped back, and long fantastic
and long fantastic arms. Had it not
and the clotted black pool that was
and walking over to the window,
and stepped out on the balcony. The
and the sky was like a monstrous
and saw the policeman going his
and flashing the long beam of his
and then vanished. A woman in a
and then she stopped and peered
and peered back. Once, she began to
and said something to her. She
and became blue, and the leafless
and the leafless trees shook their
and fro. He shivered and went back,
and went back, closing the window
and opened it. He did not even
and studded with coarse turquoises.
and questions would be asked. He
and took it from the table. He could
and seemed to cry out as if in pain.
and waited. No: everything was still.
and coat in the corner. They must be
and put them into it. He could easily
and began to think. Every year And yet, what evidence was there
and by the midnight train, as he had
and hat and went out into the hall.
and went out into the hall. There he
and seeing the flash of the bull's-eye
and held his breath. After a few
and slipped out, shutting the door
and looking very drowsy. "I am sorry
and blinking. "Ten minutes past two?
and then he went away to catch his
and coat upon the table and passed
and passed into the library. For a
and down the room, biting his lip and
and thinking. Then he took down the
and began to turn over the leaves.
and opened the shutters. Dorian was
and as he opened his eyes a faint
and leaning upon his elbow, began to
and there was a genial warmth in the
and reconstructed themselves there
and for a moment the same curious
and he grew cold with passion. The
and in the sunlight now. How horrible
and gave to the intellect a quickened
and then got up hastily and dressed
and dressed himself with even more
and scarf-pin and changing his rings
and changing his rings more than
and going through his correspondence.
and then tore up with a slight look of
and going over to the table, sat down
and wrote two letters. One he put in
and if Mr. Campbell is out of town,
and began sketching upon a piece of
and bits of architecture, and then
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first flowers and bits of architecture,
likeness to Basil Hallward. He frowned,
getting up, went over to the book-case
leather, with a design of gilt trellis-work
mal lavee," with its downy red hairs
shuddering slightly in spite of himself,
down the green water-ways of the pink
in a black gondola with silver prow
reminded him of the gleam of the opalhalf-closed eyes, he kept saying over
the autumn that he had passed there,
had kept the background for romance,
had been with him part of the time,
way for a man to die! He sighed,
sighed, and took up the volume again,
He read of the swallows that fly in
Hadjis sit counting their amber beads
smoke their long tasselled pipes
of granite in its lonely sunless exile
Nile, where there are Sphinxes,
there are Sphinxes, and rose-red ibises,
and white vultures with gilded claws,
fell from his hand. He grew nervous,
no real appreciation of the visible arts,
of his time working in the laboratory,
still devoted to the study of chemistry,
heart on his standing for Parliament
an excellent musician, however, as well,
as well, and played both the violin
it was music that had first brought him
him and Dorian Gray together - music
able to exercise whenever he wished the night that Rubinstein played there,
to be always seen together at the opera
the type of everything that is wonderful
that they scarcely spoke when they met
almost to dislike hearing music,
had no time left in which to practise.
to become more interested in biology,
horribly agitated. At last he got up
last he got up and began to pace up
waiting for him there; saw it, indeed,
have robbed the very brain of sight
had its own food on which it battened,
made grotesque by terror, twisted
like some foul puppet on a stand
slow-breathing thing crawled no more,
being dead, raced nimbly on in front,
a hideous future from its grave,
him stone. At last the door opened
of relief broke from his parched lips,
had passed away. The man bowed
Campbell walked in, looking very stern
being intensified by his coal-black hair
But you said it was a matter of life
of life and death." His voice was hard
in the pockets of his Astrakhan coat,
"Yes: it is a matter of life
is a matter of life and death, Alan,
" Campbell took a chair by the table,
moment of silence, he leaned across
and then human faces. Suddenly he
and getting up, went over to the
and took out a volume at hazard. He
and dotted pomegranates. It had been
and its "doigts de faune." He glanced
and passed on, till he came to those
and pearl city, seated in a black
and trailing curtains. The mere lines
and -iris-throated birds that flutter
and over to himself: "Devant une
and a wonderful love that had stirred
and , to the true romantic, background
and had gone wild over Tintoret.
and took up the volume again, and
and tried to forget. He read of the
and out of the little cafe at Smyrna
and the turbaned merchants smoke
and talk gravely to each other; he
and longs to be back by the hot,
and rose-red ibises, and white
and white vultures with gilded claws,
and crocodiles with small beryl eyes
and a horrible fit of terror came over
and whatever little sense of the
and had taken a good class in the
and had a laboratory of his own in
and had a vague idea that a chemist
and played both the violin and the
and the piano better than most
and Dorian Gray together - music and
and that indefinable attraction that
and , indeed, exercised often without
and after that used to be always seen
and wherever good music was going
and fascinating in life. Whether or
and that Campbell seemed always to
and would never himself play, giving
And this was certainly true. Every day
and his name appeared once or twice
and began to pace up and down the
and down the room, looking like a
and , shuddering, crushed with dank
and driven the eyeballs back into their
and the imagination, made grotesque
and distorted as a living thing by
and grinned through moving masks.
and horrible thoughts, time being
and dragged a hideous future from its
and showed it to him. He stared at it.
and his servant entered. He turned
and the colour came back to his
and retired. In a few moments, Alan
and rather pale, his pallor being
and dark eyebrows. "Alan! This is
and death." His voice was hard and
and cold. He spoke with slow
and seemed not to have noticed the
and death, Alan, and to more than
and to more than one person. Sit
and Dorian sat opposite to him. The
and said, very quietly, but watching
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been dead ten hours now. Don't stir,
scientific. You know about chemistry
You, Alan, you must change him,
experiment. You go to hospitals
You go to hospitals and dead-houses,
what you are accustomed to work at.
If it is discovered, I am lost;
is sitting at the table with bowed head
out his hand, took a piece of paper,
read it over twice, folded it carefully,
the table. Having done this, he got up
Campbell looked at him in surprise,
surprise, and then took up the paper,
he read it, his face became ghastly pale
of terrible silence, Dorian turned round
silence, Dorian turned round and came
Campbell buried his face in his hands,
The thing has to be done. Face it,
it." A groan broke from Campbell's lips
with asbestos." "I shall have to go home
on a sheet of notepaper what you want
want and my servant will take a cab
scrawled a few lines, blotted them,
his assistant. Dorian took the note up
read it carefully. Then he rang the bell
orders to return as soon as possible
door shut, Campbell started nervously,
A fly buzzed noisily about the room,
struck one, Campbell turned round,
There was something in the purity
gone from corruption to corruption,
for you." He turned away as he spoke
ten minutes a knock came to the door,
of chemicals, with a long coil of steel
a long coil of steel and platinum wire
asked Campbell. "Yes," said Dorian. "
at once, see Harden personally,
twice as many orchids as I ordered,
ones. It is a lovely day, Francis,
courage. Campbell frowned
the other things." He spoke rapidly
top landing, Dorian took out the key
turned it in the lock. Then he stopped,
in his life, to hide the fatal canvas,
loathsome red dew that gleamed, wet
breath, opened the door a little wider,
a little wider, and with half-closed eyes
the dead man. Then, stooping down
stooping down and taking up the goldstopped, feeling afraid to turn round,
Campbell bringing in the heavy chest,
in the heavy chest, and the irons,
work. He began to wonder if he
if he and Basil Hallward had ever met,
a stern voice behind him. He turned
had been thrust back into the chair
you asked me to do," he muttered "
at eight-thirty, exquisitely dressed
was throbbing with maddened nerves,
over his hostess's hand was as easy
smiling lips have cried out on God
and don't look at me like that. Who
and things of that kind. You have
and everything that belongs to him,
and dead-houses, and the horrors
and the horrors that you do there
And , remember, it is the only piece
and it is sure to be discovered unless
and outstretched arms. Alan! Alan! If
and wrote something on it. He read it
and pushed it across the table. Having
and went over to the window.
and then took up the paper, and
and opened it. As he read it, his face
and he fell back in his chair. A
and came and stood behind him,
and stood behind him, putting his
and a shudder passed through him.
and do it." A groan broke from
and he shivered all over. The ticking
and get some things from the
and my servant will take a cab and
and bring the things back to you."
and addressed an envelope to his
and read it carefully. Then he rang
and gave it to his valet, with orders
and to bring the things with him. As
and having got up from the chair,
and the ticking of the clock was like
and looking at Dorian Gray, saw that
and refinement of that sad face that
and now you have culminated in
and stood looking out at the garden.
and the servant entered, carrying a
and platinum wire and two rather
and two rather curiously shaped iron
And I am afraid, Francis, that I have
and tell him to send twice as many
and to have as few white ones as
and Richmond is a very pretty place and bit his lip. "It will take about five
and in an authoritative manner.
and turned it in the lock. Then he
and a troubled look came into his
and was about to rush forward, when
and glistening, on one of the hands,
and with half-closed eyes and averted
and averted head, walked quickly in,
and taking up the gold-and-purple
and -purple hanging, he flung it right
and his eyes fixed themselves on the
and the irons, and the other things
and the other things that he had
and Basil Hallward had ever met,
and , if so, what they had thought of
and hurried out, just conscious that
and that Campbell was gazing into a
And now, good-bye. Let us never see
and wearing a large button-hole of
and he felt wildly excited, but his
and graceful as ever. Perhaps one
and goodness. He himself could not
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at the calm of his demeanour,
one of our most tedious ambassadors,
which she had herself designed,
of French fiction, French cookery,
was one of her especial favourites,
love with you," she used to say, "
was, our bonnets were so unbecoming,
s fault. He was dreadfully short-sighted,
up quite suddenly to stay with her,
dear," she whispered. "Of course I go
like me must have fresh air sometimes,
because they have so much to do,
since the time of Queen Elizabeth,
either of them. You shall sit by me
murmured a graceful compliment
the people he had never seen before,
a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp
that, once seen, are never remembered;
round to him this morning on chance
consolation that Harry was to be there,
to be there, and when the door opened
invented the menu specially for you,"
the menu specially for you," and now
across at him, wondering at his silence
with champagne. He drank eagerly,
he is in love," cried Lady Narborough, "
Henry. "She is the one link between us
very well at Vienna thirty years ago,
taking an olive in his long fingers; "
French novel. She is really wonderful,
Navarre, she had their hearts embalmed
enough for anything, my dear.
can only be the next world. This world
behind one's back that are absolutely
all the married men live like bachelors,
him. Lord Henry is very wicked,
go through Debrett carefully to-night
Morning Post calls a suitable alliance,
the old lady, pushing back her chair
to Lady Ruxton. "You must come
" "I like men who have a future
at him curiously. "You must come
don't stay too long over your politics
to squabble upstairs." The men laughed,
up solemnly from the foot of the table
the top. Dorian Gray changed his seat
Dorian Gray changed his seat and went
A smile curved Lord Henry's lips,
Lord Henry's lips, and he turned round
like. They have been through the fire,
" "Oh, the Willoughbys, Lord Rugby
a nuisance people's people are! Try
" Dorian glanced at him hurriedly
I had left my latch-key at home,
t mind me, Harry. I am irritable,
and out of temper. I shall come round
him lose his nerve for the moment,
it had to be done. He realized that,
he had thrust Basil Hallward's coat
on it. The smell of the singeing clothes
everything. At the end he felt faint
and for a moment felt keenly the
and having buried her husband
and married off her daughters to
and French esprit when she could get
and she always told him that she was
and thrown my bonnet right over the
and the mills were so occupied in
and there is no pleasure in taking in
and , to make matters worse, had
and stay with them every summer
and besides, I really wake them up.
and go to bed early, because they
and consequently they all fall asleep
and amuse me." Dorian murmured a
and looked round the room. Yes: it
and the others consisted of Ernest
and Venetian-red hair; Lady Alice
and her husband, a red-cheeked,
and he promised faithfully not to
and when the door opened and he
and he heard his slow musical voice
and now and then Lord Henry looked
and then Lord Henry looked across
and abstracted manner. From time to
and his thirst seemed to increase.
and that he is afraid to tell me for
and your short frocks." "She does not
and how decolletee she was then."
and when she is in a very smart gown
and full of surprises. Her capacity for
and hung at her girdle. She told me
And what is Ferrol like? I don't know
and I are on excellent terms."
and entirely true." "Isn't he incorrigible?
and all the bachelors like married
and I sometimes wish that I had
and draw out a list of all the eligible
and I want you both to be happy."
and nodding to Lady Ruxton. "You
and dine with me soon again. You
and women who have a past," he
and explain that to me some
and scandal," cried Lady Narborough
and Mr. Chapman got up solemnly
and came up to the top. Dorian Gray
and went and sat by Lord Henry. Mr.
and sat by Lord Henry. Mr. Chapman
and he turned round and looked at
and looked at Dorian. "Are you
and what fire does not destroy, it
and his wife, our hostess, Geoffrey
and make him come. By the way,
and frowned. "No, Harry," he said at
and my servant had to let me in. If
and out of temper. I shall come
and see you to-morrow, or next day.
and he wanted his nerve still. Things
and when he had locked the door of
and bag. A huge fire was blazing. He
and burning leather was horrible. It
and sick, and having lit some
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At the end he felt faint and sick,
copper brazier, he bathed his hands
started. His eyes grew strangely bright,
Florentine cabinet, made out of ebony
out of ebony and inlaid with ivory
it were a thing that could fascinate
it held something that he longed for
came over him. He lit a cigarette
he had been lying, went over to it,
instinctively towards it, dipped in,
It was a small Chinese box of black
the sides patterned with curved waves,
silken cords hung with round crystals
in lustre, the odour curiously heavy
was terribly hot, he drew himself up
shutting the cabinet doors as he did so,
air, Dorian Gray, dressed commonly,
hansom with a good horse. He hailed it
"you will be there in an hour,"
had got in he turned his horse round
A cold rain began to fall,
The public-houses were just closing,
were just closing, and dim men
laughter. In others, drunkards brawled
eyes the sordid shame of the great city,
sordid shame of the great city, and now
cure the soul by means of the senses,
was the secret. He had often tried it,
cloud stretched a long arm across
hid it. The gas-lamps grew fewer,
fewer, and the streets more narrow
and gloomy. Once the man lost his way
cure the soul by means of the senses,
forgetfulness was possible still,
horrible, not to be endured. On
at each step. He thrust up the trap
to gnaw at him. His throat burned
madly with his stick. The driver laughed
and whipped up. He laughed in answer,
silent. The way seemed interminable,
The monotony became unbearable,
brickfields. The fog was lighter here,
fire. A dog barked as they went by,
stumbled in a rut, then swerved aside
After some time they left the clay road
of the windows were dark, but now
They moved like monstrous marionettes
something at them from an open door,
the bitten lips of Dorian Gray shaped
those subtle words that dealt with soul
expression, as it were, of his mood,
cell of his brain crept the one thought;
into force each trembling nerve
life, the very vileness of thief
top of a dark lane. Over the low roofs
huskily through the trap. Dorian started
round. "This will do," he answered,
he answered, and having got out hastily
in the direction of the quay. Here
huge merchantman. The light shook
on towards the left, glancing back now
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having lit some Algerian pastilles
forehead with a cool
he gnawed nervously at his
inlaid with ivory and blue lapis.
blue lapis. He watched it as
make afraid, as though it held
yet almost loathed. His breath
then threw it away. His eyelids
having unlocked it, touched some
closed on something. It was a
gold-dust lacquer, elaborately
the silken cords hung with round
tasselled in plaited metal threads.
persistent. He hesitated for some
glanced at the clock. It was
went into his bedroom. As
with a muffler wrapped round his
in a low voice gave the driver an
after his fare had got in he
drove rapidly towards the river.
the blurred street-lamps looked
dim men and women were
women were clustering in broken
screamed. Lying back in the
now and then he repeated to
then he repeated to himself the
the senses by means of the soul."
would try it again now. There
hid it. The gas-lamps grew fewer,
the streets more narrow and
gloomy. Once the man lost his
had to drive back half a mile. A
the senses by means of the soul!"
he was determined to forget, to
on plodded the hansom, going
called to the man to drive faster.
his delicate hands twitched
whipped up. He laughed in
the man was silent. The way
the streets like the black web of
as the mist thickened, he felt
he could see the strange,
far away in the darkness some
broke into a gallop. After some
rattled again over rough-paven
then fantastic shadows were
made gestures like live things.
two men ran after the hansom
reshaped those subtle words that
sense, till he had found in them
justified, by intellectual approval,
the wild desire to live, most
fibre. Ugliness that had once
outcast, were more vivid, in their
jagged chimney-stacks of the
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having got out hastily and given
given the driver the extra fare he
there a lantern gleamed at the
splintered in the puddles. A red
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top-windows stood a lamp. He stopped
little time he heard steps in the passage
unhooked. The door opened quietly,
a tattered green curtain that swayed
in from the street. He dragged it aside
-saloon. Shrill flaring gas-jets, dulled
ochre-coloured sawdust, trampled here
trampled here and there into mud,
stove, playing with bone counters
his arms, a sailor sprawled over a table,
by. The man looked at her in terror
met him. He heaved a deep breath,
a long thin pipe, looked up at him
had too many friends." Dorian winced
strange heavens they were suffering,
the same." "I like it better. Come
mind." Adrian Singleton rose up wearily
A half-caste, in a ragged turban
greeting as he thrust a bottle of brandy
in front of them. The women sidled up
Dorian turned his back on them
woman's sodden eyes, then flickered out
then flickered out and left them dull
She tossed her head
the young man, passing up the steps
sailor leaped to his feet as she spoke,
Singleton had strangely moved him,
such infamy of insult. He bit his lip,
shoulders. Each man lived his own life
for a single fault. One had to pay over
be instinct with fearful impulses. Men
move. Choice is taken from them,
lives but to give rebellion its fascination
concentrated on evil, with stained mind,
himself suddenly seized from behind,
his throat. He struggled madly for life,
second he heard the click of a revolver,
barrel, pointing straight at his head,
life of Sibyl Vane," was the answer, "
I go on board to-night for India,
"Eighteen years! Set me under the lamp
meant. Then he seized Dorian Gray
dragged him from the archway. Dim
her life. He loosened his hold
My God! my God!" he cried, "
wrong track." "You had better go home
said Dorian, turning on his heel
dripping wall moved out into the light
He felt a hand laid on his arm
have killed him. He has lots of money,
man I am looking for," he answered, "
" He broke from her with an oath
amongst his guests. It was tea-time,
on the table lit up the delicate china
were moving daintily among the cups,
house-party consisted of twelve people,
Lord Henry, strolling over to the table
am quite satisfied with my own name,
not underrate them. Beer, the Bible,
Tartuffe has emigrated to England
ledger, they balance stupidity by wealth,
and gave a peculiar knock. After a
and the chain being unhooked. The
and he went in without saying a word
and shook in the gusty wind which
and entered a long low room which
and distorted in the fly-blown mirrors
and there into mud, and stained with
and stained with dark rings of spilled
and showing their white teeth as they
and by the tawdrily painted bar that
and began to whimper. At the end
and his nostrils quivered with
and nodded in a hesitating manner.
and looked round at the grotesque
and what dull hells were teaching
and have something to drink. I must
and followed Dorian to the bar. A
and a shabby ulster, grinned a
and two tumblers in front of them.
and began to chatter. Dorian turned
and said something in a low voice to
and left them dull and glazed. She
and glazed. She tossed her head and
and raked the coins off the counter
and wiping his parched mouth with a
and looked wildly round. The sound
and he wondered if the ruin of that
and for a few seconds his eyes grew
and paid his own price for living it.
and over again, indeed. In her
and women at such moments lose
and conscience is either killed, or, if
and disobedience its charm. For all
and soul hungry for rebellion, Dorian
and before he had time to defend
and by a terrible effort wrenched the
and saw the gleam of a polished
and the dusky form of a short,
and Sibyl Vane was my sister. She
and I must do my job first. One
and look at my face!" James Vane
and dragged him from the archway.
and wavering as was the wind-blown
and reeled back. "My God! my God!"
and I would have murdered you!"
and put that pistol away, or you may
and going slowly down the street.
and came close to him with stealthy
and looked round with a start. It was
and he's as bad as bad." "He is
and I want no man's money. I want a
and rushed to the corner of the
and the mellow light of the huge,
and hammered silver of the service at
and her full red lips were smiling at
and there were more expected to
and putting his cup down. "I hope
and I am sure Mr. Gray should be
and the seven deadly virtues have
and opened a shop." "Is that yours,
and vice by hypocrisy." "Still, we have
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Gray, when she is annoyed with me." "
I come in at ten minutes to nine
said the duchess, shaking her head; "
say that? Romance lives by repetition,
in life but one great experience at best,
Lord Henry. The duchess turned
moment. Then he threw his head back
"Harry is never wrong, Duchess." "
I have searched for pleasure." "
I am searching for peace," she said, "
she said, "and if I don't go
cried Dorian, starting to his feet
Gray is!" she said. "Let us go
duchess stood motionless in horror.
at once into the blue drawing-room
After a short time, he came to himself
not be alone." He went to his room
his manner as he sat at table, but now
next day he did not leave the house,
room, sick with a wild terror of dying,
to him like his own wasted resolutions
peering through the mist-stained glass,
had called vengeance out of the night
The mask of youth had saved him.
could raise such fearful phantoms,
phantoms, and give them visible form,
What sort of life would his be if, day
his brain, he grew pale with terror,
Out of the black cave of time, terrible
to bring him back his joyousness
of anguish that had sought to maim
the perfection of its calm. With subtle
Shallow sorrows
and shallow loves live on. The loves
victim of a terror-stricken imagination,
now on his fears with something of pity
the duchess for an hour in the garden
of his gun. He jumped from the cart,
his guest through the withered bracken
side. The keen aromatic air, the brown
beaters ringing out from time to time,
the guns that followed, fascinated him
of them, with black-tipped ears erect
that strangely charmed Dorian Gray,
Dorian!" laughed his companion,
ask if the man was really dead,
There was the trampling of myriad feet
a hand laid on his shoulder. He started
bitterly. "The whole thing is hideous
Then Dorian looked at Lord Henry
people think that one is a wild shot.
are, my dear fellow! You must come
at Lord Henry in a hesitating manner,
he said, coldly. The man turned round
much, but I don't love her." "
" "You are talking scandal, Harry,
"But I seem to have lost the passion
tell you, Harry," he answered sadly. "
"Poor Geoffrey is terribly upset.
" Dorian drew himself up with an effort
me some other time. I think I must go
And what does she get annoyed with
and tell her that I must be dressed
and women rule the world. I assure
and repetition converts an appetite
and the secret of life is to reproduce
and looked at Dorian Gray with a
and laughed. "I always agree with
And does his philosophy make you
And found it, Mr. Gray?" "Often.
and if I don't go and dress, I shall
and dress, I shall have none this
and walking down the conservatory.
and help him. I have not yet told
And with fear in his eyes, Lord
and laid upon one of the sofas. After
and looked round with a dazed
and dressed. There was a wild
and then a thrill of terror ran
and , indeed, spent most of the time
and yet indifferent to life itself. The
and wild regrets. When he closed his
and horror seemed once more to lay
and set the hideous shapes of
And yet if it had been merely an
and give them visible form, and make
and make them move before one!
and night, shadows of his crime were
and the air seemed to him to have
and swathed in scarlet, rose the
and his ardour for life. But it was not
and mar the perfection of its calm.
and finely wrought temperaments it is
and shallow loves live on. The loves
and sorrows that are great are
and looked back now on his fears
and not a little of contempt. After
and then drove across the park to
and having told the groom to take
and rough undergrowth. "Have you
and red lights that glimmered in the
and the sharp snaps of the guns that
and filled him with a sense of
and long hinder limbs throwing it
and he cried out at once, "Don't shoot
and as the hare bounded into the
and the affirmative answer of the
and the low buzz of voices. A great
and looked round. "Dorian," said
and cruel. Is the man ...?" He could
and said, with a heavy sigh, "It is
And Geoffrey is not; he shoots very
and see my doctor, when we get back
and then produced a letter, which he
and went rapidly in the direction of
And the duchess loves you very
and there is never any basis for
and forgotten the desire. I am too
And I dare say it is only a fancy of
And it seems that you asked him not
and smiled. "It is nothing, Duchess," he
and lie down. You will excuse me,
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behind Dorian, Lord Henry turned
o'clock he rang his bell for his servant
his things for the night-express to town,
going up to town to consult his doctor
envelope, a knock came to the door,
wished to see him. He frowned
pulled his chequebook out of a drawer
should not like them to be left in want,
pen dropped from Dorian Gray's hand,
a sort of sailor; tattooed on both arms,
on him?" said Dorian, leaning forward
"Some money, sir - not much,
"The Home Farm! Go there at once
sweep past him in spectral procession,
the mare swerved at a white gate-post
in the yard. He leaped from the saddle
to tell him that the body was there,
was there, and he hurried to the door
his life. Then he thrust the door open
of a man dressed in a coarse shirt
hand to take the handkerchief away,
being either, so they stagnate." "Culture
crimson pyramid of seeded strawberries
what I mean. She was quite beautiful
have been having, I used to run down
kept tumbling down on her hair,
idyll for you. You gave her good advice
is not broken. Of course, she cried
live, like Perdita, in her garden of mint
in her garden of mint and marigold." "
Well, the fact of having met you,
will teach her to despise her husband,
this, Harry! You mock at everything,
Don't let us talk about it any more,
Dorian, pouring himself out some wine
been talking about it for six weeks,
They have had my own divorce-case
the ninth of November was poor Basil,
Francisco. It must be a delightful city,
up his Burgundy against the light
everything nowadays except that. Death
said nothing, but rose from the table,
the next room, sat down to the piano
let his fingers stray across the white
coffee had been brought in, he stopped,
Henry yawned. "Basil was very popular,
But a man can paint like Velasquez
dull. He only interested me once,
that he had a wild adoration for you
he fell into the Seine off an omnibus
with the heavy barges floating over him
off very much." Dorian heaved a sigh,
Lord Henry strolled across the room
grey-plumaged bird with pink crest
crinkled lids over black, glasslike eyes
eyes and began to sway backwards
"Yes," he continued, turning round
It had lost an ideal. When you
ago that you had sent it down to Selby,
that curious mixture of bad painting
arm-chair. Dorian Gray shook his head
and looked at the duchess with his
and gave him orders to pack his
and to have the brougham at the
and asking him to entertain his guests
and his valet informed him that the
and bit his lip. "Send him in," he
and spread it out before him. "I
and will send them any sum of money
and he felt as if his heart had
and that kind of thing." "Was there
and looking at the man with startled
and a six-shooter. There was no name
and meet me. Tell one of the grooms
and wild shadows to fling themselves
and nearly threw him. He lashed her
and threw the reins to one of them.
and he hurried to the door and put
and put his hand upon the latch.
and entered. On a heap of sacking in
and a pair of blue trousers. A
and called out to one of the
and corruption," echoed Dorian. "I
and , through a perforated, shell-shaped
and wonderfully like Sibyl Vane. I
and see her two or three times a
and she was laughing. We were to
and broke her heart. That was the
and all that. But there is no disgrace
and marigold." "And weep over a
And weep over a faithless Florizel,"
and loved you, will teach her to
and she will be wretched. From a
and then suggest the most serious
and don't try to persuade me that the
and frowning slightly. "My dear boy,
and the British public are really not
and Alan Campbell's suicide. Now
and the French police declare that
and possess all the attractions of the
and wondering how it was that he
and vulgarity are the only two facts
and passing into the next room, sat
and let his fingers stray across the
and black ivory of the keys. After the
and looking over at Lord Henry, said,
and always wore a Waterbury watch.
and yet be as dull as possible. Basil
and that was when he told me, years
and that you were the dominant
and that the conductor hushed up
and long weeds catching in his hair.
and Lord Henry strolled across the
and began to stroke the head of a
and tail, that was balancing itself
and began to sway backwards and
and forwards. "Yes," he continued,
and taking his handkerchief out of his
and he ceased to be great friends, he
and that it had got mislaid or stolen
and good intentions that always
and struck some soft chords on the
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a heart.'" The elder man lay back
profit a man if he gain the whole world
- his own soul'?" The music jarred,
music jarred, and Dorian Gray started
was going through the park last Sunday,
a broken roof of dripping umbrellas,
is a terrible reality. It can be bought,
reality. It can be bought, and sold,
never true. That is the fatality of faith,
something. Play me a nocturne, Dorian,
I am only ten years older than you are,
older than you are, and I am wrinkled,
are, and I am wrinkled, and worn,
first. You were rather cheeky, very shy,
wore high stocks, believed in everything,
with the sea weeping round the villa
to me that you are the young Apollo
Nothing has been hidden from you.
intention. Life is a question of nerves,
Life is a question of nerves, and fibres,
cells in which thought hides itself
its dreams. You may fancy yourself safe
perfume that you had once loved
lilas blanc passes suddenly across me,
type of what the age is searching for,
" Dorian rose up from the piano
not going to have the same life, Harry.
you stopped playing, Dorian? Go back
She is waiting for you to charm her,
then. It has been a charming evening,
He has already copied your neckties,
him to you. He is quite delightful
go to the club. It is nearly eleven,
me, Dorian," said Lord Henry. "You
soon be going about like the converted,
that. Besides, it is no use. You
use. You and I are what we are,
ride at eleven. We might go together,
She is a charming woman,
something more to say. Then he sighed
that he threw his coat over his arm
lured to love him that he was poor,
had told her once that he was wicked,
wicked, and she had laughed at him
wicked people were always very old
she had! - just like a thrush singing.
she had been in her cotton dresses
up for him. He sent him to bed,
himself down on the sofa in the library,
himself, filled his mind with corruption
he had been an evil influence to others,
experienced a terrible joy in being so;
crossed his own, it had been the fairest
in what a monstrous moment of pride
should bear the burden of his days,
ago now, was standing on the table,
noted the change in the fatal picture,
changed because you are made of ivory
The phrases came back to his memory,
his memory, and he repeated them over
Then he loathed his own beauty,
and looked at him with half-closed
and lose - how does the quotation
and Dorian Gray started and stared
and stared at his friend. "Why do you
and close by the Marble Arch there
and a wonderful phrase flung into the
and sold, and bartered away. It can
and bartered away. It can be
and the lesson of romance. How
and , as you play, tell me, in a
and I am wrinkled, and worn, and
and worn, and yellow. You are really
and yellow. You are really wonderful,
and absolutely extraordinary. You
and knew absolutely nothing. How
and the salt spray dashing against the
and that I am Marsyas listening to
And it has all been to you no more
and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in
and slowly built-up cells in which
and passion has its dreams. You may
and think yourself strong. But a
and that brings subtle memories with
and I have to live the strangest
and what it is afraid it has found. I am
and passed his hand through his hair.
And you must not say these
and give me the nocturne over again.
and if you play she will come closer
and we must end it charmingly. There
and has begged me to introduce him
and rather reminds me of you." "I
and I want to go to bed early." "Do
and I will always be friends." "Yet
and the revivalist, warning people
and I are what we are, and will be
and will be what we will be. As for
and I will take you to lunch
and wants to consult you about some
and went out.
and did not even put his silk scarf
and she had believed him. He had
and she had laughed at him and
and answered that wicked people were
and very ugly. What a laugh she had!
And how pretty she had been in her
and her large hats! She knew nothing,
and threw himself down on the sofa
and began to think over some of the
and given horror to his fancy; that he
and had experienced a terrible joy in
and that of the lives that had crossed
and the most full of promise that he
and passion he had prayed that the
and he keep the unsullied splendour
and the white-limbed Cupids laughed
and with wild, tear-dimmed eyes
and gold. The curves of your lips
and he repeated them over and over
and over to himself. Then he loathed
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beauty that had ruined him, his beauty
unripe time, a time of shallow moods,
could alter that. It was of himself,
things to him that were unbearable,
had already gone away. He would go
look. He took the lamp from the table
across his strangely young-looking face
his lips. Yes, he would be good,
door behind him, as was his custom,
from the portrait. A cry of pain
in the eyes there was a look of cunning
loathsome, if possible, than before that spotted the hand seemed brighter,
are ourselves? Or, perhaps, all these?
he was to confess? To give himself up
duty to confess, to suffer public shame,
given him pleasure to watch it changing
He would destroy it. He looked round
no stain left upon it. It was bright,
so it would kill the painter's work,
that that meant. It would kill the past,
It would kill this monstrous soul-life,
would be at peace. He seized the thing,
picture with it. There was a cry heard,
agony that the frightened servants woke
passing in the square below, stopped
walked on till they met a policeman
all dark. After a time, he went away
away and stood in an adjoining portico
at each other, as they walked away,
each other. Old Mrs. Leaf was crying
of an hour, he got the coachman
the coachman and one of the footmen
to force the door, they got on the roof
in all the wonder of his exquisite youth
in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled,
and the youth that he had prayed
and sickly thoughts. Why had he worn
and of his own future, that he had to
and that he had yet borne with
and look. He took the lamp from the
and crept upstairs. As he unbarred
and lingered for a moment about his
and the hideous thing that he had
and dragged the purple hanging from
and indignation broke from him. He
and in the mouth the curved wrinkle
and the scarlet dew that spotted the
and more like blood newly spilled.
And why was the red stain larger
and be put to death? He laughed.
and to make public atonement. There
and growing old. Of late he had felt
and saw the knife that had stabbed
and glistened. As it had killed the
and all that that meant. It would kill
and when that was dead, he would be
and without its hideous warnings, he
and stabbed the picture with it.
and a crash. The cry was so horrible
and crept out of their rooms. Two
and looked up at the great house.
and brought him back. The man rang
and stood in an adjoining portico and
and watched. "Whose house is that,
and sneered. One of them was Sir
and wringing her hands. Francis was
and one of the footmen and crept
and crept upstairs. They knocked, but
and dropped down on to the balcony.
and beauty. Lying on the floor was a
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angrily . "No; I think your nature so deep
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t you?" "Understand what?" he asked,
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"But why should you be
strained stateliness. She was extremely
arm. "Don't, Harry. You have
across the table. "Dorian is never
melodramatic. Her tears and sobs
to be exhibited. You were a little
ugliness made things! He felt a little
that already, Mr. Gray, when she is
with me." "And what does she get
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It was not a new world, but rather
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autumn. I shall probably have to give it
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to expel melancholy from the soul. At
Italian work of the fifteenth century.
the Churchill, the Duke of Berwick and
quite sorry when he went away. Have
And I am afraid, Francis, that I have
bag. A huge fire was blazing. He piled
for you," said Dorian. "You shall have
He was determined not to sleep
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answer to you, but I cannot find it.
answer , but passed listlessly in front of
answer . "Harry, I can't quarrel with my
answer . The waving of crooked,
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answer . "I shall love him for ever!" she
answer , but sat down to his meagre
answer . "Tell me the truth. I have a
answer . The situation had not been
answer ? Perhaps you forgot all about
answer . She came across to him, and
answer , but crept nearer. Her little
answer at first, but remained quite still.
answer for a few moments. He was
answer to a prayer; perhaps in answer
answer to a prayer it might remain
answer me one question. Have you
answer ," he said, handing it to him, "
answer to the calumnies, for so they
answer that, I should have to see
answer to these horrible charges that
answer to my question." "That shall
answer , but he could hear the young
answer . After about ten minutes a
answer , and the man was silent. The
answer , "and Sibyl Vane was my sister.
answer of the keeper. The wood
answer ," he murmured. Dorian put
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don't know what to say. There is some
t it, Mr. Gray?" Dorian made no
when you asked me," was Lord Henry's
child!" was the parrot-phrase flung in
lad listened sulkily to her and made no
love him, I suppose," was the sullen
as he entered. He made no
vaguely about the room. She made no
of the question called for a direct
Dorian? And what did she say in
in wonder and laughed. He made no
me." She wept silently, and made no
yourself up like this." He made no
is an important point." Dorian did not
picture might cease. It had changed in
in answer to a prayer; perhaps in
troubled. "Let us sit down. And just
eight-fifteen that evening. "Wait for an
him, were in themselves a sufficient
wonder do I know you? Before I could
he cried. "You must give me some
to-night. All I want is a plain
What an awful lesson!" There was no
out at the garden. Campbell made no
laughed and whipped up. He laughed in
the life of Sibyl Vane," was the
was really dead, and the affirmative
"Her Grace told me to wait for an
to the altar of its own accord," was the
love with him?" he asked. She did not
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think I shall send it anywhere," he
"You don't understand me, Harry,"
awfully foolish about it?" "Not at all,"
there is really very little to tell, Harry,"
a few moments. "He likes me," he
t want a life-sized portrait of myself,"
Lady Agatha's black books at present,"
to her, and not very nice to me,"
is it?" "Dorian's, of course,"
on, they are so horrid." "Yes,"
smile. "I must go, Basil," he
did the jarvies." "I don't know,"
playing upon an exquisite violin. He
the verb. "American novels,"
have seen specimens of the inhabitants,"
grave shake of the head. "Quite so,"
in England except the weather," he
Henry. "Only when one is young," she
of literature." "I fear you are right,"
perfect library." "You will complete it,"
Basil Hallward to go and see him,"
afraid it is not Harry, Mr. Gray,"
"To-night she is Imogen," he
how we could manage without him,"
the park." "I am too shabby," he
he asked. "Quite ready, James," she
though," said the lad harshly. "No,"
"What is the matter?" "Nothing," he
"Good-bye, my son," she
be a good boy and not forget us," she
Why, you don't even know his name,"
said Jim Vane. "Prince Charming," she
"I am sixteen," he
"No," she
been laid for three. "No, Harry,"
"Dorian is never annoyed with me," he
thing worth having a theory about," he
certainly better than being adored," he
divinity in!" said Lord Henry. "Yes!"
have been incomplete." "Thanks, Basil,"
"I am going to see the play through,"
Dorian!" she cried. "Horribly!" he
suffered." The girl smiled. "Dorian," she
to you. You do it so well," he
asked the lad. "Yes, of course,"
was selfish of her." "My dear Dorian,"
to give yourself that name, Dorian,"
beginning of our friendship, Dorian,"
"They don't know my name," he
it?" "I saw something in it," he
of him. "That does not matter," he
glad to have a rest, Mr. Gray,"
watch. "I have heaps of time," he
somebody else." "It is about yourself,"
turning almost white from fear. "Yes,"
"Yes." "I am delighted," he
The prayer of your pride has been
The prayer of your repentance will be
it?" "Ten minutes past two, sir,"
"It will take about five hours," he
answered , tossing his head back in that
answered the artist. "Of course I am
answered Lord Henry, "not at all, my
answered the painter; "and I am afraid
answered after a pause; "I know he
answered the lad, swinging round on
answered Dorian with a funny look of
answered Dorian, laughing. Lord Henry
answered the painter. "He is a very
answered Lord Henry dreamily, "the
answered . "Very well," said Hallward,
answered Lord Henry. "I fancy that
answered to every touch and thrill of
answered Lord Henry, helping himself
answered the duchess vaguely. "I must
answered the young lord. "It is the
answered . "I am quite content with
answered . "When an old woman like
answered Mr. Erskine. "I myself used
answered the old gentleman with a
answered Lord Henry. "I would
answered a shrill voice. He glanced
answered , "and to-morrow night she
answered the elder woman querulously.
answered , frowning. "Only swell people
answered , keeping her eyes on her
answered his mother with a placid
answered . "I suppose one must be
answered with a bow of strained
answered , smiling at him. He shrugged
answered the lad. "Who is he? I have
answered , looking after the victoria. He
answered , "and I know what I am
answered , wondering at the harsh
answered the artist, giving his hat and
answered . "I asked the question for the
answered in his slow melodious voice.
answered , toying with some fruits.
answered Dorian Gray. "It was here I
answered Dorian Gray, pressing his
answered the lad, in a hard bitter
answered , gazing at her in amazement.
answered , lingering over his name with
answered bitterly. She rose from her
answered Lord Henry, sinking into a
answered Lord Henry, taking a
answered Lord Henry with his sweet
answered Lord Henry, shaking him by
answered . "But surely she did?" "Only
answered , "something that seemed to
answered . "I simply want to see the
answered the frame-maker, who was
answered . "The train doesn't go till
answered Hallward in his grave deep
answered Hallward gravely, and with
answered , smiling. Then he added,
answered . The prayer of your
answered also. I worshipped you too
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was then." "She is still decolletee," he
murmured Lord Henry. "Fin du globe,"
future and women who have a past," he
you go to the club?" "Yes," he
you drive fast." "All right, sir,"
and peered round. "This will do," he
Dorian. "Where else should I be?" he
"Good night, then." "Good night,"
in a hoarse voice. "Curse you!" he
is not the man I am looking for," he
I prefer the mistakes of to-day," she
"Our host is rather horrid this evening,"
you never really love, Mr. Gray,"
when one has been wounded by it,"
are worse things than capture," she
are not always allowed a choice," he
began to tremble. "My dear Dorian,"
the firing ceased along the line. "Here,"
it were stopped for ever, Harry," he
"I can't tell you, Harry," he
heard all about it, Mr. Gray," she
"The button from your foil," he
taking up a pen. "Yes, sir,"
artistically, his brain is his heart," he
is because I am going to be good," he
and she had laughed at him and
"Mr. Dorian Gray's, sir,"
answered , taking an olive in his long
answered his hostess. "I wish it were
answered . "Or do you think that
answered . Then he bit his lip. "No,
answered the man, "you will be there
answered , and having got out hastily
answered , listlessly. "None of the
answered the young man, passing up
answered , "don't call me that." She
answered , "and I want no man's
answered . "You disarm me, Gladys,"
answered the duchess, colouring. "I
answered the duchess with mock
answered Lord Henry. The duchess
answered . "You gallop with a loose
answered , but hardly had he finished
answered Lord Henry, "you merely
answered Sir Geoffrey angrily,
answered bitterly. "The whole thing is
answered sadly. "And I dare say it is
answered . "Poor Geoffrey is terribly
answered . "You have dropped it." She
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answered , sinking into an arm-chair.
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My dear fellow, why? Have you
jealous, if old men are ever capable of
were so vain; and I really can't see
and destroys the harmony of
horrid. Look at the successful men in
immensely, I never tell their names to
my very art itself. I did not want
have spoken to each other without
their own special property, and that if
wrong. The only thing he considers of
Harry, that there are only two eras of
and the worst of having a romance of
Basil, but I didn't know you had
laughed. "I don't think there will be
don't move about too much, or pay
and perfect delicacy that in art, at
brought out the drinks, and if you stay
are you? - you who are finer than
and I really do." "If you let
the old gentleman. "Has she got
I shall be late for lunch, if I stop
Aunt Agatha, Harry, not to bother me
I'll tell her, but it won't have
be fashioned into a marvellous type, at
for a moment. "Can you remember
doesn't it? You have never been to
felt interested, in a sort of way. At
find them. There is no mystery in
calls a romance. You know her, at
"Then he asked me if I wrote for
to it there was nothing else of
could never pay too high a price for
method by which one could arrive at
head and laughed. "We don't want him
I believe there is no society of
watch over Sibyl. Don't let her come to
a God in heaven, if he ever does you
quarrel. I know you would never harm
air our moral prejudices. I never take
transaction, and I did not make
He would never bring misery upon
indeed, that excuses one for asking
a heart. I cannot understand how
of one's age. I consider that for
am afraid, however, that, for me at
through his opera-glass. "Don't pay
you mean, and I believe in this girl.
one you love must be marvellous, and
Yet they felt that the true test of
actress." "Don't talk like that about
us go. Dorian, you must not stay here
wondered why he refused to accept
it again. There were no signs of
He would not see Lord Henry
Lord Henry any more - would not, at
money-lenders offering to advance
a moment. "I am not at home to
anxious to get out of it," said Lord
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any reason? What odd chaps you
any emotion." "I know you will laugh
any resemblance between you, with
any face. The moment one sits down
any of the learned professions. How
any one. It is like surrendering a part
any external influence in my life. You
any introduction. I am sure of that.
any one of us makes an ass of himself,
any importance is whether one believes
any importance in the world's history.
any kind is that it leaves one so
any one with you." "This is Lord
any difficulty about that. Sit down
any attention to what Lord Henry says.
any rate comes only from strength.
any longer in this glare, you will be
any of them!" "I am jealous of
any one have it but me, Basil, I shall
any ?" Lord Henry shook his head.
any longer. Thanks for giving me the
any more with her charity appeals. I
any effect. Philanthropic people lose all
any rate. Grace was his, and the white
any great error that you committed in
any of my parties, have you, Mr. Gray
any rate, I determined to wait for the
any of them. They ride in the park in
any rate, I suppose?" "Of course I know
any of the newspapers. I told him I
any value. It was true that as one
any sensation. He was conscious - and
any scientific analysis of the passions;
any more, Mother. Prince Charming
any kind in the Colonies - nothing that
any harm. Mother, you must watch
any wrong, I shall kill him." She looked
any one I love, would you?" "Not as
any notice of what common people
any formal proposal. I told her that I
any one. His nature is too fine for that.
any question - simple curiosity. I have
any one can wish to shame the thing
any man of culture to accept the
any rate, there is no such thing. Still,
any attention to him, Dorian," said the
Any one you love must be marvellous,
any girl who has the effect you
any Juliet is the balcony scene of the
any one you love, Dorian. Love is a
any longer. It is not good for one's
any money for them, and began to eat
any change when he looked into the
any more - would not, at any rate, listen
any rate, listen to those subtle
any sum of money at a moment's
any one, Victor," he said with a sigh.
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us. Don't sneer at it, Harry,
down to you to ask you not to see
they don't, it is all right. Did
have allowed - but I assure you that in
an enormous dinner, so I did not feel
made of her life. He would not think
would never again tempt by a prayer
temperament that they create, or at
not bear the idea of reproaching him
I am quite sure she never mentioned to
I am quite serious. I don't offer
explanation, and you are not to ask for
world would induce you to send it to
Your friendship is dearer to me than
even for an hour, in a room to which
Mr. Gray. I am delighted to be of
of his life. "I shan't trouble you
uncomely face. He had never seen
He never knew - never, indeed, had
them. Yet he was not really reckless, at
certainly, yet it was never to accept
that would involve the sacrifice of
have little or no place, or survive, at
arresting his intellectual development by
theory of life seemed to him to be of
to Democritus, kept the wearer from
beautiful and wonderful things. He, at
learn from that? He would laugh at
can multiply our personalities. Such, at
met you. You see, I shan't have
habits, it would be months before
do." "All right, sir." "Did
sorry I didn't see him. Did he leave
all. His night had been untroubled by
or of pain. But youth smiles without
a quickened sense of joy, greater than
seemed always to go away early from
to yourself. They don't interest me
dared to treat me - no living man, at
as possible. In fact, I don't want
passed through a tragedy as horrible as
didn't, because none of them had had
Henry. "A man can be happy with
servant had to let me in. If you want
the weak. That was all. Besides, had
by the servants or the keepers. Had
in some winter sea. From him, at
scandal, Harry, and there is never
"Was the poor fellow married? Had he
to be left in want, and will send them
a six-shooter. There was no name of
in my life. I am not going to do
uncivilized. Civilization is not by
It is not a story I could tell to
girl will ever be really content now with
of jasmine. Don't let us talk about it
to whose opinions I listen now with
that you will never lend that book to
tongue gets on one's nerves. Well, in
He had spared one innocent thing, at
any more - at least not before me. I
any one till I came. There will have
any one see you going round to her
any case the whole thing would have
any anxiety. But what a lack of taste
any more of what she had made him
any terrible power. If the picture was
any rate reveal, is still more to me. To
any more. After all, his indifference
any one. She told me once that they
any explanation, and you are not to
any . But, remember, if you touch this
any exhibition. You told Harry exactly
any fame or reputation." "No, Basil, you
any of his friends had access.
any service to you. Which is the work
any more now. I am much obliged
any one so marvellous. When the
any cause to know - that somewhat
any rate in his relations to society.
any theory or system that would
any mode of passionate experience.
any rate, in no conscious form of
any formal acceptance of creed or
any importance compared with life
any danger by fire. The King of
any rate, had escaped that. Summer
any one who tried to taunt him. He
any rate, was Dorian Gray's opinion.
any delay about luggage, as I have
any suspicions would be roused.
any one call this evening?" "Mr.
any message?" "No, sir, except that he
any images of pleasure or of pain.
any reason. It is one of its chiefest
any joy they brought, or could ever
any party at which Dorian Gray was
any more." "Alan, they will have to
any rate. I bore it all. Now it is
any white ones. It is a lovely day,
any tragedy of our age. Those finely
any hearts at all." "Four husbands!
any woman, as long as he does not
any corroborative evidence on the
any stranger been prowling round the
any foot-marks been found on the
any rate, he was safe. Why, the man
any basis for scandal." "The basis of
any people dependent on him?" asked
any sum of money you may think
any kind. A decent-looking man, sir,
any more. I began my good actions
any means an easy thing to attain to.
any one else. I spared somebody. It
any one of her own rank? I suppose
any more, and don't try to persuade
any respect are people much younger
any one. It does harm." "My dear boy
any case, be here at eleven." "Must I
any rate. He would never again tempt
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a white tie, as you told me once,
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Tuesday?" "For you I would throw over
that I never had even a flirtation with
I admire most. A woman will flirt with
lighting a cigarette. "You would sacrifice
dear boy," said Lord Henry, smiling, "
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anybody , even a stock-broker, can gain
anybody she chose. Carlington was
anybody , Duchess," said Lord Henry
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medium. No artist desires to prove
odd chaps you painters are! You do
as for believing things, I can believe
what he does - afraid he - doesn't do
my younger brothers seem never to do
persons with no principles better than
I thought you would never care for
nothing about it. He shall never know
viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there
When I am painting, I can't think of
that is the reason that I don't believe
I will give you
information." "Well, I can tell you
Lady Agatha. "He never means
laughed. "I don't desire to change
is no literary public in England for
you extremely dangerous, and if
are a decorative sex. They never have
so I had to assure Sibyl that I was not
I see you act. You must not think of
the lad. "I don't want to know
She used to wonder if he suspected
Jim!" she exclaimed. "You must not say
"I never approve, or disapprove, of
of that kind we often forget to say
Neither of his friends dared to say
to me, because I love you better than
thing had to be examined, and at once.
is all right now. I am not sorry for
cruelty, downright cruelty, more than
I wonder if life has still in store for me
opera, Harry. I feel too tired to eat
unchanged. And yet, who, that knew
art.... Of course, I never let you know
foolish in imagining that I had seen
did you expect, Dorian? You didn't see
dislike of seeing a gentleman doing
all, Mr. Gray. Ever ready to do
chatter of the clubs - could not believe
at least - is never very ready to believe
house. And mind you don't talk about
next room." "Thanks, I won't have
in London." "I don't wish to know
seen him before, and had never heard
untroubled youth - I can't believe
about his life, not because he knows
and that you were incapable of
They are horrible, and they don't mean
anything . Even things that
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anything so real as words? Yes; there
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anything else. But you never sat better.
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anything he has told me." "You know
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anything you like to ask for it. I must
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anything that is in an English Blue
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anything that he says." "When America
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anything of the kind. She said quite
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anything but your acting. Mr. Isaacs
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anything against him. I love him."
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anything now. It is an absurd attitude
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anything about life, would surrender
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anything useful, Dorian put his hand
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anything to the detriment of those
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anything serious. Nothing is serious
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anything more," said the painter,
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anything against you. And yet I see
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-morrow. But don't ask me to read
in his whole life he had ever loathed
Stop, Gray. I don't want to know
would not believe that you were doing
this scene. I absolutely refuse to do
in taking in a husband who never sees
no one would ever believe
bored. But at dinner he could not eat
"Oh! she is audacious enough for
" "Darlington is not going to do
I must have something." "I don't want
"You will write to me if you want
"It seems to me that we never do
and that kind of thing." "Was there
looking at the man with startled eyes. "
Don't tell me that." "Oh!
always a mistake. One should never do
To get back my youth I would do
I am so glad that you have never done
or painted a picture, or produced
anything to-night. All I want is a plain
anything . He glanced wildly around.
anything further. Whether what you
anything wrong. On the contrary, you
anything in the matter. It is insane of
anything ." Her guests this evening
anything against her; Mrs. Erlynne, a
anything . Plate after plate went away
anything , my dear. And what is
anything . My brother paid the bill at
anything ," murmured the young man.
anything , won't you?" said Dorian,
anything else," murmured Dorian. "Ah!
anything found on him?" said Dorian,
Anything that would tell his name?"
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anything that one cannot talk about
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anywhere ," he answered, tossing his
anywhere ." Lord Henry elevated his
anywhere ? My dear fellow, why? Have
anywhere . Here: this will do. I don't
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Basil!" "At least you are like it in
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appearance of a new medium for art,
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appearance . But it will never alter,"
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appeared at the door of the studio and
appeared to him the one thing worth
appeared to be seeking for him. He
appeared to him to be a little changed.
appeared with the lamps and drew the
appeared at the very moment that the
appeared to Dorian to have but little
appeared to Dorian Gray that the
appeared at a costume ball as Anne
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gently to and fro. Suddenly the painter
by vivisecting others. Human life - that
little hands stretched blindly out, and
the cream-coloured silk blinds, the face
the bell, and in a few minutes Victor
fine lines of the mouth had, no doubt,
and desired to keep at a distance. It
organized forms of existence. But it
he took up the study of jewels, and
who had been most intimate with him
conscious. There were times when it
In about five minutes his valet
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find ugly meanings in beautiful things
beautiful meanings in beautiful things
For these there is hope. They
as a moral or an immoral book. Books
to prove anything. Even things that
everything. Thought and language
instruments of an art. Vice and virtue
reason? What odd chaps you painters
the old men quite jealous, if old men
professions. How perfectly hideous they
Don't flatter yourself, Basil: you
If they know nothing of victory, they
wealth, Harry; my brains, such as they
led into the garden. "I believe that you
a very good husband, but that you
ashamed of your own virtues. You
time, just to remind the public that we
to escape." "Conscience and cowardice
I stumbled against Lady Brandon. 'You
to know." "Poor Lady Brandon! You
are corrupt without being
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like every one; that is to say, you
have not got one who is a fool. They
acquaintance." "My dear old Basil, you
tasselled ebony cane. "How English you
expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities
"I sometimes think, Harry, that there
Harry - too much of myself!" "Poets
" "Poets are not so scrupulous as you
portrait of Dorian Gray." "I think you
s day." "Days in summer, Basil,
is exactly why I can feel it. Those who
cried. "I want to learn them. They
has often spoken to me about you. You
Basil Hallward worshipped him. "You
course you must stay. Dorian's whims
took up his hat and gloves. "You
at five o'clock. Write to me when you
You never open your lips while you
with his natural passions. His virtues
not real to him. His sins, if there
sins, if there are such things as sins,
is what each of us is here for. People
owes to one's self. Of course, they
beggar. But their own souls starve, and
which is the secret of religion - these
the self-denial that mars our lives. We
put his hand upon his shoulder. "You
eyes, such as people have when they
the senses by means of the soul. You
t feel it now. Some day, when you
you will suddenly discover that there
These
quite unconscious of what you really
import make us afraid, or when we
garden a thrush began to sing. "You
me shudder when I hear it. Women
I shall never have such another. You
You are not jealous of material things,
of material things, are you? - you who
feel that." "Well, as soon as you
pleasures," said Lord Henry. "They
on the stage. What absurd fellows you
object to being reminded that you
"And, when one has them on, they
Am I really like that?" "Yes; you
"How wonderful, Basil!" "At least you
Young men want to be faithful, and
can you expect? Examinations, sir,
engagement exhausts them, but they
think Dartmoor has a chance." "Who
Henry shook his head. "American girls
their parents, as English women
he said, rising to go. "They
women stay in their own country? They
That is the reason why, like Eve, they
nothing about my old ones." "Where
that wonderful vision to which alone
proportions that in women who
that in women who are not duchesses
none of them ever quite escape. "We
Sir Thomas." "Dry-goods! What
are indifferent to every one." "How
are all men of some intellectual power,
are much more than an acquaintance."
are Basil! That is the second time you
are that the more insincere the man is,
are only two eras of any importance
are not so scrupulous as you are.
are . They know how useful passion is
are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with
are apt to linger," murmured Lord
are faithful know only the trivial side
are perfectly charming." "That entirely
are one of her favourites, and, I am
are too charming to go in for
are laws to everybody, except himself."
are very pressing, Basil, but I am
are coming. I should be sorry to miss
are painting, and it is horribly dull
are not real to him. His sins, if there
are such things as sins, are borrowed.
are borrowed. He becomes an echo of
are afraid of themselves, nowadays.
are charitable. They feed the hungry
are naked. Courage has gone out of
are the two things that govern us.
are punished for our refusals. Every
are quite right to do that," he
are suddenly awakened. His finely
are a wonderful creation. You know
are old and wrinkled and ugly, when
are no triumphs left for you, or have
are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of
are , of what you really might be.
are stirred by some new emotion for
are glad you have met me, Mr. Gray,"
are so fond of using it. They spoil
are not jealous of material things, are
are you? - you who are finer than any
are finer than any of them!" "I am
are dry, you shall be varnished, and
are the last refuge of the complex.
are , both of you! I wonder who it was
are extremely young." "I should have
are so horrid." "Yes," answered Lord
are just like that." "How wonderful,
are like it in appearance. But it will
are not; old men want to be faithless,
are pure humbug from beginning to
are capital at a steeplechase. They take
are her people?" grumbled the old
are as clever at concealing their
are at concealing their past," he said,
are pork-packers, I suppose?" "I hope
are always telling us that it is the
are so excessively anxious to get out of
are you lunching, Harry?" "At Aunt
are wonderful things revealed; the
are not duchesses are described by
are described by contemporary
are talking about poor Dartmoor, Lord
are American dry-goods?" asked the
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"I must confess that most of them
by the directors, who, in such matters,
not to read about them. The Americans
an extremely interesting people. They
Mr. Erskine, with a smile. "Paradoxes
sure I never can make out what you
a bright answering glance. "But they
would have been different." "You
that the only things one never regrets
Agatha. Good-bye, Lord Henry, you
and dine with us some night. Tuesday?
of the beauty of literature." "I fear you
born was tedious. Some day, when you
of us, in forty arm-chairs. We
and the door opened. "How late you
it is about them. Perhaps it is that they
it is that they are foreigners. They all
all are, ain't they? Even those that
the same ideas. No; I think our ideas
Gray. Good-bye, Harry. You
puffs. "Why, Harry?" "Because they
at all, Dorian. Men marry because they
they are tired; women, because they
women, because they are curious: both
as I do everything that you say." "Who
boy, no woman is a genius. Women
I find that, ultimately, there
and the coloured. The plain women
down to supper. The other women
satisfied. As for conversation, there
greatest romance of my life. I see you
of a country. Don't be afraid. There
who love only once in their lives
The passion for property is in it. There
just before dawn when nightingales
Your voice and the voice of Sibyl Vane
never appeal to one's imagination. They
and their fashionable manner. They
like a good boy - thanks - what
" "It is only the sacred things that
"I congratulate you." "How horrid you
not the slightest fear of the result. You
advice." Lord Henry smiled. "People
The only artists I have ever known who
known who are personally delightful
in what they make, and consequently
are perfectly uninteresting in what they
of all creatures. But inferior poets
fascinating. The worse their rhymes
sense of beauty, and whose wounds
be happy for ever!" "My child, you
being kissed, Jim," she cried. "You
laughing, "how unkind of you! But
the still figure in the chair. "Mother,
entered a solicitor's office. Solicitors
I hate clerks," he replied. "But you
Is that right? What about that?" "You
understand, James. In the profession we
of being rich, and the flowers he sends
a charming couple. His good looks
Sibyl ran in. "How serious you both
are extremely pretty. And they dress
are extremely civil. I assure you that it
are an extremely interesting people.
are absolutely reasonable. I think that
are all very well in their way...."
are talking about. Oh! Harry, I am
are so unhappy in Whitechapel,"
are really very comforting," warbled
are one's mistakes." A laugh ran round
are quite delightful and dreadfully
Are you disengaged Tuesday?" "For
are right," answered Mr. Erskine. "I
are tired of London, come down to
are practising for an English Academy
are , Harry!" he murmured. "I am afraid
are foreigners. They all are, ain't they?
are , ain't they? Even those that are
are born in England become foreigners
are quite different. But he has been
are dining out, I suppose? So am I.
are so sentimental." "But I like
are tired; women, because they are
are curious: both are disappointed." "I
are disappointed." "I don't think I am
are you in love with?" asked Lord
are a decorative sex. They never have
are only two kinds of women, the plain
are very useful. If you want to gain a
are very charming. They commit one
are only five women in London worth
are laughing. It is horrid of you!" "I
are exquisite things in store for you.
are really the shallow people. What
are many things that we would throw
are singing. There were moments, later
are two things that I shall never forget.
are limited to their century. No
are quite obvious. But an actress! How
are your actual relations with Sibyl
are worth touching, Dorian," said Lord
are ! She is all the great heroines of
are certain to acknowledge her genius.
are very fond of giving away what they
are personally delightful are bad artists.
are bad artists. Good artists exist
are perfectly uninteresting in what they
are . A great poet, a really great poet,
are absolutely fascinating. The worse
are , the more picturesque they look.
are like red roses. Soul and body,
are far too young to think of falling in
are a dreadful old bear." And she ran
are you really going for a walk with
are my things ready?" he asked.
are a very respectable class, and in the
are quite right. I have chosen my own
are speaking about things you don't
are accustomed to receive a great deal
are lovely." "You don't know his name,
are really quite remarkable; everybody
are !" she cried. "What is the matter?"
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twitch of pain he bit his underlip. "You
him. He shrugged his shoulders. "You
him is to trust him." "Sibyl, you
be glad to think that, though you
But it will be different now. You
new world, and I have found one. Here
She shook her head at him. "You
things? You don't know what you
know what you are talking about. You
don't be so serious, Jim. You
excellent effect, amongst others. We
boy doesn't forget his appointment." "
absurd attitude to take towards life. We
And unselfish people
They lack individuality. Still, there
and add to it many other egos. They
would be sorrier than yourself. You
to think so well of others is that we
is sheer terror. We think that we
with the possession of those virtues that
of course that would be silly, but there
it is sudden - all really delightful things
to me compared with her." "Women
Henry, "much more practical than we
life. But then the middle classes
laughed, and tossed his head. "You
delightful theories." "And those
s test, her sign of approval. When we
of approval. When we are happy, we
we are always good, but when we
always good, but when we are good, we
one's moral views about them, but they
so?" suggested the painter. "Yes, we
Beautiful sins, like beautiful things,
art is charming, but mediaeval emotions
only things that one can use in fiction
treats its gods. They worship us, and
us from carrying them out." "Harry, you
them, and one feels that they
and lend them tears for sorrows that
more wonderful thing than art." "They
will be a delightful experience. There
are only two kinds of people who
amazement. "Horribly! It was dreadful.
again." He shrugged his shoulders. "You
"You are ill, I suppose. When you
life! I have grown sick of shadows. You
art. You have thrown it all away. You
you! What a fool I have been! You
it mars your art! Without your art, you
you would have borne my name. What
seemed to catch in her throat. "You
serious, Dorian?" she murmured. "You
that I have not pleased you. But you
of charity concerts, and the like that
live in an age when unnecessary things
I congratulate you on it. But how
" "Yes, Harry, I know what you
in Paris. But in London people
little throat with a knife. Yet the roses
about good resolutions - that they
are not listening to a word I am
are more likely to forget me than I
are mad about him." She laughed and
are going away, you leave me happier
are going to a new world, and I have
are two chairs; let us sit down and see
are foolish, Jim, utterly foolish; a badare talking about. You are simply
are simply jealous and unkind. Ah! I
are like one of the heroes of those
are to see her to-night, if that boy
Are you serious?" "Quite serious, Basil.
are not sent into the world to air our
are colourless. They lack individuality.
are certain temperaments that marriage
are forced to have more than one life.
are much better than you pretend to
are all afraid for ourselves. The basis
are generous because we credit our
are likely to be a benefit to us. We
are other and more interesting bonds
are . And yet it seems to me to be the
are wonderfully practical," murmured
are . In situations of that kind we often
are not modern." Dorian Gray laughed,
are quite incorrigible, Harry; but I
are ...?" asked Lord Henry, helping
are happy, we are always good, but
are always good, but when we are
are good, we are not always happy." "Ah
are not always happy." "Ah! but what
are not one's concern. Besides,
are overcharged for everything
are the privilege of the rich." "One has
are out of date. One can use them in
are the things that one has ceased to
are always bothering us to do
are dreadful! I don't know why I like
are of the same flesh and blood as
are not their own, she is worthy of all
are both simply forms of imitation,"
are only two kinds of people who are
are really fascinating - people who
Are you ill? You have no idea what it
are ill, I suppose. When you are ill you
are ill you shouldn't act. You make
are more to me than all art can ever
are shallow and stupid. My God! how
are nothing to me now. I will never
are nothing. I would have made you
are you now? A third-rate actress with
are not serious, Dorian?" she
are acting." "Acting! I leave that to you
are quite right, Dorian. I should have
are showered on fashionable young
are our only necessities; and there
are you going to begin?" "By marrying
are going to say. Something dreadful
are so prejudiced. Here, one should
are not less lovely for all that. The
are always made too late. Mine
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Mine certainly were." "Good resolutions
is all that can be said for them. They
our lives. If these elements of beauty
effect. Suddenly we find that we
the spectators of the play. Or rather we
never remember its details. Details
would culminate in a farce. They
but they have no sense of art. You
Sibyl Vane. She was less real than they
fight for your victories. As it is, they
dress and drive down to the club. We
for all that you have said to me. You
ever understood me as you have." "We
tell me about yourself and what you
grave to sleep in? Why, man, there
lead the most commonplace lives. They
can, except sentimentalists. And you
of you. You find me consoled, and you
escape the suffering of life. I know you
fond of Harry. But I know that you
that you are better than he is. You
than he is. You are not stronger - you
are too much afraid of life - but you
"Not look at my own work! You
I don't offer any explanation, and you
spare it for that time. In fact, you
The only difference is that your moods
portrait of you as you actually
As I said to Harry, once, you
surely?" "Never." "Well, perhaps you
about worship. It is foolish. You and I
as his servant entered. "The persons
or gross, as the mouths of old men
stronger than themselves, and that they
life that is itself but a moment. There
degrees the forms and colours of things
a few hours of a night in which there
that makes men mad; and of aloes, that
of the Rio Negro Indians, that women
and the sonorous green jaspers that
of wood and is beaten with sticks that
the yotl-bells of the Aztecs, that
gauzes, that from their transparency
anything to the detriment of those who
It feels instinctively that manners
view. For the canons of good society
at all certain about it. I am sorry you
about myself I wanted to talk. Here we
about. One often imagines things that
know that the most dreadful things
kind of thing. But position and wealth
talk sometimes of secret vices. There
all these hideous things that people
associate with him?" "Stop, Basil. You
in order to try and pretend that they
My dear fellow, you forget that we
there, and yet you can smile, as you
is worse behind. I know you and Harry
in the park? Why, even her children
allowed to live with her. Then there
into the foulest dens in London.
are useless attempts to interfere with
are simply cheques that men draw on a
are real, the whole thing simply
are no longer the actors, but the
are both. We watch ourselves, and the
are always vulgar." "I must sow poppies
are charmingly artificial, but they have
are more fortunate than I am. I assure
are ." There was a silence. The evening
are brought to you. No, you must
are rather late, as it is." "I think
are certainly my best friend. No one
are only at the beginning of our
are painting." "You went to the opera?
are horrors in store for that little
are good husbands, or faithful wives, or
are awfully unjust, Basil. You come
are furious. How like a sympathetic
are surprised at my talking to you like
are better than he is. You are not
are not stronger - you are too much
are too much afraid of life - but you
are better. And how happy we used to
are not serious. Why shouldn't I look
are not to ask for any. But, remember,
are sure to be out of town. And if you
are rather meaningless. You can't have
are , not in the costume of dead ages,
are made to be worshipped." Dorian
are right. And now good-bye, Dorian.
are friends, Basil, and we must always
are here, Monsieur." He felt that the
are . There would be the wrinkled
are conscious of sharing with the less
are few of us who have not
are restored to them, and we watch
are no stars and the moon is in
are said to be able to expel
are not allowed to look at and that
are found near Cuzco and give forth
are smeared with an elastic gum
are hung in clusters like grapes; and
are known in the East as "woven air,"
are both rich and fascinating. It feels
are of more importance than morals,
are , or should be, the same as the
are going away, as I have not seen
are at your door. Let me come in for
are quite absurd. He was really very
are being said against you in London.
are not everything. Mind you, I don't
are no such things. If a wretched man
are whispering about you, I don't
are talking about things of which you
are in smart society and on intimate
are in the native land of the
are smiling now. And there is worse
are inseparable. Surely for that
are not allowed to live with her. Then
are other stories - stories that you
Are they true? Can they be true?
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must not say things like that. They
answer to these horrible charges that
against you. If you tell me that they
My God! don't tell me that you
he added, somewhat harshly, "You
that spoke was cold and cruel. "You
one sees on the faces of those who
You worshipped yourself too much. We
the hot, lotus-covered Nile, where there
is, why he died, how he died,
Alan. But I can't help myself. You
matter. I have no option. Alan, you
that I may scatter in the air." "You
for you to call me Dorian." "You
What is it to me what devil's work you
without my stirring in the matter, you
must be far less horrible than what you
speak about those days, Dorian - they
know what the result will be. But you
terms, Alan. You know what they
face that seemed to enrage him. "You
It will be time enough, then, if you
clubs who have no enemies, but
British faces that, once seen,
is the matter with you to-night? You
surprised that the world says that you
be the next world. This world and I
terms." "Everybody I know says you
against one behind one's back that
wish that I had been; but you
love her." "Ah! what a cynic you
and dine with me soon again. You
from the door. "If you do, we
turned round and looked at Dorian. "
gold of the image precious. Her feet
Her feet are very pretty, but they
"Ah! what a nuisance people's people
forget what I did.... How inquisitive you
Dorian. Tell me what it is. You
who love one. Women who hate one
the face of one of the women. "We
never closed her accounts. There
theologians weary not of reminding us,
If you stir, I shoot you." "You
your peace with God, for to-night you
stammered. "I never heard of her. You
for as sure as I am James Vane, you
to arrive on the next day. "What
alter either name for the world. They
of giving lovely names to things. Names
never recognize a description." "They
description." "They are practical." "They
fashionable substitute for belief." "You
is the beginning of faith." "What
made it out of nothing. All good hats
walking down the conservatory. "You
a woman." "They were defeated." "There
"I am not even singed. My wings
appeal to antiquity is fatal to us who
desert. I could not do that." "Women
live on. The loves and sorrows that
are horrible, and they don't mean
are made against you. If you tell me
are absolutely untrue from beginning
are bad, and corrupt, and shameful."
are the one man in the world who is
are mad, Dorian, or playing a part,"
are absorbed in a play when some
are both punished." Dorian Gray
are Sphinxes, and rose-red ibises, and
are matters that do not concern you.
are the one man who is able to save
are scientific. You know about
are mad, Dorian." "Ah! I was waiting
are mad, I tell you - mad to imagine
are up to?" "It was suicide, Alan."
are certain to be arrested. Nobody
are accustomed to work at. And,
are dead." "The dead linger
are going to help me. It is impossible
are . The thing is quite simple. Come,
are infamous, absolutely infamous!" he
are back at half-past seven, Francis.
are thoroughly disliked by their
are never remembered; and her
are quite out of sorts." "I believe he is
are extremely wicked." "But what
are on excellent terms." "Everybody I
are very wicked," cried the old lady,
are absolutely and entirely true." "Isn't
are made to be good - you look so
are !" cried the old lady, pushing back
are really an admirable tonic, much
are sure to squabble upstairs." The
Are you better, my dear fellow?" he
are very pretty, but they are not feet
are not feet of clay. White porcelain
are ! Try and make him come. By the
are , Harry! You always want to know
are not yourself to-night." "Don't mind
are much more interesting. Besides,
are very proud to-night," she sneered. "
are moments, psychologists tell us,
are sins of disobedience. When that
are mad. What have I done to you?" "
are going to die." Dorian Gray grew
are mad." "You had better confess
are going to die." There was a
are you two talking about?" said
are both perfect. I was thinking
are everything. I never quarrel with
are practical." "They are more cunning
are more cunning than practical.
are a sceptic." "Never! Scepticism is
are you?" "To define is to limit." "
are made out of nothing." "Like all
are flirting disgracefully with him,"
are worse things than capture," she
are untouched." "You use them for
are romanticists." "Romanticists! You
are not always allowed a choice," he
are great are destroyed by their own
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The loves and sorrows that are great
which there is no forgiveness. But we
to-night. How absurdly nervous you
of the house. "How fond women
in the world as long as other people
people are looking on." "How fond you
Harry! In the present instance, you
much, but she likes you less, so you
so you are excellently matched." "You
safe." "Safe from what, Dorian? You
Duchess," he murmured; "my nerves
the duchess with his slumberous eyes. "
as if in search of something. "What
is no use your telling me that you
copper bowl filled with rose-water. "You
can be good in the country. There
why people who live out of town
means an easy thing to attain to. There
of your reformation." "Harry, you
been to the club for days." "The people
it for six weeks, and the British public
except that. Death and vulgarity
one regrets them the most. They
me to be at all probable. I know there
things one feels absolutely certain about
the lesson of romance. How grave you
I am only ten years older than you
wrinkled, and worn, and yellow. You
opinions I listen now with any respect
nothing. How lovely that thing you
to-night. It seems to me that you
sincerity. Ah, Dorian, how happy you
of music. It has not marred you. You
not the same, Harry." "Yes, you
it by renunciations. At present you
Don't make yourself incomplete. You
not shake your head: you know you
senses will imagine them for us. There
you. It always will worship you. You
have set yourself to music. Your days
It does harm." "My dear boy, you
of which you have grown tired. You
Besides, it is no use. You and I
is no use. You and I are what we
The books that the world calls immoral
she never sees you now. Perhaps you
"The world is changed because you
makes us do things finer than we
are destroyed by their own plenitude.
are not likely to suffer from it unless
are , my dear fellow! You must come
are of doing dangerous things!"
are looking on." "How fond you are
are of saying dangerous things, Harry!
are quite astray. I like the duchess
are excellently matched." "You are
are talking scandal, Harry, and there
are in some trouble. Why not tell me
are dreadfully out of order. That is all.
Are you very much in love with him?
are you looking for?" she inquired.
are going to be good," cried Lord
are quite perfect. Pray, don't change."
are no temptations there. That is the
are so absolutely uncivilized.
are only two ways by which man can
are horrible! You mustn't say these
are still discussing poor Basil's
are really not equal to the mental
are the only two facts in the
are such an essential part of one's
are dreadful places in Paris, but Basil
are never true. That is the fatality of
are ! Don't be so serious. What have
are , and I am wrinkled, and worn, and
are really wonderful, Dorian. You
are people much younger than myself.
are playing is! I wonder, did Chopin
are the young Apollo and that I am
are ! What an exquisite life you have
are still the same." "I am not the same
are the same. I wonder what the rest
are a perfect type. Don't make
are quite flawless now. You need not
are . Besides, Dorian, don't deceive
are moments when the odour of lilas
are the type of what the age is
are your sonnets." Dorian rose up
are really beginning to moralize. You
are much too delightful to do that.
are what we are, and will be what we
are , and will be what we will be. As
are books that show the world its
are tired of Gladys? I thought you
are made of ivory and gold. The
are ourselves? Or, perhaps, all these?
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argot and of archaisms, of technical
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argue with you. It is only the
argue . Tell me, is Dorian Gray very
argue ! I am sure I never can make
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aristocracy . He has all the appearance
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is only the intellectually lost who ever
me!" said Lady Agatha, "how you men
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smiling, and taking Hallward by the
Gray put his hand upon Lord Henry's
Henry flung himself into a large wicker
close to him, placed his hand upon his
Erskine?" "Forty of us, in forty
door, Dorian Gray touched him on the
Gray was reclining in a luxurious
intrusive light, was sitting in the one
about him." She laughed and took his
up and seized her roughly by the
she laughed and put her hand on his
us." Hallward laid his hand upon his
to him. She put her hand upon his
up the volume, flung himself into an
In a few moments, his hand was on his
huge misshapen cloud stretched a long
footsteps. He felt a hand laid on his
his heart," he answered, sinking into an
warm that he threw his coat over his
arm , he almost led him into the house.
arm . "In that case, let our friendship be
arm -chair and watched him. The sweep
arm . "You talk books away," he said;
arm -chairs. We are practising for an
arm . "Let me come with you," he
arm -chair, in the little library of Lord
arm -chair that their dingy sitting-room
arm . "You dear old Jim, you talk as
arm . "Show him to me. Which is he
arm . He was merely a boy. At the
arm . "Don't, Harry. You have annoyed
arm and looked into his eyes. He
arm -chair and began to turn over the
arm . "Dorian! What an extraordinary
arm across and hid it. The gas-lamps
arm and looked round with a start. It
arm -chair. Dorian Gray shook his
arm and did not even put his silk
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armour , and as Adonis with huntsman's
armour studded with jacinths, a collar
armour piled at his feet. What had
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arms round her neck, and kissed her.
arms . At this moment, the door
arms were flung round his neck, and
arms of Rosalind around me, and
arms of his chair with trembling hands
arms , and five hundred and sixty-one
arms of the queen, the whole worked
arms shot up convulsively, waving
arms . Had it not been for the red
arms . Alan! Alan! If you don't come
arms , a sailor sprawled over a table,
arms fell to his side. Paralysed with
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Sybil rushed to her, flung her
to a stage-player, clasped her in her
had come between them. Yet, when her
their secret in my ear. I have had the
"Basil!" cried the lad, clutching the
broidery, and blazoned with the king's
were similarly ornamented with the
blood. Three times the outstretched
and humped back, and long fantastic
table with bowed head and outstretched
one corner, with his head buried in his
One minute. That's all." Dorian's
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the wrinkling forehead or crawled
punished." Dorian Gray turned slowly
loathed anything. He glanced wildly
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declined. The next night, of course, I
how it was all going to end. When he
French police declare that Basil never
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arrangement , Basil," cried Lord Henry,
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creator of beautiful things. To reveal
of the artist, but the morality of
are to the artist instruments of an
virtue are to the artist materials for an
form, the type of all the arts is the
the actor's craft is the type. All
It is the spectator, and not life, that
Diversity of opinion about a work of
is that one admires it intensely. All
Tokyo who, through the medium of an
form he had so skilfully mirrored in his
my brains, such as they are - my
whole nature, my whole soul, my very
would never care for anything but your
anything but your art." "He is all my
is the appearance of a new medium for
the appearance of a new personality for
of him, or that his beauty is such that
cannot express it. There is nothing that
to me an entirely new manner in
Gray is to me simply a motive in
We live in an age when men treat
me is quite a romance, a romance of
me the one person who gives to my
refinement and perfect delicacy that in
It was certainly a wonderful work of
is one of the greatest things in modern
art and conceal the artist is
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believe you would, Basil. You like your
serious study of the great aristocratic
interesting he was! The new manner in
of them, and such a compliment to
fathers is not good enough for us. In
me that I was a munificent patron of
"Yes, she will. She has not merely
She has not merely art, consummate
away. Sometimes this was the effect of
was the effect of art, and chiefly of the
the place and assumed the office of
indeed, in its way, a real work of
shoulders. "My dear fellow, mediaeval
It was simply bad
Love is a more wonderful thing than
higher, something of which all
shadows. You are more to me than all
shape and substance to the shadows of
know of love, if you say it mars your
you say it mars your art! Without your
artificial, but they have no sense of
She passed again into the sphere of
had been the great turning point in his
from me, you were still present in my
own face. And it had all been what
really shown in the work one creates.
that is all. It often seems to me that
in my life who has really influenced my
little man, whose admiration for
go in much at present for religious
service to you. Which is the work of
" "Might one look at the work of
his guests with the wonders of their
all grotesques, and that lends to Gothic
to Gothic art its enduring vitality, this
being, one might fancy, especially the
a curious delight in the thought that
in the prelude to that great work of
should be, the same as the canons of
than all the gracious shapes of
"Decay fascinates me more." "What of
repetition converts an appetite into an
be a premature surrender." "Romantic
you were the dominant motive of his
fancy that crime was to them what
I thought of telling the prophet that
What a blessing it is that there is one
outside of yourself! Life has been your
book, there is no such thing as that.
art better than your friends. I am no
art of doing absolutely nothing. He
art , the fresh mode of looking at life,
art . Makes it quite cosmopolitan,
art , as in politics, les grandperes ont
art . He was a most offensive brute,
art , consummate art-instinct, in her, but
art -instinct, in her, but she has
art , and chiefly of the art of literature,
art of literature, which dealt
art , was indeed, in its way, a real
art , life having its elaborate
art is charming, but mediaeval
art . She was a complete failure. Even
art ." "They are both simply forms of
art is but a reflection. You had made
art can ever be. What have I to do
art . You have thrown it all away. You
art ! Without your art, you are nothing.
art , you are nothing. I would have
art . You are more fortunate than I am.
art . There is something of the martyr
art . He could not bear the idea of
art .... Of course, I never let you know
art should be - unconscious, ideal, and
Art is always more abstract than we
art conceals the artist far more
art . Whatever I have done that is
art was considerably tempered by the
art - but to-day I only want a picture
art , sir?" "This," replied Dorian,
art , sir?" Dorian started. "It would not
art . His little dinners, in the settling
art its enduring vitality, this art being,
art being, one might fancy, especially
art of those whose minds have been
art , like Nature, has her monsters,
art a presentation of the tragedy of
art . Form is absolutely essential to it.
art , the dreamy shadows of song.
art ?" she asked. "It is a malady."
art . Besides, each time that one loves
art begins with its climax." "I must
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perfect use of an imperfect medium. No
things that are true can be proved. No
sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an
unpardonable mannerism of style. No
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and vital. When critics disagree, the
little distance away, was sitting the
understand me, Harry," answered the
painted with feeling is a portrait of the
hate them for it," cried Hallward. "An
charm it possesses: my life as an
it in history. Was it not Plato, that
for three. "No, Harry," answered the
her to-night. She is simply a born
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Dorian Gray I used to paint," said the
often seems to me that art conceals the
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soul being hideous." "A very charming
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of beautiful things. The highest
only beauty. There is no such thing
forgive a man for making a useful thing
man for making a useful thing as long
-bags on which he was lying, smoking,
the burden of a beauty so flamelike
rise to so many strange conjectures.
eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids,
in the world to gain a reputation.
the world to gain a reputation. As soon
hair, and this young Adonis, who looks
when he was a boy of eighteen, and
the knowledge of defeat. They live
and wealth, Harry; my brains, such
little golden, white-feathered disk, "and
its brown gauze wings. Lord Henry felt
With an evening coat and a white tie,
She spoke of me
Lady Brandon treats her guests exactly
other people having the same faults
purely intellectual will the idea be,
of him is there. He is a suggestion,
of myself!" "Poets are not so scrupulous
We live in an age when men treat art
I know I shall be sorry for having said.
whole soul to some one who treats it
"Harry, don't talk like that.
Harry, don't talk like that. As long
with a self-conscious and satisfied air,
was charming to have escaped all that!
art whatever charm it possesses: my life
All the candour of youth was there,
the candour of youth was there, as well
a very bad influence, Lord Henry?
bad influence, Lord Henry? As bad
as Basil says?" "There is no such thing
him. His sins, if there are such things
and to have a music of their own
to have a music of their own as sweet
words! Was there anything so real
be my masterpiece. It is my masterpiece
feverishly drinking in their perfume
can cure the soul but the senses, just
was a look of fear in his eyes, such
more than you think you know, just
had a curious charm. They moved,
it matter?" cried Dorian Gray, laughing,
genius - is higher, indeed, than genius,
so, but at least it is not so superficial
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blossom again. The laburnum will be
laburnum will be as yellow next June
is that the caprice lasts a little longer."
work of art, and a wonderful likeness
and look at yourself." The lad started,
A look of joy came into his eyes,
had stirred him at the time, and now,
become dreadful, hideous, and uncouth.
them came a mist of tears. He felt
you than a green bronze figure. Hardly
that. I have never had such a friend
he buried his face in the cushions,
and tear-stained eyes, looked at him
of myself. I feel that." "Well,
I feel that." "Well, as soon
you! I wonder who it was defined man
tray. "It is rather late, and,
has been a most interesting afternoon."
who was considered generous by Society
along with his chief, somewhat foolishly
but preferred to live in chambers
Certainly. I remember the whole thing
- and that the fellow spitted his man
What on earth induced her to behave
shook his head. "American girls are
as clever at concealing their parents,
politics." "Is she pretty?" "She behaves
of Dorian Gray's parentage. Crudely
posed the lad, made him more perfect,
he had been at dinner the night before,
convey one's temperament into another
to us in an age so limited and vulgar
purity of boyhood, and beauty such
shapes and patterns of things becoming,
and gaining a kind of symbolical value,
and passed into the dining-room. "Late
described by contemporary historians
into bad habits of silence, having,
most intelligent middle-aged mediocrity,
middle-aged mediocrity, as bald
which is the one unpardonable error,
with philosophic contemplation. But,
it with paradox. The praise of folly,
a novel certainly, a novel that would be
a novel that would be as lovely
be as lovely as a Persian carpet and
good duchess, we shall all look on you
I am going to the park," he cried.
the time? No one talks so wonderfully
So the lad was looking rather sulky,
at the opera." She laughed nervously
woman, whose dresses always looked
was usually in love with somebody, and,
Henry, shutting the door behind her
aphorisms. I am putting it into practice,
the triumph of matter over mind, just
to know. The subject is not so abstruse
to go together. That is all over now.
together. That is all over now. As long
own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
seemed to throb in my veins.
as yellow next June as it is now. In a
as it is now. In a month there will be
As they entered the studio, Dorian
as well. "My dear fellow, I congratulate
as if awakened from some dream. "Is
as if he had recognized himself for
as he stood gazing at the shadow of
As he thought of it, a sharp pang of
as if a hand of ice had been laid
as much, I dare say." The painter
as you, and I shall never have such
as though he was praying. "This is
as he walked over to the deal
as soon as you are dry, you shall be
as you are dry, you shall be varnished,
as a rational animal. It was the most
as you have to dress, you had better
As the door closed behind them, the
as he fed the people who amused him.
as was thought at the time, and on
as it was less trouble, and took most
as if it happened yesterday. The poor
as if he had been a pigeon. The thing
as she did, I never could understand.
as clever at concealing their parents, as
as English women are at concealing
as if she was beautiful. Most American
as it had been told to him, it had yet
as it were. Behind every exquisite thing
as with startled eyes and lips parted in
as though it were a subtle fluid or a
as our own, an age grossly carnal in its
as old Greek marbles kept for us.
as it were, refined, and gaining a kind
as though they were themselves
as usual, Harry," cried his aunt,
as stoutness. Next to her sat, on her
as he explained once to Lady Agatha,
as bald as a ministerial statement in
as a ministerial statement in the House
as he remarked once himself, that all
as the nineteenth century has gone
as he went on, soared into a
as lovely as a Persian carpet and as
as a Persian carpet and as unreal. But
as unreal. But there is no literary
as being primarily responsible. But I
As he was passing out of the door,
as you do." "Ah! I have talked quite
as with listless fingers he turned over
as she spoke, and watched him with
as if they had been designed in a rage
as her passion was never returned,
as , looking like a bird of paradise that
as I do everything that you say." "Who
as men represent the triumph of mind
as I thought it was. I find that,
As long as a woman can look ten
as a woman can look ten years
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its sordid sinners, and its splendid sins,
is not good enough for us. In art,
like a beer-barrel. Mercutio was almost
terms with the pit. They were both
the pit. They were both as grotesque
as the scenery, and that looked
through the forest of Arden, disguised
them. One knows their minds
them. One knows their minds as easily
were entirely due to 'The Bard,'
her, Harry. She regarded me merely
on the first night, and looks
He was walking up and down the room
out properly. She will make the world
She will make the world as mad
a week. It is rather horrid of me,
forget about to-morrow. Good-bye."
had ever interested him so much
so he had begun by vivisecting himself,
else of any value. It was true that
having its elaborate masterpieces, just
Or was the body really in the soul,
spring of life would be revealed to us.
gave to their mistakes. Moralists had,
Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it
formation of character, had praised it
no motive power in experience. It was
It was as little of an active cause
was that our future would be the same
in radiance, then closed for a moment,
proud. Mother, did you love my father
much. Don't look so sad. I am
so sad. I am as happy to-day
shown more consideration. However,
movement. He was not so finely bred
the door. One could hear her singing
defend themselves by attacking, just
was when acting was really understood.
a nice sheep-farmer, and one evening,
Children begin by loving their parents;
that had reached his ears one night
of horrible thoughts. He remembered it
loafers at the bar. He has preached me
a dogma; to-night he will announce me
arm. "You dear old Jim, you talk
effort. They passed words to each other
seen him." "I wish I had, for
"I wish I had, for as sure
whispered. He followed her doggedly
any one I love, would you?" "Not
I love, would you?" "Not as long
murderous hatred of the stranger who,
affection. There were tears in his eyes
She grumbled at his unpunctuality,
have been told to him before, if it was
lace handkerchief from the window,
Basil?" said Lord Henry that evening
said Lord Henry, watching him
the greatest contempt for optimism.
a nature, you have merely to reform it.
hand on the lad's shoulder and smiling
as you once phrased it, must have
as in politics, les grandperes ont
as bad. He was played by the
as grotesque as the scenery, and that
as the scenery, and that looked as if it
as if it had come out of a
as a pretty boy in hose and doublet
as easily as one knows their bonnets.
as one knows their bonnets. One can
as he insisted on calling him. He
as a person in a play. She knows
as if she had seen better days." "I know
as he spoke. Hectic spots of red
as mad as she has made me." "That
as she has made me." "That would be
as he has sent me my portrait in the
As he left the room, Lord Henry's
as Dorian Gray, and yet the lad's mad
as he had ended by vivisecting others.
as one watched life in its curious
as poetry has, or sculpture, or painting.
as Giordano Bruno thought? The
As it was, we always misunderstood
as a rule, regarded it as a mode of
as a mode of warning, had claimed for
as something that taught us what to
as little of an active cause as
as conscience itself. All that it really
as our past, and that the sin we had
as though to hide their secret. When
as I love Prince Charming?" The elder
as happy to-day as you were twenty
as you were twenty years ago. Ah! let
as I said before, if he is rich ..." "
as his sister. One would hardly have
as she ran upstairs. Her little feet
as they attack by sudden and strange
As for Sibyl, I do not know at present
as he was riding home, he was to see
as they grow older they judge them;
as he waited at the stage-door, had set
as if it had been the lash of a huntingas a dogma; to-night he will announce
as a revelation. I feel it. And it is
as if you were a hundred. Some day
as players at a game pass counters.
as sure as there is a God in heaven, if
as there is a God in heaven, if he ever
as she passed through the crowd. He
as long as you love him, I suppose,"
as you love him, I suppose," was the
as it seemed to him, had come
as he went downstairs. His mother was
as he entered. He made no answer,
as he suspected. Leaden with fear, his
as her son drove away. She was
as Hallward was shown into a little
as he spoke. Hallward started and then
As for a spoiled life, no life is spoiled
As for marriage, of course that would
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is really not much to tell," cried Dorian
like dark leaves round a pale rose.
over, I went behind and spoke to her.
"My dear Harry, I did not treat it
I am afraid I cannot claim my theory
s own life - that is the important thing.
is a nuisance. Women treat us just
change. That is the worry. Women,
downstairs. He drove off by himself,
loathed him more than ever. He felt
and watch her. They weep and laugh
she wills them to do. She makes them
to do. She makes them as responsive
they are of the same flesh and blood
one's self." "The same flesh and blood
a mirror of silver, came to her cheeks
and began to applaud. Motionless, and
and his other friends. The band, such
Her body swayed, while she danced,
passion unreal. Dorian Gray grew pale
nothing in her. She looked charming
acting was unbearable, and grew worse
next we meet - she spoke the words
She is very lovely, and if she knows
and if she knows as little about life
down on a titter and some groans.
on a titter and some groans. As soon
with long-drawn music in her voice,
What could they know of love such
shrieks and oaths from gloomy courts.
had painted of him. He started back
the lines of cruelty round the mouth
of cruelty round the mouth as clearly
fault, not his. He had dreamed of her
feeling of infinite regret came over him,
in front of the portrait, shuddering
was the unreality of a dream about it.
unreality of a dream about it. As soon
The thing was absurd. It would serve
felt a wild desire to tell him to remain.
perfectly true. The portrait had altered.
for it all, Dorian," said Lord Henry
in that way to the public. It seems that
it. I should fancy it was prussic acid,
Gray, half to himself, "murdered her
half to himself, "murdered her as surely
lovely for all that. The birds sing just
is it that I cannot feel this tragedy
that I cannot feel this tragedy as much
that has happened does not affect me
entire lack of style. They affect us just
but violets all through one season,
They always want a sixth act, and
always want a sixth act, and as soon
their conjugal felicity in one's face,
it. Besides, nothing makes one so vain
of the things we all play with, such
and Ophelia the other; that if she died
if she died as Juliet, she came to life
in the tawdry dressing-room simply
as they took their seats at the small
As for her acting - well, you shall see
As we were sitting together, suddenly
as a business transaction, and I did
as my own. It belongs to Nature, not to
As for the lives of one's neighbours, if
as humanity treats its gods. They
as some witty Frenchman once put it,
as had been arranged, and watched the
as if he had come to look for Miranda
as she wills them to do. She makes
as responsive as a violin. She
as a violin. She spiritualizes them, and
as one's self." "The same flesh and
as one's self! Oh, I hope not!"
as she glanced at the crowded
as one in a dream, sat Dorian Gray,
as it was, struck up a few bars of music
as a plant sways in the water. The
as he watched her. He was puzzled and
as she came out in the moonlight.
as she went on. Her gestures became
as though they conveyed no meaning to
as little about life as she does about
as she does about acting, she will be a
As soon as it was over, Dorian Gray
as it was over, Dorian Gray rushed
as though it were sweeter than honey
as ours? Take me away, Dorian - take
As the dawn was just breaking, he
As he was turning the handle of the
as if in surprise. Then he went on into
as clearly as if he had been looking
as if he had been looking into a
as a great artist, had given his love to
as he thought of her lying at his feet
as he glanced at it. "How horrible!" he
As soon as he was dressed, he went
as he was dressed, he went into the
as a tale to tell Basil some day. It
As the door was closing behind him,
As he often remembered afterwards,
as he entered. "But you must not think
as she was leaving the theatre with her
as she seems to have died
as surely as if I had cut her little
as if I had cut her little throat with a
as happily in my garden. And to-night I
as much as I want to? I don't think
as I want to? I don't think I am
as it should. It seems to me to be
as vulgarity affects us. They give us an
as a form of artistic mourning for a
as soon as the interest of the play is
as the interest of the play is entirely
as if it were the most fascinating of
as being told that one is a sinner.
as romance, passion, and love." "I was
as Juliet, she came to life as Imogen." "
as Imogen." "She will never come to
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fragment from some Jacobean tragedy,
if life has still in store for me anything
would have to fight for your victories.
down to the club. We are rather late,
friend. No one has ever understood me
I hope. Remember, Patti is singing."
an interminable time over everything.
time over everything. As soon
It was conscious of the events of life
place before his very eyes, shuddering
last scene? Had she cursed him,
When he thought of her, it would be
tragic figure? Tears came to his eyes
all. A feeling of pain crept over him
at its beauty, almost enamoured of it,
place in front of the picture, smiling
never happened. It is simply expression,
is master of himself can end a sorrow
of himself can end a sorrow as easily
what has come over you. You talk
the great romantic tragedies of the age.
When she knew its unreality, she died,
martyrdom, all its wasted beauty. But,
become the spectator of one's own life,
that. I felt the room looked different
honour I will never speak to you again
I will never speak to you again as long
I shouldn't see my own work, especially
go in for being consistent have just
consistent have just as many moods
a new development. I had drawn you
you as Paris in dainty armour, and
to paint a wonderful portrait of you
veil, I cannot tell. But I know that
few days the thing left my studio, and
the thing left my studio, and as soon
Dorian, for what I have told you.
a compliment." "It was not intended
again?" "Impossible!" "You spoil my life
have tea with you. That will be just
understand what you feel about it."
round at once. It seemed to him that
sighed and told her to manage things
She left the room, wreathed in smiles.
thing in. It had perhaps served often
when the senses tire. It was such love
he flung the rich pall over the picture.
knock came to the door. He passed out
most of the artists who dealt with him.
Can you move it, covering and all, just
We will go up by the front staircase,
useful, Dorian put his hand to it so
it is rather heavy," murmured Dorian
not, indeed, since he had used it first
-room when he was a child, and then
which he had so often hidden himself
his lonely childhood came back to him
the house so secure from prying eyes
or droop, would be foolish or gross,
as a wonderful scene from Webster, or
as marvellous." "Life has everything in
As it is, they are brought to you. No
as it is." "I think I shall join you
as you have." "We are only at the
As he closed the door behind him,
As soon as he had left, he rushed to
as he had left, he rushed to the screen
as they occurred. The vicious cruelty
as he hoped it. Poor Sibyl! What a
as she died? No; she had died for love
as a wonderful tragic figure sent on to
as he remembered her childlike look,
as he thought of the desecration that
as it seemed to him at times. Was it to
As it had revealed to him his own
as he did so, and passed into his
As he was sitting at breakfast next
as Harry says, that gives reality to
as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I
as he can invent a pleasure. I don't
as if you had no heart, no pity in you
As a rule, people who act lead the
as Juliet might have died. She passed
as I was saying, you must not think I
as Harry says, is to escape the
as I came in." "My servant has nothing
as long as I live. I am quite serious.
as I live. I am quite serious. I don'
as I am going to exhibit it in Paris in
as many moods as others have. The
as others have. The only difference is
as Paris in dainty armour, and as
as Adonis with huntsman's cloak and
as you actually are, not in the costume
as I worked at it, every flake and film
as soon as I had got rid of the
as I had got rid of the intolerable
As I said to Harry, once, you are made
as a compliment. It was a confession.
as an artist by refusing, Dorian. No
as pleasant." "Pleasanter for you, I am
As he left the room, Dorian Gray
as the man left the room his eyes
as she thought best. She left the
As the door closed, Dorian put the
as a pall for the dead. Now it was to
as Michelangelo had known, and
As he did so, a knock came to the
as his servant entered. "The persons
As a rule, he never left his shop. He
as it is? I don't want it to get
as it is wider." He held the door
as to help them. "Something of a load
as he unlocked the door that opened
as a play-room when he was a child,
as a study when he grew somewhat
as a boy. There the satinwood
as he looked round. He recalled the
as this. He had the key, and no one
as the mouths of old men are. There
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if he had met the men in the hall
century except his own, and to sum up,
that men have unwisely called virtue,
have unwisely called virtue, as much
Symbolistes. There were in it metaphors
were in it metaphors as monstrous
metaphors as monstrous as orchids and
subtle monotony of their music, so full
produced in the mind of the lad,
joy - and perhaps in nearly every joy,
how one so charming and graceful
it was purely selfish. But moments such
Lord Henry had first stirred in him,
mad hungers that grew more ravenous
Henry always assisted him, were noted
selection and placing of those invited,
of those whom Dante describes
was to be the dominant characteristic.
to the hermit the beasts of the field
his companions. Yes: there was to be,
the fruits of experience, sweet or bitter
the asceticism that deadens the senses,
and wandering round the silent house,
pain. It was the creation of such worlds
subtle influences, and then, having,
of the antique world, stirred him
rejection of the evidence of the senses
had their subtle fascination for him.
or healthy, normal or diseased. Yet,
birds, and flutes of human bones such
jewels, and appeared at a costume ball
stones that he had collected, such
his city with a large ruby in his hand,
the Tower previous to his coronation,
transparency are known in the East
also, for ecclesiastical vestments,
it had draped the purple-and-gold pall
shared at Trouville with Lord Henry,
at Trouville with Lord Henry, as well
look at him with cold searching eyes,
cannot atone for half-cold entrees,
society are, or should be, the same
should have the dignity of a ceremony,
have the dignity of a ceremony, as well
of those who conceive the ego in man
of Queen Elizabeth and King James,
The world had looked upon him
Yet one had ancestors in literature
one had ancestors in literature as well
merely the record of his own life, not
lived it in act and circumstance, but
his imagination had created it for him,
lightning might strike him, he had sat,
mocked the swinger of the censer; and,
with a jewel-frontleted horse; and,
and heard men cry on Nero Caesar
on Nero Caesar as he passed by; and,
immediately following, in which,
Pietro Barbi, the Venetian, known
a boy that he might serve at the feast
as they were leaving the house and
as it were, in himself the various
as much as those natural rebellions
as those natural rebellions that wise
as monstrous as orchids and as subtle
as orchids and as subtle in colour.
as subtle in colour. The life of the
as it was of complex refrains and
as he passed from chapter to chapter,
as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty
as he was could have escaped the
as these were rare. That curiosity
as they sat together in the garden of
as he fed them. Yet he was not really
as much for the careful selection and
as for the exquisite taste shown in
as having sought to "make themselves
As he looked back upon man moving
as his companions. Yes: there was to
as Lord Henry had prophesied, a new
as they might be. Of the asceticism
as of the vulgar profligacy that dulls
as though it feared to wake the
as these that seemed to Dorian Gray
as it were, caught their colour and
as much by its superb rejection of the
as by the primitive simplicity of its
As he passed out, he used to look
as has been said of him before, no
as Alfonso de Ovalle heard in Chile,
as Anne de Joyeuse, Admiral of
as the olive-green chrysoberyl that
as the ceremony of his coronation.
as wearing "a jacket of raised gold,
As he investigated the subject - and
as "woven air," and "running water,"
as indeed he had for everything
as a curtain. For weeks he would not
as well as the little white walled-in
as the little white walled-in house at
as though they were determined to
as Lord Henry remarked once, in a
as the canons of art. Form is
as well as its unreality, and should
as its unreality, and should combine
as a thing simple, permanent, reliable,
as one who was "caressed by the
as infamous. He had led the orgies at
as well as in one's own race, nearer
as in one's own race, nearer perhaps
as he had lived it in act and
as his imagination had created it for
as it had been in his brain and in his
as Tiberius, in a garden at Capri,
as Caligula, had caroused with the
as Domitian, had wandered through
as he passed by; and, as Elagabalus,
as Elagabalus, had painted his face
as in some curious tapestries or
as Paul the Second, who sought in
as Ganymede or Hylas; Ezzelin,
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and who had a passion for red blood,
for red wine - the son of the Fiend,
whose effigy was burned at Rome
and whose comeliness was such that,
when he looked on evil simply
eve of his own thirty-eighth birthday,
dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs,
servant and told him to go to bed,
it was you, or rather your fur coat,
it. I am sorry you are going away,
your train?" said Dorian Gray languidly
I shan't have any delay about luggage,
should be." Hallward shook his head,
maid, and has established her in Paris
You don't want people to talk of you
anything about mine. With such blood
sort of lives do these people, who pose
led them there, and yet you can smile,
you. I want you to lead such a life
He laughed again. "I know so.
close behind. They walked softly,
the door behind you," he whispered,
a puzzled expression. The room looked
to contain, besides a chair and a table.
of horror broke from the painter's lips
own picture. He knew it, and he felt
it?" said Dorian bitterly. "My ideal,
"My ideal, as you call it..." "
You were to me such an ideal
seemed to be quite undisturbed and
verse somewhere, 'Though your sins be
sins be as scarlet, yet I will make them
scarlet, yet I will make them as white
for Basil Hallward came over him,
slowly towards it, passing Hallward
it, passing Hallward as he did so.
passing Hallward as he did so. As soon
round. Hallward stirred in his chair
to the room, locking himself in
slowly by the railings, staggering
creaked and seemed to cry out
had gone, and by the midnight train,
on the shoulder before he woke, and
eyes a faint smile passed across his lips,
Hallward that had made him kill him
"That awful thing, a woman's memory!"
is out of town, get his address."
out of town, get his address." As soon
been given to him by Adrian Singleton.
d'un escalier. How exquisite they were!
lines of turquoise-blue that follow one
He was an excellent musician, however,
Royal or in Grosvenor Square. To him,
and would never himself play, giving
second he kept glancing at the clock.
with dank hands his burning lids
by terror, twisted and distorted
you would simply look upon him
inquire now. I have told you too much
then took up the paper, and opened it.
of sickness came over him. He felt
as other men have for red wine - the
as was reported, and one who had
as the enemy of God and man, who
as he lay dying in the yellow piazza
as a mode through which he could
as he often remembered afterwards.
as the night was cold and foggy. At
as he let me out. I am off to Paris
as you passed me. But I wasn't quite
as I have not seen you for ages. But
as he passed up the steps and opened
as I have sent on my heavy things.
as he entered, and followed Dorian
as an English dressmaker. Anglomania
as something vile and degraded. Of
as he has in his veins, how could his
as being moral, lead themselves? My
as you are smiling now. And there is
as will make the world respect you. I
As for what I said to you to-night,
as men do instinctively at night. The
as he placed the lamp on the table.
as if it had not been lived in for
As Dorian Gray was lighting a
as he saw in the dim light the
as if his blood had changed in a
as you call it..." "As you called it."
As you called it." "There was nothing
as I shall never meet again. This is
as he had left it. It was from within,
as scarlet, yet I will make them as
as white as snow'?" "Those words
as snow'?" "Those words mean
as though it had been suggested to
as he did so. As soon as he got
As soon as he got behind him, he
as he got behind him, he seized it
as if he was going to rise. He rushed
as he did so. The thing was still
as she went. Now and then she
as if in pain. He stopped several
as he had intended. With his curious
as he opened his eyes a faint smile
as though he had been lost in some
as he sat in the chair came back to
as Lord Henry had once said. After
As soon as he was alone, he lit a
as he was alone, he lit a cigarette
As he turned over the pages, his eye
As one read them, one seemed to be
as one pushes out to the Lido. The
as well, and played both the violin
as to many others, Dorian Gray was
as his excuse, when he was called
As the minutes went by he became
as though he would have robbed the
as a living thing by pain, danced like
as an admirable subject. You would
as it is. But I beg of you to do
As he read it, his face became ghastly
as if his heart was beating itself to
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stern, harsh, offensive. You treated me
was too terrible to be borne. He felt
slowly tightened round his forehead,
I cannot do it," he said, mechanically,
it to his valet, with orders to return
his valet, with orders to return as soon
and to bring the things with him.
clock was like the beat of a hammer.
that I have for you." He turned away
personally, and tell him to send twice
tell him to send twice as many orchids
many orchids as I ordered, and to have
ordered, and to have as few white ones
coldly. Dorian half opened the door.
and glistening, on one of the hands,
it had not stirred, but was still there,
gazing into a glistening yellow face.
cannot forget that," said Dorian simply.
that," said Dorian simply. As soon
he felt wildly excited, but his manner
as he bent over his hostess's hand was
hostess's hand was as easy and graceful
one never seems so much at one's ease
that he had passed through a tragedy
passed through a tragedy as horrible
with what Lord Henry used to describe
you were not thought of at the time.
were rather tedious. The fact was,
"Dorian," said Lord Henry at last,
way, I shall have to marry again so
"A man can be happy with any woman,
can be happy with any woman, as long
"I fear so," she said, laughing,
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is
is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad
as bad as a meal. More than enough is
a meal. More than enough is as good
a fascinating theory," she murmured,
explosions. An alliterative prefix served
Harry." "He bores me dreadfully, almost
bores me dreadfully, almost as much
his shoulders. "My dear fellow,
Harry," he said, leaving the room.
ivory and blue lapis. He watched it
that could fascinate and make afraid,
box back, shutting the cabinet doors
he did so, and went into his bedroom.
a mile. A steam rose from the horse
to stamp the thing out, to crush it
right had Basil to have spoken to him
The monotony became unbearable, and
fanlike tongues of fire. A dog barked
them. A dull rage was in his heart.
had found in them the full expression,
that flattened itself into the shadow
entered a long low room which looked
counters and showing their white teeth
red ants on him," laughed one of them,
leading to a darkened chamber.
t care," he added with a sigh. "
he added with a sigh. "As long
as no man has ever dared to treat
as if an iron ring was being slowly
as if the disgrace with which he was
as though words could alter things.
as soon as possible and to bring the
as possible and to bring the things
As the hall door shut, Campbell
As the chime struck one, Campbell
as he spoke and stood looking out at
as many orchids as I ordered, and to
as I ordered, and to have as few
as few white ones as possible. In fact,
as possible. In fact, I don't want any
As he did so, he saw the face of his
as though the canvas had sweated
as he had left it. He heaved a deep
As he was going downstairs, he heard
As soon as Campbell had left, he
as Campbell had left, he went upstairs.
as he bent over his hostess's hand
as easy and graceful as ever. Perhaps
as ever. Perhaps one never seems so
as when one has to play a part.
as horrible as any tragedy of our age.
as any tragedy of our age. Those
as the remains of really remarkable
As it was, our bonnets were so
as she explained to Dorian, behind a
as the chaud-froid was being handed
as to be in the fashion." "You will
as long as he does not love her." "Ah
as he does not love her." "Ah! what
as she stood up. "A thousand
as bad as a meal. More than enough
as a meal. More than enough is as
as good as a feast." Lady Ruxton
as a feast." Lady Ruxton glanced at
as she swept out of the room. "Now,
as an ornament of oratory. He
as much as he bores her. She is very
as he bores her. She is very clever, too
as if I cared! Let us go up to the
As he drove back to his own house,
as though it were a thing that could
as though it held something that he
as he did so, and went into his
As midnight was striking bronze blows
as it splashed up the puddles. The
as one would crush the adder that
as he had done? Who had made him
as the mist thickened, he felt afraid.
as they went by, and far away in the
As they turned a corner, a woman
as it were, of his mood, and justified,
as he passed. At the end of the hall
as if it had once been a third-rate
as they chattered. In one corner, with
as Dorian passed by. The man looked
As Dorian hurried up its three rickety
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ulster, grinned a hideous greeting
door with a look of pain in his face.
The drowsy sailor leaped to his feet
door fell on his ear. He rushed out
life was really to be laid at his door,
a nature that every fibre of the body,
will. They move to their terrible end
disobedience its charm. For all sins,
star of evil, fell from heaven, it was
Gray hastened on, quickening his step
on, quickening his step as he went, but
dim archway, that had served him often
"You had better confess your sin, for
had better confess your sin, for as sure
from the archway. Dim and wavering
served to show him the hideous error,
He has lots of money, and he's
has lots of money, and he's as bad
-hole. It was a marvellous spotted thing,
a marvellous spotted thing, as effective
title." "Royalties may not abdicate," fell
the seven deadly virtues, Gladys. You,
"We have carried their burden." "Only
have carried their burden." "Only as far
me on purely scientific principles
we can't bear mediocrities. We women,
some one says, love with our ears, just
of life is to reproduce that experience
is to reproduce that experience as often
"But not explained you." "Describe us
recklessness of gaiety in his manner
secret places, to whisper in his ear
the feast, to wake him with icy fingers
him with icy fingers as he lay asleep!
in at six o'clock, he found him crying
Dorian!" laughed his companion, and
for the day." Dorian watched them
It is a bad omen, Harry. I feel
them that the subject is to be tabooed.
As for omens, there is no such thing
to town." Dorian heaved a sigh of relief
will flirt with anybody in the world
flirt with anybody in the world as long
"I wish he had been." He glanced about
to entertain his guests in his absence.
after some moments' hesitation.
some moments' hesitation. As soon
from Dorian Gray's hand, and he felt
a sailor?" "Yes, sir. He looks
was galloping down the long avenue
galloping down the long avenue as hard
minutes looking at the dead body.
more than one?" asked his companion
Suddenly I determined to leave her
I determined to leave her as flowerlike
Florizel," said Lord Henry, laughing,
much of your great renunciation. Even
to me. I know I was right in acting
right in acting as I did. Poor Hetty!
can paint like Velasquez and yet be
as he thrust a bottle of brandy and
As he drew the curtain aside, a
as she spoke, and looked wildly
as if in pursuit. Dorian Gray hurried
as Basil Hallward had said to him
as every cell of the brain, seems to
as automatons move. Choice is taken
as theologians weary not of reminding
as a rebel that he fell. Callous,
as he went, but as he darted aside
as he darted aside into a dim
as a short cut to the ill-famed place
as sure as I am James Vane, you are
as I am James Vane, you are going to
as was the wind-blown light, yet it
as it seemed, into which he had
as bad as bad." "He is not the man
as bad." "He is not the man I am
as effective as the seven deadly sins.
as the seven deadly sins. In a
as a warning from pretty lips. "You
as a good Tory, must not underrate
as far as the Stock Exchange." She
as the Stock Exchange." She shook
as the best specimen he could find of
as some one says, love with our ears,
as you men love with your eyes, if
as often as possible." "Even when one
as possible." "Even when one has
as a sex," was her challenge.
as he sat at table, but now and then a
as he sat at the feast, to wake him
as he lay asleep! As the thought
As the thought crept through his
as one whose heart will break. It was
as the hare bounded into the thicket,
as they plunged into the alder-clump,
as if something horrible were going to
As for omens, there is no such thing
as an omen. Destiny does not send
as he saw the gardener approaching.
as long as other people are looking
as other people are looking on." "How
As the glass door closed behind
as if in search of something. "What
As he was putting it into the
As soon as the man entered, Dorian
as the man entered, Dorian pulled his
as if his heart had suddenly stopped
as if he had been a sort of sailor;
as hard as he could go. The trees
as he could go. The trees seemed to
As he rode home, his eyes were full
as he spilled into his plate a little
as flowerlike as I had found her." "I
as I had found her." "I should think
as he leaned back in his chair. "My
as a beginning, it is poor. Besides, how
as I did. Poor Hetty! As I rode past
As I rode past the farm this
as dull as possible. Basil was really
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paint like Velasquez and yet be as dull
t suit you. All crime is vulgar, just
had come to such a really romantic end
balancing itself upon a bamboo perch.
listening to some vulgar street-preacher.
question to his audience. It struck me
Play me a nocturne, Dorian, and,
revealed to them her latest wonder.
stay. You have never played so well
are, and will be what we will be.
by a book, there is no such thing
said Dorian. "Good night, Harry."
the door, he hesitated for a moment,
put his silk scarf round his throat.
his boyhood - his rose-white boyhood,
white-limbed Cupids laughed round it
it as of old. He took it up,
forced to know. The excitement, such
been simply the madness of a moment.
tempt innocence. He would be good.
Surely it was not still so horrible
lamp from the table and crept upstairs.
no longer be a terror to him. He felt
in quietly, locking the door behind him,
Or the desire for a new sensation,
There was blood on the painted feet,
upon men to tell their sins to earth
men to tell their sins to earth as well
upon it. It was bright, and glistened.
They looked at each other,
and wringing her hands. Francis was
wringing her hands. Francis was as pale
wall a splendid portrait of their master
as possible. Basil was really rather
as all vulgarity is crime. It is not in
as you suggest, but I can't. I dare
As his pointed fingers touched it, it
As I passed by, I heard the man
as being rather dramatic. London is
as you play, tell me, in a low voice
As for the aged, I always contradict
as to-night. There was something in
As for being poisoned by a book,
as that. Art has no influence upon
As he reached the door, he hesitated
as if he had something more to say.
As he strolled home, smoking his
as Lord Henry had once called it. He
as of old. He took it up, as he
as he had done on that night of
as it was, over Basil Hallward's
As for Alan Campbell, his suicide
As he thought of Hetty Merton, he
as it had been? Perhaps if his life
As he unbarred the door, a smile of
as if the load had been lifted from
as was his custom, and dragged the
as Lord Henry had hinted, with his
as though the thing had dripped as well as to heaven. Nothing that he
as to heaven. Nothing that he could
As it had killed the painter, so it
as they walked away, and sneered.
as pale as death. After about a
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be clean? You ask me about Henry
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into pain. My God, Harry, how I
on your head because Cordelia
and their throbbing cores of
that I may scatter in the air."
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of a man's life. Should he move it
of his shame. Then he drew the screen
slowly and with white hands moving
horse stumbled in a rut, then swerved
him in from the street. He dragged it
pain in his face. As he drew the curtain
his step as he went, but as he darted
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who stood blinking in the sunlight. "
a platform and trying to look pleasant.
I will give you anything you like to
ashamed of him. The Queen used to
will allow me to call you so, may I
I came in to look for you, to
He had something on his mind to
him. "Mother, I have something to
" "I should have said that whatever they
papers. I wrote down to you to
any explanation, and you are not to
Basil, too, had his secret. He would
Dorian shook his head. "You must not
was nothing else to see. Why do you
and then to go to the frame-maker and
It is rather heavy, so I thought I would
he murmured. "It is not much to
of infinite contempt in his voice. "You
how could his record be clean? You
I can go to-morrow. But don't
the colour came back to his cheeks. "
publicly disgraced. How dare you
to me. Only listen, Alan. All I
in the matter. It is insane of you to
t believe a word of it." "Well,
even our intellects. You will never
evidence on the subject, you can
years," said the man. "Why do you
he went. He heard Sir Geoffrey
waiting for you. I suppose he wants to
and stared at his friend. "Why do you
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"Dorian Gray? Is that his name?"
Henry laughed. "And what is that?" he
again. It was reckless of me, but I
describe this wonderful young man?"
why won't you exhibit his portrait?"
name of Dorian Gray." "Where was it?"
you think it awfully rude of me if I
Am I to go, Mr. Gray?" he
shall not run away, now that you have
" "You should have gone away when I
you," he muttered. "I stayed when you
"Yes, Basil?" "Remember what I
"Mr. Dorian Gray? Who is he?"
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Ask Mr. Gray to wait, Parker: I shall
Ask him to stay. I insist upon it." "
ask for it. I must have it." "It
ask me about the English noble who
ask if you really meant all that you
ask you something - I forget what it
ask of her, something that he had
ask you," he said. Her eyes wandered
ask for they had first given to us,"
ask you not to see any one till I came.
ask for any. But, remember, if you
ask him and try. "Basil," he said,
ask me that, Basil. I could not possibly
ask ? But you mustn't talk about
ask him to send two of his men
ask you to lend me a couple of your
ask of you, Dorian, and it is entirely
ask me why Berwick leaves a room
ask me about Henry Ashton and
ask me to read anything to-night. All
Ask him to come in at once, Francis."
ask me, of all men in the world, to
ask of you is to perform a certain
ask me." "You refuse?" "Yes." "
ask Mr. Gray. He is one of her most
ask me to dinner again after saying
ask him." Lord Henry shrugged his
ask me? What do years matter?"
ask if the man was really dead, and
ask you what flowers you wish to
ask me that, Harry?" "My dear fellow,"
ask them their opinion on something
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asked Lord Henry, walking across the
asked . "I will tell you," said Hallward;
asked Lady Brandon to introduce me
asked his companion. "I know she goes
asked Lord Henry. "Because, without
asked Hallward, with a slight frown.
asked you to go away?" Lord Henry
asked . "Oh, please don't, Lord Henry
asked me to stop. You don't really
asked you," he muttered. "I stayed
asked me," was Lord Henry's answer.
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Harry?" "At Aunt Agatha's. I have
-goods! What are American dry-goods?"
see Chicago in order to be educated?"
the baronet. "Was that a paradox?"
change do you propose, then?" he
in your early days, Duchess?" he
say." "Who are you in love with?"
"I am not surprised." "Then he
"Mother, are my things ready?" he
"What do you mean, Jim?" she
"But do you approve of it, Harry?"
"Have you seen her to-day?"
annoyed with me," he answered. "I
delightful theories." "And those are ...?"
don't you?" "Understand what?" he
"What o'clock is it, Victor?"
he started. "Too cold for Monsieur?"
he do if Basil Hallward came and
it." "Do you mean about Sibyl Vane?"
that kind to me again. Two days ago I
Mrs. Leaf bustled into the library. He
him that I was a friend of yours, and
"You insist on knowing, Basil?" he
by his servant, and questions would be
Shall I leave the things here, sir?" he
absolutely calm. "I have done what you
so, Lady Narborough," said Dorian. "I
wicked." "But what world says that?"
" "With their ages, Lady Narborough?"
"Are you better, my dear fellow?" he
" "How long has she been married?"
Geoffrey Clouston, the usual set. I have
about here, sir, ain't it?" he
deadly sins. In a thoughtless moment I
what should we call you, Harry?" she
You don't like your country, then?" she
fascinates me more." "What of art?" she
one has been wounded by it, Harry?"
expression. "What has happened?" he
you had good sport, Geoffrey?" he
a very bad omen." "What is?"
is terribly upset. And it seems that you
you very much in love with him?" he
Had he any people dependent on him?"
you say you had done more than one?"
do you think has happened to Basil?"
elevating his eyebrows in surprise, "I
"Whose house is that, Constable?"
asked myself and Mr. Gray. He is her
asked the duchess, raising her large
asked Mr. Erskine plaintively. "I don't
asked Mr. Erskine. "I did not think so
asked . Lord Henry laughed. "I don't
asked , looking at her across the table. "A
asked Lord Henry after a pause. "With
asked me if I wrote for any of the
asked . "Quite ready, James," she
asked . "You have a new friend, I hear
asked the painter, walking up and down
asked Lord Henry. Dorian Gray shook
asked the question for the best reason
asked Lord Henry, helping himself to
asked , angrily. "Why I was so bad to
asked Dorian Gray drowsily. "One
asked his valet, putting an omelette on
asked to look at his own picture? Basil
asked the lad. "Yes, of course,"
asked Sibyl to marry me. I am not
asked her for the key of the
asked him what he meant. He told
asked in a low voice. "Yes." "I
asked . He hesitated for a moment,
asked Campbell. "Yes," said Dorian.
asked me to do," he muttered "And
asked her whether, like Marguerite
asked Lord Henry, elevating his
asked Dorian. "Of course, with their
asked . "You seemed rather out of
asked Dorian. "An eternity, she tells
asked Lord Grotrian." "I like him,"
asked huskily through the trap.
asked one of the gardeners what it
asked . "His name is Prince Paradox,"
asked . "I live in it." "That you
asked . "It is a malady." "Love?"
asked the duchess after a pause.
asked . "Oh! I remember. Am I safe
asked . "Not very good, Dorian. I think
asked Lord Henry. "Oh! this accident,
asked him not to shoot the hare.
asked . She did not answer for some
asked Dorian, looking bored. "If so, I
asked his companion as he spilled
asked Dorian, holding up his
asked you because I thought you
asked the elder of the two gentlemen.
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he scribbled a note to Lord Henry,
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have said that the man was simply
Elizabeth, and consequently they all fall
to wake him with icy fingers as he lay
about my father," he said, "but I
any question - simple curiosity.
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visible till five." "Pure family affection, I
in such matters, are extremely civil. I
an absolutely reasonable people. I
Gray to give up the East End? I
calling me 'My Lord,' so I had to
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You are more fortunate than I am. I
the most trivial things, Mr. Gray, I
head; "and women rule the world. I
I hurt your vanity by saying so, but I
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actor's craft is the type. All art is
who go beneath the surface do so
peril. Those who read the symbol do so
disappearance some years ago caused,
conjectures. As the painter looked
way that used to make his friends laugh
used to make his friends laugh at him
elevated his eyebrows and looked
of any emotion." "I know you will laugh
all forehead, or something horrid. Look
don't think. A bishop keeps on saying
when we have no flowers to look
best of it in this world. They can sit
They can sit at their ease and gape
they know nothing of victory, they are
think me awfully foolish about it?" "Not
Not at all," answered Lord Henry, "not
serious faces. My wife is very good
does find me out, she makes no row
wish she would; but she merely laughs
continued his companion, glancing
it," he replied, gazing intently
"Two months ago I went to a crush
conscious that some one was looking
have always been my own master; had
of mine had made a great success
had made a great success at the time,
help laughing, and we became friends
friends at once." "Laughter is not
tilting his hat back and looking up
all the same. Some day you will look
Don't look so angry, Basil. It was
have no appreciation of good looks;
earnest and had a beautiful nature. I
and went up the walk. Then he looked
they saw Dorian Gray. He was seated
"I am in Lady Agatha's black books
Dorian, laughing. Lord Henry looked
in his face that made one trust him
Lord Henry's last remark, he glanced
away?" Lord Henry smiled and looked
at once surface and symbol.
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go. I have promised to meet a man
in Curzon Street. I am nearly always
Street. I am nearly always at home
me," said Hallward, gazing intently
you to stay." "But what about my man
that entirely fresh influences were
felt intensely interested. He was amazed
and perfect delicacy that in art,
believe it all," said Lord Henry, looking
laughing, as he sat down on the seat
is only superficial. That may be so, but
youth. The pulse of joy that beats in us
and fro. Suddenly the painter appeared
past them, and in the pear-tree
Mr. Gray," said Lord Henry, looking
be a caprice," he murmured, flushing
then, Hallward stepped back to look
painting, looked for a long time
Dorian Gray, and then for a long time
frowning. "It is quite finished," he cried
times. Mr. Gray, come over and look
He had listened to them, laughed
of its brevity. That had stirred him
the time, and now, as he stood gazing
"Don't you like it?" cried Hallward
Dorian Gray turned and looked
I can't quarrel with my two best friends
pallid face and tear-stained eyes, looked
blade of lithe steel. He had found it
" "I am glad you appreciate my work
lived since then." There came a knock
somewhere. I have promised to dine
like that." "How wonderful, Basil!" "
" The lad hesitated, and looked over
hansom is outside, and I can drop you
His father had been our ambassador
on not being offered the Embassy
somewhat foolishly as was thought
trouble, and took most of his meals
I am very much interested in Mr. Gray
his mother intimately. I believe I was
The poor chap was killed in a duel
but, egad, Kelso ate his chop alone
of it. I didn't dare show my face
her. Told me so himself. She laughed
him, and there wasn't a girl in London
exhausts them, but they are capital
his head. "American girls are as clever
their parents, as English women are
"Where are you lunching, Harry?" "
blow.... And how charming he had been
pleasure he had sat opposite to him
be fashioned into a marvellous type,
in art, the fresh mode of looking
Suddenly he stopped and glanced up
Harry," cried his aunt, shaking her head
goodness it never had been discovered
the slaves." The politician looked
Lady Agatha. Lord Henry looked over
your dear aunt, for I take no interest
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the Orleans. Good-bye, Mr. Gray
home at five o'clock. Write to me
five o'clock. Write to me when you
his picture. "It is quite true, I
the Orleans?" The painter laughed.
work within him. Yet they seemed
the sudden impression that his
any rate comes only from strength.
him with his dreamy languorous
the end of the garden. "It should
least it is not so superficial as
twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs
the door of the studio and made
the corner of the garden a thrush
him. "Yes, I am glad now.
his own boldness, then stepped up
his work from a distance. In the
Dorian Gray, and then for a long
the picture, biting the end of one
last, and stooping down he wrote
yourself." The lad started, as if
them, forgotten them. They had not
the time, and now, as he stood
the shadow of his own loveliness,
last, stung a little by the lad's silence
him. "I believe you would, Basil.
once, but between you both you
him as he walked over to the deal
last. He was going to rip up the
last, Dorian," said the painter coldly
the door, and the butler entered
White's, but it is only with an old
least you are like it in appearance.
Lord Henry, who was watching
your own place. Good-bye, Basil.
half-past twelve next day Lord
Madrid when Isabella was young
Paris, a post to which he
the time, and on succeeding some
his club. He paid some attention to
present. I have only just met him." "
her christening. She was an
Spa a few months after the
the club for some time afterwards.
Court for a month. I hope he
him, and there wasn't a girl in
the time who wasn't after him. And
a steeplechase. They take things
concealing their parents, as English
concealing their past," he said,
Aunt Agatha's. I have asked myself
dinner the night before, as with
the club, the red candleshades
any rate. Grace was his, and the
life, suggested so strangely by the
the houses. He found that he had
him. He invented a facile excuse,
all!" she exclaimed. "Really, our girls
him keenly. "What change do you
Mr. Erskine. "Humanity takes itself
all in the East End. For the future I
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early days, Duchess?" he asked, looking
Her white feet trod the huge press
growing grave in his darkening eyes.
must go. I have to call for my husband
to take him to some absurd meeting
you really meant all that you said to us
-bye to your excellent aunt. I am due
smiling. "All I want now is to look
look at life. You may come and look
or twice he thought of going away.
I saw you with him the other night
mania for going to church. "That was
Henry, I think?" "Yes; it was
Henry. I never talk during music I have simply worshipped pianists - two
crescent-shaped eyebrows and looking
So am I. Perhaps I shall see you
I like sentimental people." "Never marry
it is quite true. I am analysing women
strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look
I ever beheld in my life, was standing
He was such a monster. You will laugh
you!" "I am not laughing, Dorian;
Dorian; at least I am not laughing
I must admit that I was rather annoyed
I felt interested, in a sort of way.
over by a young Hebrew who sat
piano, that nearly drove me away, but
heard such a voice. It was very low
in the park in the morning and chatter
world calls a romance. You know her,
I know her. On the first night I was
them. He seemed terribly disappointed
appearance, most of them cannot be
The next night, of course, I arrived
her some flowers, and she had looked
flowers, and she had looked at me nervous. The old Jew stood grinning
about us both, while we stood looking
you propose to do?" said Lord Henry
She is bound to him for three years to-morrow." "All right. The Bristol
they met, and where they separated,
at what point they were in unison, and
in unison, and at what point they were
soul, he was a thing to wonder
only method by which one could arrive
across them. Thin-lipped wisdom spoke
at her from the worn chair, hinted
let me be happy!" Mrs. Vane glanced
stage-player, clasped her in her arms.
for a moment. "Very well," he said
For some months past she had felt ill
I myself used to receive many bouquets
As for Sibyl, I do not know
-bye, Mother; I will have my dinner
stateliness. She was extremely annoyed
Road. The passersby glanced in wonder
He had that dislike of being stared
ribands! He was to leave the vessel
good-bye to the captain, and go off
at her across the table. "A great many,
at which wise Omar sits, till the
At last, liveried in the costume of the
at the club, to take him to some
at Willis's Rooms, where he is going
at lunch?" "I quite forget what I said,"
at the Athenaeum. It is the hour when
at life. You may come and look at it
at it with me, if you care to."
At last he heard a step outside, and
at the opera." She laughed nervously
at Lohengrin, Lady Henry, I think?"
at dear Lohengrin. I like Wagner's
at least, during good music. If one
at a time, sometimes, Harry tells me. I
at them both with an amused smile.
at Lady Thornbury's." "I dare say, my
at all, Dorian. Men marry because they
at present, so I ought to know. The
at every one who passed me and
at the entrance, smoking a vile cigar.
at me, I know, but I really went in
at least I am not laughing at you. But
at you. But you should not say the
at the idea of seeing Shakespeare done
At any rate, I determined to wait for
at a cracked piano, that nearly drove
at last the drop-scene was drawn up
at first, with deep mellow notes that
at tea-parties in the afternoon. They
at any rate, I suppose?" "Of course I
at the theatre, the horrid old Jew
at that, and confided to me that all
at all expensive." "Well, he seemed to
at the place again. When he saw me, he
at me - at least I fancied that she had.
at least I fancied that she had. The old
at the doorway of the dusty
at each other like children. He would
at last. "I want you and Basil to come
at least for two years and eight
at eight o'clock; and I will get Basil."
at what point they were in unison, and
at what point they were at discord at discord - there was a delight in that!
at . It was no matter how it all ended,
at any scientific analysis of the
at her from the worn chair, hinted at
at prudence, quoted from that book of
at her, and with one of those false
At this moment, the door opened and
at last, "but don't be too long dressing
at ease when she was alone with this
at one time. That was when acting was
at present whether her attachment is
at five o'clock. Everything is packed,
at the tone he had adopted with her,
at the sullen heavy youth who, in
at , which comes on geniuses late in life
at Melbourne, bid a polite good-bye to
at once to the gold-fields. Before a
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He was not to go to the gold-fields
and made no answer. He was heart-sick
A chance phrase that he had heard
reached his ears one night as he waited
not forget us," she answered, smiling
will be shouting 'genius' to his loafers
that matter? When poverty creeps in
"He wants to enslave you." "I shudder
passed words to each other as players
I must see him!" he exclaimed; but
any wrong, I shall kill him." She looked
passed through the crowd. He felt glad
on her lips. She shook her head
now that I was not going to Australia
on his arm. He was merely a boy.
waiting for him below. She grumbled
door. Then he turned back and looked
months, she had dreaded, had come
"No," she answered, wondering
She felt that they would all laugh
was shown into a little private room
married, but I have no recollection
should ever be more serious than I am
cried Dorian as they took their seats
Harry, I dressed, had some dinner
you introduced me to, and went down
I can't describe to you what I felt
champagne in a meditative manner. "
An irrevocable vow. You mock
leaning back in his chair and looking
I am afraid, however, that, for me
to his eyes. When the cab drew up
and the fat Jew manager who met them
his fat jewelled hands and talking
upon the other hand, rather liked him.
is quite right. I did not think so
Yes, she was certainly lovely to look
came to her cheeks as she glanced
in a dream, sat Dorian Gray, gazing
The Jew manager, who was standing
When he entered, she looked
cried. "Horribly!" he answered, gazing
it would be profanation for me to play
my love," he muttered. She looked
broke from her, and she flung herself
with his beautiful eyes, looked down
annoyed him. "I am going," he said
them listlessly. They had been plucked
upon the doorstep, looking round
discovered stored in a disused attic
over him, as he thought of her lying
his own soul? Would he ever look
see Lord Henry any more - would not,
the portrait, shuddering as he glanced
offering to advance any sum of money
of money at a moment's notice and
waiting for his orders. Dorian looked
at him for a moment. "I am not
Basil Hallward came and asked to look
No; the thing had to be examined, and
He got up and locked both doors.
at all. They were horrid places, where
at leaving home. Yet it was not this
at the theatre, a whispered sneer that
at the stage-door, had set loose a train
at him. He shrugged his shoulders.
at the bar. He has preached me as a
at the door, love flies in through the
at the thought of being free." "I want
at a game pass counters. Sibyl felt
at that moment the Duke of Berwick's
at him in horror. He repeated his
at what he had said. When they
at him. "You are foolish, Jim, utterly
at all. I have a great mind to chuck the
At the Marble Arch they hailed an
at his unpunctuality, as he entered. He
at her. Their eyes met. In hers he saw
at last, and yet she felt no terror.
at the harsh simplicity of life. "My
at it some day.
at the Bristol where dinner had been
at all of being engaged. I am inclined
at the present moment." "But do you
at the small round table. "What
at that little Italian restaurant in
at eight o'clock to the theatre. Sibyl
at that moment. It seemed to me that
At what particular point did you
at it for that. Ah! don't mock.
at Lord Henry over the heavy clusters
at any rate, there is no such thing. Still
at the theatre, it seemed to him that
at the door was beaming from ear to
at the top of his voice. Dorian Gray
At least he declared he did, and
at first, but I admit it now. The gods
at - one of the loveliest creatures,
at the crowded enthusiastic house. She
at her. Lord Henry peered through his
at the back of the dress-circle, stamped
at him, and an expression of infinite
at her in amazement. "Horribly! It was
at being in love. You have made me
at him in wonder and laughed. He
at his feet and lay there like a
at her, and his chiselled lips curled in
at last in his calm clear voice. "I don'
at midnight, and the coldness of the
at the silent square, with its blank,
at Selby Royal. As he was turning the
at his feet sobbing like a little child.
at it again? No; it was merely an
at any rate, listen to those subtle
at it. "How horrible!" he murmured to
at a moment's notice and at the most
at the most reasonable rates of
at him for a moment. "I am not at
at home to any one, Victor," he said
at his own picture? Basil would be
at once. Anything would be better than
At least he would be alone when he
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with no small wonder, he found himself
wonder, he found himself at first gazing
back to the couch, lay there, gazing
boy, I must see you. Let me in
up like this." He made no answer
is the divinest thing in us. Don't sneer
t sneer at it, Harry, any more Lord Henry, standing up and looking
I suppose they don't know your name
it! But be quick. Tell me everything
mistake, some dreadful thing they use
with me, and afterwards we will look in
and when I meet them, they go in
would you believe it? - a week ago,
Hampshire's, I found myself seated
day before yesterday that seemed to me
so she has never really died. To you
it is." "I think I shall join you
me as you have." "We are only
of the mouth had, no doubt, appeared
him go through, on that horrible night
them away hastily and looked again
painted lips that now smiled so cruelly
had sat before the portrait wondering
enamoured of it, as it seemed to him
waiting for him. An hour later he was
As he was sitting
last night, and they told me you were
edition of The Globe that I picked up
I picked up at the club. I came here
I came here at once and was miserable
and looking dreadfully bored. "I was
invent a pleasure. I don't want to be
a great deal to Harry, Basil," he said
about that?" cried Hallward, looking up
suffered. If you had come in yesterday
you told me of when we were down
artistic temperament that they create, or
of life. I know you are surprised
was noble. "Well, Dorian," he said
look of annoyance passed over his face
starting back. The painter stared
the screen in front of it? Let me look
looking very pale, "you must not look
I don't wish you to." "Not look
are not serious. Why shouldn't I look
Hallward, laughing. "If you try to look
Hallward was thunderstruck. He looked
is the matter? Of course I won't look
shown his secret? Were people to gape
did not know what - had to be done
you do, and you would certainly laugh
things. If you wish me never to look
am content. I have always you to look
curious? - something that probably
chair with trembling hands and gazing
tell. But I know that as I worked
to whom I talked about it, laughed
"Well, you don't mind my looking
I am sorry you won't let me look
bell. The portrait must be hidden away
at first gazing at the portrait with a
at the portrait with a feeling of almost
at the picture in sickened horror. One
at once. I can't bear your shutting
at first, but remained quite still. The
at it, Harry, any more - at least not
at least not before me. I want to be
at him in perplexed amazement. "But,
at the theatre? If they don't, it is
at once." "I have no doubt it was not
at theatres. I don't know what it was,
at the opera. It is a Patti night, and
at once for reminiscences. That awful
at Lady Hampshire's, I found myself
at dinner next the lady in question, and
at the time to be merely fanciful, but
at least she was always a dream, a
at the opera, Harry. I feel too tired to
at the beginning of our friendship,
at the very moment that the girl had
at the theatre. When he thought of
at the picture. He felt that the time
at him. Morning after morning he had
at its beauty, almost enamoured of it,
at times. Was it to alter now with
at the opera, and Lord Henry was
at breakfast next morning, Basil
at the opera. Of course, I knew that
at the club. I came here at once and
at once and was miserable at not
at not finding you. I can't tell you how
at the opera. You should have come
at the mercy of my emotions. I want
at last, "more than I owe to you.
at him with an expression of horror.
at a particular moment - about
at Marlow together, the young man
at any rate reveal, is still more to me.
at my talking to you like this. You
at length, with a sad smile, "I won'
at the mention of the word "inquest."
at him. "My dear boy, what nonsense!"
at it. It is the best thing I have ever
at it. I don't wish you to." "
at my own work! You are not serious.
at it?" exclaimed Hallward, laughing.
at it, Basil, on my word of honour I
at Dorian Gray in absolute amazement.
at it if you don't want me to," he
at the mystery of his life? That was
at once. "Yes; I don't suppose you
at me. I could not bear your doing
at your picture again, I am content. I
at . If you wish the best work I have
at first did not strike you, but that
at him with wild startled eyes. "I see
at it, every flake and film of colour
at me. But I did not mind that. When
at the thing now?" Dorian shook his
at the picture once again. But that
at all costs. He could not run such a
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When his servant entered, he looked
ask him to send two of his men round
not since his lordship died." He winced
account! His own soul was looking out
felt that the man must be got rid of
treacherous eyes. Sitting down
reminding him that they were to meet
beauty of a frame, sir. Picked it up
I shall certainly drop in and look
the frame - though I don't go in much
me a couple of your men." "No trouble
go in front. I am afraid it is right
had always hated and desired to keep
the wall. Thanks." "Might one look
your kindness in coming round." "Not
in coming round." "Not at all, not
by the assistant, who glanced back
interest him, and that he would be
him, and that he would be at the club
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Vane, a young actress recently engaged
curious jewelled style, vivid and obscure
mystical philosophy. One hardly knew
little Florentine table that always stood
of a nature over which he seemed,
escaped the stain of an age that was
had painted of him, looking now
and aging face on the canvas, and now
the fair young face that laughed back
limbs. There were moments, indeed,
them. Yet he was not really reckless,
to kill them by pain, instead of aiming
or the wired flower that we had worn
have little or no place, or survive,
his search for sensations that would be
monstrance with that pallid wafer that
out, he used to look with wonder
to expel melancholy from the soul.
grave, yellow-shawled Tunisians plucked
discords of barbaric music stirred him
that women are not allowed to look
and can be heard, it is said,
of them, and would sit in his box
up the study of jewels, and appeared
Richard II had a coat, valued
on beautiful and wonderful things. He,
had stretched across the Colosseum
He read of the room that was prepared
room that was prepared at the palace
from the fear that seemed to him
loathing it and himself, but filled,
of sin, and smiling with secret pleasure
gave up the villa that he had shared
well as the little white walled-in house
they learn from that? He would laugh
afraid. Sometimes when he was down
him. He was very nearly blackballed
or pass him with a sneer, or look
all social censure and set convention
of security. Society - civilized society,
we can multiply our personalities. Such,
at him steadfastly and wondered if he
at once. It seemed to him that as the
at the mention of his grandfather. He
at him from the canvas and calling
at once. He must not be allowed to
at the writing-table he scribbled a note
at eight-fifteen that evening. "Wait for
at a sale. Old Florentine. Came from
at the frame - though I don't go in
at present for religious art - but
at all, Mr. Gray. I am delighted to
at the top of the house. We will go
at a distance. It appeared to Dorian
at the work of art, sir?" Dorian
at all, not at all, Mr. Gray.
at all, Mr. Gray. Ever ready to do
at Dorian with a look of shy wonder
at the club at eight-fifteen. He
at eight-fifteen. He opened The St.
at the Bell Tavern, Hoxton Road, by
at the Royal Theatre, Holborn. A
at once, full of argot and of
at times whether one was reading the
at his bedside and began to dress for
at times, to have almost entirely lost
at once sordid and sensual. Often, on
at the evil and aging face on the
at the fair young face that laughed
at him from the polished glass. The
at night, when, lying sleepless in his
at any rate in his relations to society.
at making them elements of a new
at the ball, or the letter that we had
at any rate, in no conscious form of
at once new and delightful, and
at times, one would fain think, is
at the black confessionals and long to
At another time he devoted himself
at the strained strings of monstrous
at times when Schubert's grace, and
at and that even youths may not see
at a distance of three leagues; the
at the opera, either alone or with
at a costume ball as Anne de
at thirty thousand marks, which was
at any rate, had escaped that.
at Rome, that Titan sail of purple on
at the palace at Rheims for the use
at Rheims for the use of Queen Joan
at times to be almost too great to be
at other times, with that pride of
at the misshapen shadow that had to
at Trouville with Lord Henry, as well
at Algiers where they had more than
at any one who tried to taunt him.
at his great house in Nottinghamshire,
at a West End club of which his birth
at him with cold searching eyes, as
at defiance, were seen to grow pallid
at least - is never very ready to
at any rate, was Dorian Gray's
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Gray's opinion. He used to wonder
of his country house and look
with his silver-and-black armour piled
eyes seemed to look curiously
wildest days, and one of the witnesses
him as infamous. He had led the orgies
for the beauty of others. She laughed
he had sat, as Tiberius, in a garden
had peered through a clear emerald
of Formosus, and whose tiara, valued
hundred thousand florins, was bought
and gilded a boy that he might serve
and one who had cheated his father
lord of Rimini, whose effigy was burned
fascination in them all. He saw them
furs, as the night was cold and foggy.
somewhere about here, but I don't feel
myself I wanted to talk. Here we are
through the fog, and Hallward looked
in twenty minutes." Dorian looked
serious. Nothing is serious nowadays.
"You see your servant made me quite
But - do you know? - he was not
you, I don't believe these rumours
I don't believe these rumours at all.
had never heard anything about him
a friend of Lord Staveley. I met him
you have lent to the exhibition
that you have been seen creeping
was one of my greatest friends
when she was dying alone in her villa
own handiwork. Why shouldn't you look
insolent manner. He felt a terrible joy
the fire-place, and stood there, looking
walked softly, as men do instinctively
the hideous face on the canvas grinning
Gray's own face that he was looking
had it altered? He turned and looked
"What does this mean?" cried Hallward,
turned again to the portrait and gazed
he could hear the young man sobbing
Gray turned slowly around and looked
you see that accursed thing leering
leering at us?" Dorian Gray glanced
he loathed the man who was seated
as if he was going to rise. He rushed
spot of a prowling hansom gleamed
and opened it. He did not even glance
him? Basil Hallward had left the house
in again. Most of the servants were
two, sir," answered the man, looking
How horribly late! You must wake me
you from Paris, if he did not find you
do, Francis. Don't forget to call me
dream. Yet he had not dreamed
with terrible distinctness. He winced
of getting made for the servants
and going through his correspondence.
the book-case and took out a volume
stretched himself on the sofa, he looked
at the shallow psychology of those
at the various portraits of those
at his feet. What had this man's
at him. What of George Willoughby,
at the secret marriage with Mrs.
at Carlton House. The star of the
at him in her loose Bacchante dress.
at Capri, reading the shameful books
at the red shambles of the circus and
at two hundred thousand florins, was
at the price of a terrible sin; Gian
at the feast as Ganymede or Hylas;
at dice when gambling with him for
at Rome as the enemy of God and
at night, and they troubled his
At the corner of Grosvenor Square
at all certain about it. I am sorry you
at your door. Let me come in for a
at his watch. "I have heaps of time,"
at him and smiled. "What a way for a
At least nothing should be." Hallward
at home, Dorian. He gave me
at all a bad servant. I never liked
at all. At least, I can't believe them
At least, I can't believe them when I
at the time, though I have heard a
at dinner last week. Your name
at the Dudley. Staveley curled his lip
at dawn out of dreadful houses and
at Oxford. He showed me a letter
at Mentone. Your name was
at it? You can tell the world all
at the thought that some one else
at the burning logs with their frostlike
at night. The lamp cast fantastic
at him. There was something in its
at ! The horror, whatever it was, had
at Dorian Gray with the eyes of a
at last. His own voice sounded shrill
at it. "My God! If it is true
at the window. "Pray, Dorian, pray,"
at him with tear-dimmed eyes. "It is
at us?" Dorian Gray glanced at the
at the picture, and suddenly an
at the table, more than in his whole
at him and dug the knife into the
at the corner and then vanished. A
at the murdered man. He felt that
at eleven. No one had seen him come
at Selby Royal. His valet had gone to
at the clock and blinking. "Ten
at nine to-morrow. I have some work
at the club." "That will do, Francis.
at nine to-morrow." "No, sir."
At nine o'clock the next morning his
at all. His night had been untroubled
at the memory of all that he had
at Selby, and going through his
At some of the letters, he smiled.
at hazard. He was determined that he
at the title-page of the book. It was
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and its "doigts de faune." He glanced
that fly in and out of the little cafe
intellectual passion was for science.
being conscious of it. They had met
that used to be always seen together
lasted. Campbell was always either
always to go away early from any party
changed, too - was strangely melancholy
for. Every second he kept glancing
went by he became horribly agitated.
grave, and showed it to him. He stared
at it. Its very horror made him stone.
to his cheeks. "Ask him to come in
sent for, "Alan, in a locked room
myself has access, a dead man is seated
now. Don't stir, and don't look
person come into the house. Indeed,
than what you are accustomed to work
No! don't think of that. Look
upstairs will not go away. He is sitting
over to the window. Campbell looked
ever dared to treat me - no living man,
him. "Come, Alan, you must decide
Campbell turned round, and looking
as he spoke and stood looking out
for you. What is the name of the man
You must go down to Richmond
you about it." "No trouble, sir.
time shall I be back?" Dorian looked
be time enough, then, if you are back
the evening to yourself. I am not dining
But the thing that had been sitting
That evening,
ever. Perhaps one never seems so much
to play a part. Certainly no one looking
He himself could not help wondering
fortunate that you were not thought of
come, till Lady Narborough, looking
apology, he ceased to feel bored. But
and then Lord Henry looked across
Henry looked across at him, wondering
to increase. "Dorian," said Lord Henry
does not remember my short frocks
Henry. But I remember her very well
had their hearts embalmed and hung
none of them had had any hearts
her fan. "Lord Henry, I am not
"It is perfectly monstrous," he said,
good as a feast." Lady Ruxton glanced
the House of Commons. He guffawed
lips, and he turned round and looked
asked. "You seemed rather out of sorts
you go straight home?" Dorian glanced
and frowned. "No, Harry," he said
what I have been doing. I came in
exact time. I had left my latch-key
I dare say I shall see you to-morrow
of an hour to consume everything.
bright, and he gnawed nervously
cheek. But he still watched the cabinet.
hot, he drew himself up and glanced
at his own white taper fingers,
at Smyrna where the Hadjis sit
At Cambridge he had spent a great
at Lady Berkshire's the night that
at the opera and wherever good music
at Selby Royal or in Grosvenor
at which Dorian Gray was present. He
at times, appeared almost to dislike
at the clock. As the minutes went by
At last he got up and began to pace
at it. Its very horror made him stone.
At last the door opened and his
at once, Francis." He felt that he was
at the top of this house, a room to
at a table. He has been dead ten
at me like that. Who the man is, why
at the present moment he is supposed
at . And, remember, it is the only piece
at the matter purely from the
at the table with bowed head and
at him in surprise, and then took up
at any rate. I bore it all. Now it
at once." "I cannot do it," he said
at Dorian Gray, saw that his eyes
at the garden. Campbell made no
at Richmond who supplies Selby with
at once, see Harden personally, and
At what time shall I be back?"
at Campbell. "How long will your
at half-past seven, Francis. Or stay:
at home, so I shall not want you." "
at the table was gone.
at eight-thirty, exquisitely dressed and
at one's ease as when one has to
at Dorian Gray that night could have
at the calm of his demeanour, and
at the time. As it was, our bonnets
at the great ormolu gilt clock that
at dinner he could not eat anything.
at him, wondering at his silence and
at his silence and abstracted manner.
at last, as the chaud-froid was being
at all, Lord Henry. But I remember
at Vienna thirty years ago, and how
at her girdle. She told me she didn't,
at all." "Four husbands! Upon my
at all surprised that the world says
at last, "the way people go about
at him curiously. "You must come
at his adversaries. The word
at Dorian. "Are you better, my dear
at dinner." "I am quite well, Harry.
at him hurriedly and frowned. "No,
at last, "I did not get home till nearly
at half-past two, if you wish to know
at home, and my servant had to let
at tea-time. The duchess is coming." "
At the end he felt faint and sick, and
at his underlip. Between two of the
At last he got up from the sofa on
at the clock. It was twenty minutes to
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going slower, it seemed to him,
hunger for opium began to gnaw
twitched nervously together. He struck
a corner, a woman yelled something
about a hundred yards. The driver beat
Suddenly the man drew up with a jerk
quay. Here and there a lantern gleamed
itself into the shadow as he passed.
as Dorian passed by. The man looked
at her in terror and began to whimper.
lighting a long thin pipe, looked up
do anything. My brother paid the bill
" Dorian winced and looked round
see the eyes of Basil Hallward looking
of that young life was really to be laid
with fearful impulses. Men and women
conscience is either killed, or, if it lives
of a polished barrel, pointing straight
killed herself. I know it. Her death is
years! Set me under the lamp and look
summers, hardly older, if older indeed
crime, my man," he said, looking
of the women who had been drinking
Gray was sitting in the conservatory
and hammered silver of the service
cups, and her full red lips were smiling
in a silk-draped wicker chair, looking
rejoined the duchess, looking up
I assure you. Usually because I come in
for me. You remember the one I wore
love with your eyes, if you ever love
have in life but one great experience
Henry. The duchess turned and looked
"Sphinxes without secrets." She looked
in a deathlike swoon. He was carried
of gaiety in his manner as he sat
founder in some winter sea. From him,
shadows of his crime were to peer
places, to whisper in his ear as he sat
of his sin. When Lord Henry came in
ice bordered the flat, reed-grown lake.
charmed Dorian Gray, and he cried out
Stop shooting there!" he called out
sir? Where is he?" he shouted.
without speaking. Then Dorian looked
fellows keep chattering about this thing
touched his hat, glanced for a moment
It was silly of me to come down here
Henry. "It has no psychological value
Dorian, Lord Henry turned and looked
answer for some time, but stood gazing
landscape. "I wish I knew," she said
may lose one's way." "All ways end
himself also. He had nearly swooned
in a chance mood of cynical jesting.
to town, and to have the brougham
determined not to sleep another night
Dorian, leaning forward and looking
hope fluttered past him. He clutched
he exclaimed. "Quick! I must see it
bad luck." "The Home Farm! Go there
at each step. He thrust up the trap
at him. His throat burned and his
at the horse madly with his stick. The
at them from an open door, and two
at them with his whip. It is said that
at the top of a dark lane. Over the low
at the stern of some huge
At the end of the hall hung a
at her in terror and began to
At the end of the room there was a
at him and nodded in a hesitating
at last. George doesn't speak to me
at the grotesque things that lay in
at him. Yet he felt he could not stay.
at his door, as Basil Hallward had
at such moments lose the freedom of
at all, lives but to give rebellion its
at his head, and the dusky form of a
at your door. I swore I would kill
at my face!" James Vane hesitated for
at all, than his sister had been when
at him sternly. "Let this be a warning
at the bar. "Why didn't you kill him
at Selby Royal, talking to the pretty
at which the duchess was presiding.
at something that Dorian had
at them. On a peach-coloured divan
at him with her wonderful eyes. "I am
at ten minutes to nine and tell her
at Lady Hilstone's garden-party? You
at all." "It seems to me that we never
at best, and the secret of life is to
at Dorian Gray with a curious
at him, smiling. "How long Mr. Gray
at once into the blue drawing-room
at table, but now and then a thrill of
at any rate, he was safe. Why, the
at him from silent corners, to mock
at the feast, to wake him with icy
at six o'clock, he found him crying as
At the corner of the pine-wood he
at once, "Don't shoot it, Geoffrey.
at the top of his voice. "A man is
At the same time, the firing ceased
at Lord Henry and said, with a heavy
at dinner. I must tell them that the
at Lord Henry in a hesitating manner,
at all. I think I shall send a wire to
at all. Now if Geoffrey had done the
at the duchess with his slumberous
at the landscape. "I wish I knew," she
at last. He shook his head.
at the same point, my dear Gladys."
at what Lord Henry had said in a
At five o'clock he rang his bell for
at the door by eight-thirty. He was
at Selby Royal. It was an ill-omened
at the man with startled eyes.
at it madly. "Where is the body?" he
at once." "It is in an empty stable in
at once and meet me. Tell one of
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across his path. Once the mare swerved
arrow. The stones flew from her hoofs.
I wish to see it," he said, clutching
stood there for some minutes looking
"In the country, Harry. I was staying
have gone away together this morning
do you know that Hetty isn't floating
I can't bear this, Harry! You mock
farm this morning, I saw her white face
declare that Basil never arrived in Paris
one who disappears is said to be seen
in, he stopped, and looking over
do. It does not seem to me to be
'" The elder man lay back and looked
and Dorian Gray started and stared
is! I wonder, did Chopin write it
one is young. I am amazed sometimes
will be. Don't spoil it by renunciations.
give me the nocturne over again. Look
end it charmingly. There is some one
round to-morrow. I am going to ride
nerves. Well, in any case, be here
you." "Very well. I shall be here
be when he was pointed out, or stared
he was wicked, and she had laughed
youth but a mockery. What was youth
He had spared one innocent thing,
mirror of his soul that he was looking
that? There had been something more.
such pleasure. It had kept him awake
its hideous warnings, he would be
square below, stopped and looked up
They looked
at a white gate-post and nearly threw
At last he reached the Home Farm.
at the door-post for support. When
at the dead body. As he rode home,
at a little inn by myself." "My dear
at dawn. Suddenly I determined to
at the present moment in some starlit
at everything, and then suggest the
at the window, like a spray of
at all. I suppose in about a fortnight
at San Francisco. It must be a
at Lord Henry, said, "Harry, did it
at all probable. I know there are
at him with half-closed eyes. "By the
at his friend. "Why do you ask me that
at Majorca, with the sea weeping
at my own sincerity. Ah, Dorian, how
At present you are a perfect type.
at that great, honey-coloured moon
at White's who wants immensely to
at eleven. We might go together, and
at eleven." "Must I really come, Harry?
at eleven," said Dorian. "Good night,
at , or talked about. He was tired of
at him and answered that wicked
at best? A green, an unripe time, a
at any rate. He would never again
at . Vanity? Curiosity? Hypocrisy? Had
At least he thought so. But who
at night. When he had been away, he
at peace. He seized the thing, and
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of his meals at his club. He paid some
receive a great deal of most gratifying
his opera-glass. "Don't pay any
the fifth page caught his eye. It drew
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attention to what Lord Henry says. He
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look so angry, Basil. It was at my
a simple and a beautiful nature. Your
forward and extending his hand. "My
"Oh, I will make your peace with my
probably thought it was a duet. When
"Where are you lunching, Harry?" "At
her latest protege." "Humph! tell your
"Late as usual, Harry," cried his
guilty when I came to see your dear
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aunt , Lady Agatha's. She told me she
aunt was quite right in what she said
aunt has often spoken to me about
aunt . She is quite devoted to you.
Aunt Agatha sits down to the piano,
Aunt Agatha's. I have asked myself
Aunt Agatha, Harry, not to bother me
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my son. I trust you will return from
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and in front of it, some little distance
have one, you seem to want to throw it
Brandon. 'You are not going to run
goods. She either explains them entirely
Then I feel, Harry, that I have given
marvellous people in it. Don't take
rude of me if I asked you to go
But I certainly shall not run
the lad was! Hallward painted
Gray frowned and turned his head
what the gods give they quickly take
improve the hopeless failure, or giving
us to yield. After a time the bee flew
and deformed. The scarlet would pass
welled into his eyes; he tore his hand
to do with it?" "You should have gone
made all the men frantic by running
born in pain. The mother snatched
hand upon his arm. "You talk books
him. Once or twice he thought of going
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away , was sitting the artist himself,
away . It is silly of you, for there is
away so soon, Mr. Hallward?' she
away , or tells one everything about
away my whole soul to some one who
away from me the one person who
away ?" Lord Henry smiled and looked
away , now that you have asked me to
away with that marvellous bold touch
away . He could not help liking the tall,
away . You have only a few years in
away your life to the ignorant, the
away . He saw it creeping into the
away from his lips and the gold steal
away and, flinging himself on the
away when I asked you," he muttered.
away with a penniless young fellow - a
away by death, the boy left to solitude
away ," he said; "why don't you write
away . At last he heard a step outside,
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are many things that we would throw
a cracked piano, that nearly drove me
of the wonderful soul that is hidden
smiled. "People are very fond of giving
revealed before the veil was drawn
and really, when James is going
to think that, though you are going
standing close to her tittered. "Come
her tittered. "Come away, Jim; come
left to him. After some time, he thrust
from the window, as her son drove
and in the nineteenth century. I was
false. It was wrong in colour. It took
What more can you want?" "Go
know of love such as ours? Take me
ours? Take me away, Dorian - take me
himself down on the sofa and turned
his hands to her lips. He drew them
shadows of art. You have thrown it all
Kiss me again, my love. Don't go
couldn't bear it. Oh! don't go
The fresh morning air seemed to drive
he leaped to his feet, tearing his hands
and it marred her, and so she passed
shy tremulous grace. He brushed them
and loathsome thing, to be hidden
I suffered immensely. Then it passed
merely a mood that would pass
I have ever done. Do take the screen
in October. The portrait will only be
know." His feeling of terror had passed
when I was with you. When you were
the bell. The portrait must be hidden
They would mar its beauty and eat
why he had wished to hide the picture
here the fatal portrait was to be hidden
day, the cruel look would have passed
the sound of their footsteps had died
across the room and flung the pieces
provoked sleep, and the amethyst drove
the king into the great pit, he flung it
west gallery of his house, he had stored
day after day, until he was driven
about it. I am sorry you are going
and seemed quite sorry when he went
to the studio now, and when I am
curves had not yet completely passed
of sin were slowly eating the thing
temptation. Forgive us our sins. Wash
of cord, and had forgotten to take
balcony. The wind had blown the fog
said something to her. She stumbled
in the corner. They must be hidden
here till eleven, and then he went
and that Campbell seemed always to go
His mood of cowardice had passed
The man upstairs will not go
for me that I have for you." He turned
not eat anything. Plate after plate went
He lit a cigarette and then threw it
A dog barked as they went by, and far
away if we were not afraid that others
away , but at last the drop-scene was
away in that little ivory body, I am
away what they need most themselves.
away . Sometimes this was the effect of
away to Australia, and I have so much
away , you leave me happier than I
away , Jim; come away," she whispered.
away ," she whispered. He followed her
away his plate and put his head in his
away . She was conscious that a great
away with my love in a forest that no
away all the life from the verse. It
away , Harry," cried the lad. "I want
away , Dorian - take me away with you,
away with you, where we can be quite
away his face. "You have killed my
away , and a shudder ran through him.
away . You are shallow and stupid. My
away from me. I couldn't bear it. Oh
away from me. My brother ... No;
away all his sombre passions. He
away from Lord Henry's grasp. "Dead!
away . Mourn for Ophelia, if you like.
away hastily and looked again at the
away in a locked room, to be shut out
away . I cannot repeat an emotion. No
away . There was so much in him that
away , Dorian. It is simply disgraceful
away a month. I should think you
away , and curiosity had taken its place.
away from me, you were still present
away at all costs. He could not run
away its grace. They would defile it
away . Basil would have helped him to
away . How little he had thought, in
away from the scarlet sensitive
away , Dorian locked the door and put
away . How ugly it all was! And how
away the fumes of wine. The garnet
away - Procopius tells the story - nor
away many rare and beautiful
away . On his return he would sit in
away , as I have not seen you for
away . Have another brandy-and-soda?
away from you, and I hear all these
away from chiselled nostrils and from
away . The rotting of a corpse in a
away our iniquities.' Let us say that
away with him. He moved slowly
away , and the sky was like a
away , laughing. A bitter blast swept
away somewhere. He unlocked a
away to catch his train." "Oh! I am
away early from any party at which
away . The man bowed and retired. In
away . He is sitting at the table with
away as he spoke and stood looking
away untasted. Lady Narborough kept
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a horrible malady, was eating his soul
effort wrenched the tightening fingers
had better go home and put that pistol
her flat mouth. "But don't give me
come back to kill him. He had sailed
after them into the sunlight. He turned
to me. I want to escape, to go
be the hand to take the handkerchief
was laughing. We were to have gone
century that one cannot explain
me. The man with whom my wife ran
can be bought, and sold, and bartered
disappearance would soon pass
the signs of evil had already gone
the hideous thing that he had hidden
him awake at night. When he had been
was all dark. After a time, he went
looked at each other, as they walked
away . From time to time he seemed
away . In a second he heard the click
away , or you may get into trouble,"
away to him," she whined; "I am afraid
away in his ship to founder in some
away in horror. It seemed to him that
away , to forget. It was silly of me to
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you have sat splendidly to-day. I am
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back in that odd way that used to
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back and looked at her. Their eyes
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back ." "That is quite true, Dorian," cried
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back of the box, he leaned up against
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back . "Don't touch me!" he cried.
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back soon?" "No: I am going to be
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back , and long fantastic arms. Had it
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he answered, tossing his head
you!" cried Lord Henry, tilting his hat
the garden. After some time he came
He was seated at the piano, with his
but the soul." The lad started and drew
hold its purple stars. But we never get
when, now and then, Hallward stepped
towards it. When he saw it he drew
afterwards. He brought his daughter
just now, Uncle George." "I'll
one's own intellectual views echoed
distance, and, smiling to himself, turned
over again," he said gravely. "To get
faded, tired-looking woman who, with
search for him, and it had brought him
made your fortune, you must come
too, and in a few years he would come
you will meet him - when you come
and went to the door. Then he turned
Hallward. "Yes," echoed Dorian, leaning
They have a right to demand it
he sighed, "but they invariably want it
crowded enthusiastic house. She stepped
Jew manager, who was standing at the
His lips trembled, and rushing to the
on the third act. Dorian Gray went
and looked into his eyes. He thrust her
had painted of him. He started
he seemed to hesitate. Finally, he came
for impossible things. He would go
of Sibyl. A faint echo of his love came
tray of old Sevres china, and drew
was closing behind him, he called him
shuddered, and felt afraid, and, going
but it was terrible. I said I would go
he rushed to the screen and drew it
was everything. He drew the screen
It is impossible!" he exclaimed, starting
drew a long breath. The colour came
replied Dorian, moving the screen
moment of his lonely childhood came
followed by the assistant, who glanced
tea-things. The screen had not been set
now at the fair young face that laughed
dominant characteristic. As he looked
The wan mirrors get
the unreal shadows of the night comes
the hideous painted thing, and get
suddenly leave his guests and rush
you for ages. But I suppose you will be
only God can see." Hallward started
sees the soul, Basil? Draw that curtain
table with bowed head, and humped
Now and then she stopped and peered
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hesitated for a moment, then he turned
breath. After a few moments he drew
kill him as he sat in the chair came
the dim, dust-stained arcades. Leaning
its lonely sunless exile and longs to be
would elapse before he could come
brain of sight and driven the eyeballs
his parched lips, and the colour came
face became ghastly pale and he fell
will take a cab and bring the things
trouble, sir. At what time shall I be
will be time enough, then, if you are
about to rush forward, when he drew
that the dead man had been thrust
long after seven when Campbell came
saying things against one behind one's
you are!" cried the old lady, pushing
he said, leaving the room. As he drove
he thought he had strangled had come
minutes to twelve. He put the box
drunkards brawled and screamed. Lying
the man lost his way and had to drive
hurried on towards the left, glancing
and began to chatter. Dorian turned his
Adrian Singleton. "I don't care to go
time to defend himself, he was thrust
life. He loosened his hold and reeled
Gray had disappeared. When he looked
whispered to her. Lord Henry was lying
for a moment. Then he threw his head
Sibyl Vane's brother had not come
it all again. Each hideous detail came
morning that seemed to bring him
terror-stricken imagination, and looked
on earth don't you keep your men
come and see my doctor, when we get
gown. You see we have come
Lord Henry, laughing, as he leaned
his end. I see him lying now on his
or stolen on the way. You never got it
without a heart.'" The elder man lay
you would tell me your secret. To get
have you stopped playing, Dorian? Go
lips rewrite history." The phrases came
they met a policeman and brought him
back and took it from the table. He
back the latch and slipped out,
back to him, and he grew cold with
back with half-closed eyes, he kept
back by the hot, lotus-covered Nile,
back . Perhaps he might refuse to
back into their cave. It was useless.
back to his cheeks. "Ask him to come
back in his chair. A horrible sense of
back to you." Campbell scrawled a
back ?" Dorian looked at Campbell.
back at half-past seven, Francis. Or
back with a shudder. What was that
back into the chair and that
back into the library. He was pale,
back that are absolutely and entirely
back her chair and nodding to Lady
back to his own house, he was
back to him. Lord Henry's casual
back , shutting the cabinet doors as he
back in the hansom, with his hat
back half a mile. A steam rose from
back now and then to see if he was
back on them and said something in
back . What does it matter? I am
back against the wall, with a brutal
back . "My God! my God!" he cried
back , the woman had vanished also.
back in a silk-draped wicker chair,
back and laughed. "I always agree with
back to kill him. He had sailed away
back to him with added horror. Out
back his joyousness and his ardour
back now on his fears with something
back ? Spoiled my shooting for the
back to town." Dorian heaved a sigh
back , Duchess." "I have heard all
back in his chair. "My dear Dorian,
back under those dull-green waters,
back ? What a pity! it was really a
back and looked at him with
back my youth I would do anything
back and give me the nocturne over
back to his memory, and he repeated
back . The man rang the bell several
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at once." "Laughter is not at all a
influence him. Your influence would be
what Lord Henry says. He has a very
said to him, "Have you really a very
a very bad influence, Lord Henry? As
not a gentleman, whatever he knows is
him again. Oh, yes; it was a
culture, who had fallen, however, into
-off clothes. "Really! And where do
woman like myself blushes, it is a very
smiled Lord Henry. "Was it all very
"Was it all very bad?" "Very
least, during good music. If one hears
a beer-barrel. Mercutio was almost as
known who are personally delightful are
shot each other in bar-rooms, and used
You are foolish, Jim, utterly foolish; a
It was crude. It reminded her of a
It was simply
It is not good for one's morals to see
he asked, angrily. "Why I was so
bad to-night. Why I shall always be
told that the man who has given one a
you know? - he was not at all a
"that is not the question. England is
My God! don't tell me that you are
she looks like an edition de luxe of a
is a fatal thing. Enough is as
He has lots of money, and he's as
lots of money, and he's as bad as
with a heavy sigh, "It is a
It is a bad omen, Harry, a very
Dorian shook his head. "It is a
hear what Harry said. Was it very
their houses. They say a corpse brings
course, married life is merely a habit, a
his work was that curious mixture of
bad beginning for a friendship, and it
bad . The world is wide, and has many
bad influence over all his friends, with
bad influence, Lord Henry? As bad as
bad as Basil says?" "There is no such
bad for him." "Mr. Dorian Gray does
bad business. The girl died, too, died
bad habits of silence, having, as he
bad Americans go to when they die?"
bad sign. Ah! Lord Henry, I wish you
bad ?" "Very bad indeed. In fact I
bad indeed. In fact I consider you
bad music, it is one's duty to drown it
bad . He was played by the
bad artists. Good artists exist simply in
bad language. He was to be a nice
bad -tempered boy, that is all. How can
bad rehearsal. "No," she answered,
bad art. She was a complete failure.
bad acting. Besides, I don't suppose
bad to-night. Why I shall always be bad
bad . Why I shall never act well again."
bad dinner, or poor wine, is
bad servant. I never liked him, but I
bad enough I know, and English
bad , and corrupt, and shameful."
bad French novel. She is really
bad as a meal. More than enough is
bad as bad." "He is not the man I
bad ." "He is not the man I am looking
bad omen, Harry, a very bad omen." "
bad omen." "What is?" asked Lord
bad omen, Harry. I feel as if
bad ? You must tell me some other
bad luck." "The Home Farm! Go
bad habit. But then one regrets the
bad painting and good intentions that
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book. Books are well written, or
think that he has behaved very
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of his grey ulster turned up. He had a
things. All I have with me is in this
painter to travel! A Gladstone
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got intoxicated, and shot each other in
shouting 'genius' to his loafers at the
of the popping of corks came from the
a table, and by the tawdrily painted
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away, was sitting the artist himself,
might awake. "It is your best work,
much of yourself in it! Upon my word,
ivory and rose-leaves. Why, my dear
our intelligence. Don't flatter yourself,
walking across the studio towards
Lord Henry, "not at all, my dear
about your married life, Harry," said
"I am afraid I must be going,
Now, that is childish." "Harry," said
over his face. "I am all expectation,
Lord Henry felt as if he could hear
cowardice are really the same things,
merely an acquaintance." "My dear old
ebony cane. "How English you are
always looked for and always missed." "
Dorian Gray." "I think you are wrong,
a summer's day." "Days in summer,
You change too often." "Ah, my dear
he had missed by staying so long with
slight frown. "Don't look so angry,
Scenes." "You must lend me these,
he started up. "I beg your pardon,
unspotted from the world. No wonder
please don't, Lord Henry. I see that
me to stop. You don't really mind,
hat and gloves. "You are very pressing,
I should be sorry to miss you." "
rather taken a fancy. He was so unlike
bad influence, Lord Henry? As bad as
He was unconscious of the silence. "
you. It is horribly hot in the studio.
reveal him to himself? He had known
glare, you will be quite spoiled, and
revelation. He had never felt it before.
hardly care for such an arrangement,
looked at him. "I believe you would,
the end of the studio. "Don't,
Appreciate it? I am in love with it,
You had much better let me have it,
If you let any one have it but me,
shall come; and you will come, too,
are just like that." "How wonderful,
and dine with me." "I can't,
with an amused smile. "I must go,
Dorian. "And ... Harry!" "Yes,
you at your own place. Good-bye,
beauty was destined to fade! ... And
"But I thought you had promised
the shy frightened boy he had met in
Lord Henry at last. "I want you and
Bristol at eight o'clock; and I will get
dines before seven. Shall you see
Or shall I write to him?" "Dear
I call the depth of generosity." "Oh,
you, Harry, I have discovered that." "
"I suppose you have heard the news,
foolish things now and then, my dear
make him marry this girl, tell him that,
Basil Hallward, whose sudden
Basil , the best thing you have ever
Basil , I didn't know you were so vain;
Basil , he is a Narcissus, and you - well
Basil : you are not in the least like him.
Basil Hallward. "Yes, that is his name.
Basil . You seem to forget that I am
Basil Hallward, strolling towards the
Basil ," he murmured, "and before I go,
Basil Hallward, looking him straight in
Basil ," continued his companion,
Basil Hallward's heart beating, and
Basil . Conscience is the trade-name of
Basil , you are much more than an
Basil ! That is the second time you
Basil , this is extraordinary! I must see
Basil , but I won't argue with you. It
Basil , are apt to linger," murmured
Basil , that is exactly why I can feel it.
Basil Hallward. Had he gone to his
Basil . It was at my aunt, Lady Agatha's
Basil ," he cried. "I want to learn them
Basil , but I didn't know you had any
Basil Hallward worshipped him. "You
Basil is in one of his sulky moods,
Basil , do you? You have often told me
Basil , but I am afraid I must go. I
Basil ," cried Dorian Gray, "if Lord
Basil . They made a delightful contrast.
Basil says?" "There is no such thing as
Basil , I am tired of standing," cried
Basil , let us have something iced to
Basil Hallward for months, but the
Basil will never paint you again. You
Basil Hallward's compliments had
Basil ," cried Lord Henry, laughing. "It
Basil . You like your art better than
Basil , don't!" he cried. "It would
Basil . It is part of myself. I feel that
Basil . This silly boy doesn't really want
Basil , I shall never forgive you!" cried
Basil , won't you?" "I can't,
Basil !" "At least you are like it in
Basil ." "Why?" "Because I have
Basil ," he answered. "Very well," said
Basil ?" "Remember what I asked you,
Basil . It has been a most interesting
Basil ? From a psychological point of
Basil Hallward to go and see him,"
Basil Hallward's studio! His nature had
Basil to come with me some night and
Basil ." "Not eight, Harry, please. Half
Basil between this and then? Or shall I
Basil ! I have not laid eyes on him for a
Basil is the best of fellows, but he
Basil , my dear boy, puts everything
Basil ?" said Lord Henry that evening
Basil ." "Marriage is hardly a thing that
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"Are you serious?" "Quite serious,
I can." "My dear Harry, my dear
figurine that you have in your studio,
do what I like. I have been right,
but what do you mean by good?" cried
ways but money." "What sort of ways,
mind the cigarettes - I have some.
will come with me. I am so sorry,
would have been incomplete." "Thanks,
paces and her lips seemed to tremble.
is unbecoming. Come to the club with
the lad. "I want to be alone.
face in his hands. "Let us go,
the door, his eye fell upon the portrait
across his mind what he had said in
those subtle poisonous theories that in
absurd. It would serve as a tale to tell
horrible change? What should he do if
and asked to look at his own picture?
nobler passion, and the portrait that
was sitting at breakfast next morning,
did she say about it all?" "My dear
that little white body of hers!" "Stop,
"I owe a great deal to Harry,
"I don't know what you mean,
used to paint," said the artist sadly. "
with an expression of horror. "My dear
And you are awfully unjust,
misanthrope. And besides, my dear old
used to be together! Don't leave me,
You must do me a drawing of Sibyl,
"I can never sit to you again,
"My servant has nothing to do with it,
between the painter and the screen. "
"If you try to look at it,
have a strange quarter of an hour, get
was a revelation to me." Yes, perhaps
secret. He would ask him and try. "
me than any fame or reputation." "No,
place. He was determined to find out
that revealed itself to you suddenly?" "
head. "You must not ask me that,
all that I have told you." "My dear
It is foolish. You and I are friends,
in trouble. I would sooner go to you,
"I can't explain it to you,
Dorian Gray smiled to himself. Poor
he regretted that he had not told
had wished to hide the picture away.
and Shakespeare himself. Yes,
and he might show to the world
wonderful beauty that had so fascinated
a mirror, in front of the portrait that
almost without cause, give utterance, in
hand. Dorian recognized him. It was
recognize me?" "In this fog, my dear
would associate with him?" "Stop,
name a by-word." "Take care,
cores of flame. "I am waiting,
of contempt in his lips. "Come upstairs,
out of the room and began the ascent,
Basil . I should be miserable if I
Basil , you must both congratulate me!"
Basil . Her hair clustered round her
Basil , haven't I, to take my love out
Basil Hallward. "Yes," echoed Dorian,
Basil ?" "Oh! I should fancy in remorse,
Basil , I can't allow you to smoke
Basil , but there is only room for two
Basil ," answered Dorian Gray, pressing
Basil Hallward leaped to his feet and
Basil and myself. We will smoke
Basil , you must go. Ah! can't you
Basil ," said Lord Henry with a strange
Basil Hallward had painted of him. He
Basil Hallward's studio the day the
Basil Hallward's garden had first
Basil some day. It would make him
Basil Hallward came and asked to
Basil would be sure to do that. No; the
Basil Hallward had painted of him
Basil Hallward was shown into the
Basil , how do I know?" murmured
Basil ! I won't hear it!" cried Dorian,
Basil ," he said at last, "more than I
Basil ," he exclaimed, turning round. "I
Basil ," said the lad, going over to him
Basil ! Surely you don't think it was a
Basil . You come down here to console
Basil , if you really want to console me,
Basil , and don't quarrel with me. I am
Basil . I should like to have something
Basil . It is impossible!" he exclaimed,
Basil . You don't imagine I let him
Basil ," he said, looking very pale, "you
Basil , on my word of honour I will
Basil to tell you why he won't exhibit
Basil , too, had his secret. He would ask
Basil ," he said, coming over quite close
Basil , you must tell me," insisted
Basil Hallward's mystery. "Let us sit
Basil !" cried the lad, clutching the
Basil . I could not possibly let you
Basil ," said Dorian, "what have you
Basil , and we must always remain so."
Basil ." "You will sit to me again?" "
Basil , but I must never sit to you
Basil ! How little he knew of the true
Basil the true reason why he had
Basil would have helped him to resist
Basil could have saved him. But it
Basil Hallward's masterpiece. No; that
Basil Hallward, and many others
Basil Hallward had painted of him,
Basil Hallward's studio, to the mad
Basil Hallward. A strange sense of
Basil ? Why, I can't even recognize
Basil . You are talking about things of
Basil . You go too far." "I must speak
Basil ," said the young man in a hard
Basil ," he said quietly. "I keep a diary
Basil Hallward following close behind.
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in the lock. "You insist on knowing,
that it is only God who sees the soul,
of us has heaven and hell in him,
-dimmed eyes. "It is too late,
an uncontrollable feeling of hatred for
what evidence was there against him?
Paris! Yes. It was to Paris that
the same curious feeling of loathing for
seemed to have a fantastic likeness to
was everything, or almost everything.
and had gone wild over Tintoret. Poor
work. He began to wonder if he and
secret press into which he had thrust
had stung one. Indeed, what right had
to time he seemed to see the eyes of
was really to be laid at his door, as
on the ninth of November was poor
and the French police declare that
" "What do you think has happened to
"I have not the slightest idea. If
"Harry, did it ever occur to you that
was murdered?" Lord Henry yawned. "
and yet be as dull as possible.
of his art." "I was very fond of
there are dreadful places in Paris, but
if I told you that I had murdered
after dinner. But let us pass from poor
The excitement, such as it was, over
Nor, indeed, was it the death of
of his own soul that troubled him.
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hideous." "A very charming artistic
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"If he were not, there would be no
Basil ?" he asked in a low voice. "Yes
Basil ? Draw that curtain back, and
Basil ," cried Dorian with a wild
Basil ," he faltered. "It is never too late
Basil Hallward came over him, as
Basil Hallward had left the house at
Basil had gone, and by the midnight
Basil Hallward that had made him kill
Basil Hallward. He frowned, and
Basil had been with him part of the
Basil ! What a horrible way for a man
Basil Hallward had ever met, and, if
Basil Hallward's coat and bag. A
Basil to have spoken to him as he
Basil Hallward looking at him. Yet
Basil Hallward had said to him with
Basil , and the French police declare
Basil never arrived in Paris at all. I
Basil ?" asked Dorian, holding up his
Basil chooses to hide himself, it is no
Basil was murdered?" Lord Henry
Basil was very popular, and always
Basil was really rather dull. He only
Basil ," said Dorian with a note of
Basil was not the sort of man to have
Basil ?" said the younger man. He
Basil . I wish I could believe that he
Basil Hallward's disappearance would
Basil Hallward that weighed most
Basil had painted the portrait that
Basil had said things to him that were
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Basil Hallward. He had cleaned it
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anything. Even things that are true can
brainless beautiful creature who should
that perfectly well. Indeed, I should
steps of kings. It is better not to
as they are - my art, whatever it may
have grown to love secrecy. It seems to
out his watch. "I am afraid I must
it may have been pride, for I used to
for their good intellects. A man cannot
But according to your category I must
stupidity, and immorality should
more purely intellectual will the idea
idea be, as in that case it will not
see him?" "Every day. I couldn't
the face of Dorian Gray will some day
prying eyes. My heart shall never
men treat art as if it were meant to
saying things to him that I know I shall
your friend, and he will seem to you to
you. The next time he calls, you will
be perfectly cold and indifferent. It will
Mr. Gray to wait, Parker: I shall
to influence him. Your influence would
to me when you are coming. I should
and never listen either, and it must
laughed. "I don't think there will
richer than the Hellenic ideal, it may
there was in them! They seemed to
I am to-day. This is going to
mystery. And, yet, what was there to
a schoolboy or a girl. It was absurd to
stay any longer in this glare, you will
yourself to become sunburnt. It would
go, you charm the world. Will it always
silver shell we call the moon. It cannot
beauty is only superficial. That may
life that is in you! Let nothing
in you! Let nothing be lost upon you.
Be always searching for new sensations.
is what our century wants. You might
you really are, of what you really might
yourself. I thought how tragic it would
they blossom again. The laburnum will
as it is now. In a month there will
I am glad now. I wonder shall I always
arm. "In that case, let our friendship
compliments had seemed to him to
flashed across him. Yes, there would
would be a day when his face would
will remain always young. It will never
other way! If it were I who was to
cried Lord Henry, laughing. "It would
one's good looks, whatever they may
If the picture could change, and I could
don't!" he cried. "It would
as soon as you are dry, you shall
said Lord Henry. "There is sure to
be proved. No artist has
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I think that would
with our own will. Young men want to
faithful, and are not; old men want to
of date, but there was a good deal to
If he is like his mother, he must
Lord Henry. "I fancy that the boy will
"Good-bye, Uncle George. I shall
was something tragic. Worlds had to
he had met in Basil's studio, or could
one could not do with him. He could
it was strange.... Yes; he would try to
must we really see Chicago in order to
the East End? I assure you he would
in the East End. For the future I shall
at Willis's Rooms, where he is going to
chair. If I am late he is sure to
a novel certainly, a novel that would
fortunate enough to possess." "I shall
be charmed. A visit to Treadley would
value of nothing." "I am afraid I must
worth talking to, and two of these can't
will tell you, Harry, but you mustn't
romance of your life. You will always
always be loved, and you will always
of the idle classes of a country. Don't
"But why should you
that they were every one of them to
their appearance, most of them cannot
answered, "and to-morrow night she will
mad as she has made me." "That would
please. Half-past six. We must
-past six! What an hour! It will
or reading an English novel. It must
best of fellows, but he seems to me to
bottle that stood on the table. "It must
pageant or a play, whose joys seem to
that each little spring of life would
demonstrated was that our future would
that seemed to the lad himself to
was to tell him that he was engaged to
so happy!" she repeated, "and you must
and discovery. This young man might
might be rich. If so, marriage should
he is like what love himself should
you were twenty years ago. Ah! let me
"Ah! Mother, Mother, let me
going for a walk with me? That will
he said at last, "but don't
strange surrenders. "I hope you will
appearance of it, I must say. It might
"I suppose one must
or whatever he was going to
were to attack them three times, and
and used bad language. He was to
things in store for him. But he must
knew so much more of life. He must
me to say?" "Oh! that you will
the theatre to-night. He is going to
I shall play it! Fancy, Jim, to
company, frighten or enthrall them. To
one's self. Poor dreadful Mr. Isaacs will
be a rather nice excuse: it would have
be faithful, and are not; old men want
be faithless, and cannot: that is all one
be said for his prejudices. When Lord
be a good-looking chap." "He is very
be well off. He is not of age yet.
be late for lunch, if I stop any longer.
be in travail, that the meanest flower
be fashioned into a marvellous type, at
be made a Titan or a toy. What a pity
be to Dorian Gray what, without
be educated?" asked Mr. Erskine
be quite invaluable. They would love
be able to look her in the face
be in the chair. If I am late he is
be furious, and I couldn't have a scene
be as lovely as a Persian carpet and as
be charmed. A visit to Treadley would
be a great privilege. It has a perfect
be going," exclaimed Lady Henry,
be admitted into decent society.
be unsympathetic about it. After all, it
be loved, and you will always be in
be in love with love. A grande passion
be afraid. There are exquisite things in
be annoyed? I suppose she will belong
be bought." "I should not wonder if he
be at all expensive." "Well, he seemed
be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "
be impossible, my dear boy." "Yes, she
be there before the curtain rises. You
be like having a meat-tea, or reading an
be seven. No gentleman dines before
be just a bit of a Philistine. Since I
be , if you say it. And now I am
be remote from one, but whose
be revealed to us. As it was, we always
be the same as our past, and that the
be remote from sense, and was for
be married to Sibyl Vane.
be happy, too!" Mrs. Vane winced and
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be happy for ever!" "My child, you are
be happy!" Mrs. Vane glanced at her,
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be too long dressing." She danced out
be contented, James, with your
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you were a hundred. Some day you will
Don't look so sulky. Surely you should
terribly hard and difficult. But it will
hadn't been signed." "Oh, don't
those silly melodramas Mother used to
mother was not present. She would
but he cut her short. Trunks had to
how desolate she felt her life would
painting, though many of them would
" "Dorian Gray is engaged to
and then frowned. "Dorian engaged to
was married. I said he was engaged to
and position, and wealth. It would
serious?" "Quite serious, Basil. I should
be miserable if I thought I should ever
not? If he wedded Messalina, he would
become more highly organized, and to
fascinated by some one else. He would
Gray's life were spoiled, no one would
are much better than you pretend to
of those virtues that are likely to
As for marriage, of course that would
things are. And yet it seems to me to
handsome. "I hope you will always
will say. Lord Radley is sure to
be furious. I don't care. I shall
and she said she was not worthy to
but I don't mind. It is impossible to
the man who could wrong her would
from what you have known me to
do you mean by good, Harry?" "To
good, Harry?" "To be good is to
fine-pointed fingers. "Discord is to
fingers. "Discord is to be forced to
of one's neighbours, if one wishes to
one want? Yes, Dorian, you will always
marriage, and yet it seemed to him to
that Dorian Gray would never again
in this girl. Any one you love must
who has the effect you describe must
of a white lily. Her hands seemed to
to him. She seemed to them to
out in the moonlight. That could not
like the lightning, which doth cease to
he rejoined. "But she seems to me to
life as she does about acting, she will
Harry," cried the lad. "I want to
so bad to-night. Why I shall always
who acted with me seemed to me to
are more to me than all art can ever
from me. I thought that I was going to
- take me away with you, where we can
Even if I could do it, it would
work so hard and try to improve. Don't
to love. Sibyl Vane seemed to him to
calm clear voice. "I don't wish to
stretched blindly out, and appeared to
girls, waiting for the auction to
silk blinds, the face appeared to him to
the portrait seemed to linger there, to
grow old; that his own beauty might
be in love yourself. Then you will
be glad to think that, though you are
be different now. You are going to a
be so serious, Jim. You are like one of
be so fond of acting in. I am not going
be sure to make a scene, and he
be carried down and mufflers looked
be , now that she had only one child to
be the better for a little whitewashing."
be married," said Lord Henry,
be married!" he cried. "Impossible!" "It
be married. There is a great difference.
be absurd for him to marry so much
be miserable if I thought I should ever
be more serious than I am at the
be none the less interesting. You know
be highly organized is, I should fancy,
be a wonderful study." "You don't
be sorrier than yourself. You are much
be ." Lord Henry laughed. "The reason
be a benefit to us. We praise the
be silly, but there are other and more
be the one thing I have been looking
be very happy, Dorian," said Hallward,
be furious. I don't care. I shall be
be of age in less than a year, and then
be my wife. Not worthy! Why, the
be angry with you. When you see Sibyl
be a beast, a beast without a heart. I
be . I am changed, and the mere touch
be good is to be in harmony with
be in harmony with one's self," he
be forced to be in harmony with others.
be in harmony with others. One's own
be a prig or a Puritan, one can flaunt
be fond of me. I represent to you all
be better than many other things that
be to him all that he had been in the
be marvellous, and any girl who has
be fine and noble. To spiritualize
be made of cool ivory. Yet she was
be absolutely incompetent. They were
be denied. But the staginess of her
be Ere one can say, "It lightens." Sweet
be simply callous and cold. She has
be a delightful experience. There are
be alone. Basil, you must go. Ah!
be bad. Why I shall never act well
be godlike. The painted scenes were
be . What have I to do with the
be wonderful. I found that I could do
be quite alone. I hate the stage. I
be profanation for me to play at being
be cruel to me, because I love you
be absurdly melodramatic. Her tears
be unkind, but I can't see you again.
be seeking for him. He turned on his
be over. Others crowded round the
be a little changed. The expression
be more intensified even. The
be untarnished, and the face on the
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his sins; that the painted image might
picture, changed or unchanged, would
over him would return. They would
happy together. His life with her would
in the dew-drenched garden seemed to
to look at his own picture? Basil would
to do that. No; the thing had to
examined, and at once. Anything would
locked both doors. At least he would
the soul that was within him? Could it
reparation for that. She could still
yield to some higher influence, would
Hallward had painted of him would
be a guide to him through life, would
- at least not before me. I want to
to break my word to her. She is to
it yet, Harry. I was afraid there might
he said, "my letter - don't
any one till I came. There will have to
inquest, of course, and you must not
Harry, I can't bear it! But
not an accident, Dorian, though it must
It is a Patti night, and everybody will
treated her kindly. One can always
for the weak. That is all that can
things during the last fortnight to
me as it should. It seems to me to
wears mauve, whatever her age may
that seemed to me at the time to
your extraordinary good looks, will not
live in an age that reads too much to
be wise, and that thinks too much to
for love of him, and love would always
When he thought of her, it would
a monstrous and loathsome thing, to
be hidden away in a locked room, to
however fantastic that chance might
with what fateful consequences it might
the substitution? Might there not
too closely into it? For there would
real pleasure in watching it. He would
its secret places. This portrait would
winter came upon it, he would still
Like the gods of the Greeks, he would
image on the canvas? He would
half afraid that one tragedy might
Poor woman! What a state she must
can invent a pleasure. I don't want to
I owe to you. You only taught me to
am punished for that, Dorian - or shall
luxury, pomp - there is much to
I am changed, but you must always
are better. And how happy we used to
what I am. There is nothing more to
-day. I only trust your name won't
over him. Was the world going to
- he did not know what - had to
week in October. The portrait will only
that time. In fact, you are sure to
wish the best work I have ever done to
And it had all been what art should
be seared with the lines of suffering
be to him the visible emblem of
be happy together. His life with her
be beautiful and pure. He got up from
be telling the flowers about her.
be sure to do that. No; the thing had
be examined, and at once. Anything
be better than this dreadful state of
be alone when he looked upon the
be that what that soul thought, they
be his wife. His unreal and selfish
be transformed into some nobler
be a guide to him through life, would
be to him what holiness is to some,
be good. I can't bear the idea of my
be my wife." "Your wife! Dorian! ...
be something in it that I wouldn't like.
be frightened - was to tell you that
be an inquest, of course, and you must
be mixed up in it. Things like that
be quick. Tell me everything at once."
be put in that way to the public. It
be there. You can come to my sister's
be kind to people about whom one
be said for them. They are simply
be entitled to give yourself that name,
be simply like a wonderful ending to a
be , or a woman over thirty-five who is
be merely fanciful, but that I see now
be able to do." "But suppose, Harry,
be wise, and that thinks too much to
be beautiful. We cannot spare you.
be a sacrament to him now. She had
be as a wonderful tragic figure sent on
be hidden away in a locked room, to
be shut out from the sunlight that had
be , or with what fateful consequences
be fraught? Besides, was it really under
be some curious scientific reason for it
be a real pleasure in watching it. He
be able to follow his mind into its
be to him the most magical of mirrors.
be standing where spring trembles on
be strong, and fleet, and joyous. What
be safe. That was everything. He drew
be followed by another. I think you
be in! And her only child, too! What
be at the mercy of my emotions. I
be vain." "Well, I am punished for that
be some day." "I don't know what you
be got from all these. But the artistic
be my friend. Of course, I am very
be together! Don't leave me, Basil, and
be said." The painter felt strangely
be mentioned in connection with it.
be shown his secret? Were people to
be done at once. "Yes; I don't
be away a month. I should think you
be out of town. And if you keep it
be hidden from the world, I am
be - unconscious, ideal, and remote.
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I resolved never to allow the picture to
that you were right. The picture cannot
picture cannot be shown. You must not
said to Harry, once, you are made to
and wondered if he himself would ever
He was too clever and too cynical to
to be really fond of. Would there ever
come and have tea with you. That will
the picture once again. But that can't
he felt sorry. There seemed to him to
and touched the bell. The portrait must
mask of servility. There was nothing to
of, there. Yet he thought it best to
the key." "Well, sir, you'll
worm was to the corpse, his sins would
the thing would still live on. It would
too late now. The past could always
Monsieur." He felt that the man must
be got rid of at once. He must not
all, Mr. Gray. I am delighted to
scratched going upstairs." "There will
it was here the fatal portrait was to
was no reason that the future should
him from those sins that seemed to
the mouth would gape or droop, would
mouths of old men are. There would
him in his boyhood. The picture had to
what they had been doing. He would
might interest him, and that he would
of this book. Or perhaps it would
of the world. To them he seemed to
and for it all the other arts seemed to
yet in his inmost heart he desired to
than a mere arbiter elegantiarum, to
which a fine instinct for beauty was to
as his companions. Yes: there was to
experience. Its aim, indeed, was to
sweet or bitter as they might
habits, or a wild longing, it may
have fresh shapes and colours, and
these that seemed to Dorian Gray to
in his search for sensations that would
modes of thought that he knew to
no theory of life seemed to him to
mad; and of aloes, that are said to
the strangest instruments that could
sit all day long in high trees, and can
him for years, and, indeed, may
and a scarlet robe" the monster could
meloceus, that discovers thieves, could
all the dainties and viands that could
collected in his lovely house, were to
the fear that seemed to him at times to
him at times to be almost too great to
a few years he could not endure to
He hated to
elaborate bars that he had caused to
picture was still there. What if it should
all, it is a very poor consolation to
and there is possibly a good deal to
canons of good society are, or should
be exhibited. You were a little
be shown. You must not be angry with
be angry with me, Dorian, for what I
be worshipped." Dorian Gray drew a
be so dominated by the personality of
be really fond of. Would there ever be
be some one who would fill him with
be just as pleasant." "Pleasanter for
be helped. I quite understand what you
be something tragic in a friendship so
be hidden away at all costs. He could
be afraid of, there. Yet he thought it
be on his guard. Speaking very slowly,
be covered with cobwebs if you go
be to the painted image on the
be always alive. He shuddered, and
be annihilated. Regret, denial, or
be got rid of at once. He must not be
be allowed to know where the picture
be of any service to you. Which is
be no difficulty, sir," said the genial
be hidden away. How little he had
be so full of shame. Some love might
be already stirring in spirit and in
be foolish or gross, as the mouths of
be the wrinkled throat, the cold,
be concealed. There was no help for
be sure to miss the picture - had no
be at the club at eight-fifteen. He
be more accurate to say that he never
be of the company of those whom
be but a preparation. Fashion, by
be something more than a mere
be consulted on the wearing of a
be the dominant characteristic. As he
be , as Lord Henry had prophesied, a
be experience itself, and not the fruits
be . Of the asceticism that deadens the
be , that our eyelids might open some
be changed, or have other secrets, a
be the true object, or amongst the
be at once new and delightful, and
be really alien to his nature, abandon
be of any importance compared with
be able to expel melancholy from the
be found, either in the tombs of
be heard, it is said, at a distance of
be said never to have left him. He
be thrown into a magical sleep and
be affected only by the blood of kids.
be wanted for a feast; the mortuary
be to him means of forgetfulness,
be almost too great to be borne.
be borne. Upon the walls of the
be long out of England, and gave up
be separated from the picture that
be placed upon the door. He was
be stolen? The mere thought made
be told that the man who has given
be said for his view. For the canons
be , the same as the canons of art.
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swarthy, and the sensual lips seemed to
Hylas; Ezzelin, whose melancholy could
sickened and grown strange, could only
you for ages. But I suppose you will
back soon?" "No: I am going to
have something to say to you." "I shall
nowadays. At least nothing should
-and-seltzer myself. There is sure to
of myself to-night. I should like to
itself across a man's face. It cannot
or invite you to theirs? You used to
man whom no pure-minded girl should
has in his veins, how could his record
That is the reason why I want you to
in London. Are they true? Can they
shrug your shoulders like that. Don't
You have a wonderful influence. Let it
was the origin of all his shame was to
answer to my question." "That shall
met me, flattered me, and taught me to
done with your life, why, you must
those who talk against you fancy you to
and examined it. The surface seemed to
The prayer of your repentance will
a verse somewhere, 'Though your sins
with coarse turquoises. Perhaps it might
by his servant, and questions would
bag and coat in the corner. They must
his curious reserved habits, it would
be months before any suspicions would
be roused. Months! Everything could
not one of them. It was a thing to
thing to be driven out of the mind, to
mind, to be drugged with poppies, to
As one read them, one seemed to
in its lonely sunless exile and longs to
him. What if Alan Campbell should
attraction that Dorian seemed to
played there, and after that used to
unbearable. Time seemed to him to
concern me. I entirely decline to
it so that not a vestige of it will
the present moment he is supposed to
is supposed to be in Paris. He will not
months. When he is missed, there must
you. You deserve it all. I should not
in the matter, you are certain to
before. Indeed, to destroy a body must
I am lost; and it is sure to
send it. You know what the result will
into this fever. The thing has to
on the mantelpiece seemed to him to
each of which was too terrible to
No trouble, sir. At what time shall I
"It will
Now, Alan, there is not a moment to
"How horrid of Henry Wotton to
was some consolation that Harry was to
he is afraid to tell me for fear I should
elevating his eyebrows. "It can only
I shall have to marry again so as to
be twisted with disdain. Delicate lace
be cured only by the spectacle of
be soothed by Saracen cards painted
be back soon?" "No: I am going to
be out of England for six months. I
be charmed. But won't you miss your
be ." Hallward shook his head, as he
be some in the next room." "Thanks, I
be somebody else." "It is about
be concealed. People talk sometimes
be a friend of Lord Staveley. I met
be allowed to know, and whom no
be clean? You ask me about Henry
be fine. You have not been fine. One
be true? When I first heard them, I
be so indifferent. You have a
be for good, not for evil. They say
be burdened for the rest of his life
be given to you upstairs. I could not
be vain of my good looks. One day
be worse even than those who talk
be !" He held the light up again to
be quite undisturbed and as he had
be answered also. I worshipped you
be as scarlet, yet I will make them as
be missed by his servant, and
be asked. He hesitated for a moment,
be hidden away somewhere. He
be months before any suspicions
be roused. Months! Everything could
be destroyed long before then. A
be driven out of the mind, to be
be drugged with poppies, to be
be strangled lest it might strangle one
be floating down the green water-ways
be back by the hot, lotus-covered
be out of England? Days would
be able to exercise whenever he
be always seen together at the opera
be crawling with feet of lead, while
be mixed up in your life. Keep your
be left. Nobody saw this person come
be in Paris. He will not be missed for
be missed for months. When he is
be no trace of him found here. You,
be sorry to see you disgraced,
be arrested. Nobody ever commits a
be far less horrible than what you are
be discovered unless you help me." "I
be . But you are going to help me. It
be done. Face it, and do it." A
be dividing time into separate atoms
be borne. He felt as if an iron ring
be back?" Dorian looked at Campbell.
be time enough, then, if you are back
be lost. How heavy this chest is! I'll
be so late! I sent round to him this
be there, and when the door opened
be jealous. He is quite right. I
be the next world. This world and I
be in the fashion." "You will never
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for your defects, where would you all
you all be? Not one of you would ever
you would ever be married. You would
that I had been; but you are made to
ages, slightly edited. But nothing must
be done in a hurry. I want it to
alliance, and I want you both to
" exclaimed Lord Henry. "A man can
like to meet, though. I want it to
he jovially termed it - was shown to
on the twentieth." "Is Monmouth to
type." "I don't know if he will
The duchess is coming." "I will try to
still. Things that were dangerous had to
of even touching them. Yet it had to
sir," answered the man, "you will
where the memory of old sins could
that were dreadful, horrible, not to
forgetfulness. In three days he would
muttered Dorian. "Where else should I
Singleton troubled him. He wanted to
Yes." "That mad-cat is sure to
"Prince Charming is what you like to
the ruin of that young life was really to
as every cell of the brain, seems to
said, looking at him sternly. "Let this
s life. The man whose life I want must
delightful idea." "But I don't want to
name, and I am sure Mr. Gray should
who could call a spade a spade should
I admit that I think that it is better to
that it is better to be beautiful than to
I am to acknowledge that it is better to
that it is better to be good than to
It is too true." "You need not
to nine and tell her that I must
one produces gives one an enemy. To
one an enemy. To be popular one must
" "If he were not, there would
to his flowers, Gladys." "That would
"I would rather come down. I must not
before one! What sort of life would his
gone to the open. I dare say it will
I suppose. My dear fellow, it can't
I must tell them that the subject is to
want. There is no one who would not
on purpose, how interesting he would
He shook his head. "Knowledge would
"If so, I should not like them to
shuddered. He felt that his could not
your telling me that you are going to
said Lord Henry, smiling, "anybody can
to me now that they should ever
moods. Do you think this girl will ever
of her own rank? I suppose she will
to despise her husband, and she will
is really a sort of sin. I want to
I want to be better. I am going to
I suppose in about a fortnight we shall
but every one who disappears is said to
to be seen at San Francisco. It must
be ? Not one of you would ever be
be married. You would be a set of
be a set of unfortunate bachelors.
be good - you look so good. I must
be done in a hurry. I want it to be
be what The Morning Post calls a
be happy." "What nonsense people
be happy with any woman, as long as
be a delightful gathering." "I like
be the proper bulwark for society. A
be there, too?" "Oh, yes, Harry
be able to come, Harry. He may have
be there, Harry," he said, leaving the
be destroyed. He winced. He hated
be done. He realized that, and when
be there in an hour," and after his
be destroyed by the madness of sins
be endured. On and on plodded the
be free. Suddenly the man drew up
be ?" he answered, listlessly. "None of
be where no one would know who he
be there. They won't have her in this
be called, ain't it?" she yelled after him
be laid at his door, as Basil
be instinct with fearful impulses. Men
be a warning to you not to take
be nearly forty now. This one is little
be rechristened, Harry," rejoined the
be satisfied with his." "My dear
be compelled to use one. It is the
be beautiful than to be good. But on
be good. But on the other hand, no
be good than to be ugly." "Ugliness is
be ugly." "Ugliness is one of the
be afraid. Our countrymen never
be dressed by half-past eight." "How
be popular one must be a mediocrity.
be a mediocrity." "Not with women,"
be no battle." "Greek meets Greek,
be a premature surrender." "Romantic
be alone." He went to his room and
be if, day and night, shadows of his
be better after lunch, when we get to
be helped. It was the man's own fault.
be tabooed. As for omens, there is
be delighted to change places with
be ! I should like to know some one
be fatal. It is the uncertainty that
be left in want, and will send them
be the hand to take the handkerchief
be good," cried Lord Henry, dipping
be good in the country. There are
be found together. For I have a new
be really content now with any one of
be married some day to a rough
be wretched. From a moral point of
be better. I am going to be better.
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a man can paint like Velasquez and yet
papers do. It does not seem to me to
an ideal. When you and he ceased to
ceased to be great friends, he ceased to
intentions that always entitles a man to
asked you because I thought you might
The soul is a terrible reality. It can
and sold, and bartered away. It can
"Ah! then it must
of romance. How grave you are! Don't
except take exercise, get up early, or
I wonder what the rest of your life will
before." "It is because I am going to
Lord Henry. "You and I will always
beginning to moralize. You will soon
You and I are what we are, and will
what we are, and will be what we will
tired of Gladys? I thought you would
one's nerves. Well, in any case,
I met you." "Very well. I shall
remembered how pleased he used to
but "Smite us for our iniquities" should
never again tempt innocence. He would
if his life became pure, he would
moment about his lips. Yes, he would
he had hidden away would no longer
was to confess? To give himself up and
dog him all his life? Was he always to
and when that was dead, he would
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be as dull as possible. Basil was
be at all probable. I know there are
be great friends, he ceased to be a
be a great artist. What was it
be called a representative British
be able to give me an answer. That is
be bought, and sold, and bartered
be poisoned, or made perfect. There
be an illusion. The things one feels
be so serious. What have you or I to
be respectable. Youth! There is
be . Don't spoil it by renunciations. At
be good," he answered, smiling. "I am
be friends." "Yet you poisoned me
be going about like the converted, and
be what we will be. As for being
be . As for being poisoned by a book,
be . Her clever tongue gets on one's
be here at eleven." "Must I really
be here at eleven," said Dorian.
be when he was pointed out, or stared
be the prayer of man to a most just
be good. As he thought of Hetty
be able to expel every sign of evil
be good, and the hideous thing that
be a terror to him. He felt as if the
be put to death? He laughed. He felt
be burdened by his past? Was he
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bear the burden of a beauty so
bear him when he sulks. Besides, I
bear ." And she ran across the room
bear this marriage, and yet it seemed
bear to think of it! I wish I had never
bear it. Oh! don't go away from me
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she cried. "You are a dreadful old
was a gloom over him. He could not
Why, once ... Oh, I can't
Don't go away from me. I couldn't
untarnished, and the face on the canvas
Besides, women were better suited to
Let me in at once. I can't
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certainly laugh at me. I could not
at the misshapen shadow that had to
rule the world. I assure you we can't
the imagination that made each crime
too hideous a burden for him to
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Those who find ugly meanings in
This is a fault. Those who find
Those who find beautiful meanings in
is hope. They are the elect to whom
quite sure of that. He is some brainless
cried Hallward. "An artist should create
that he was very earnest and had a
he said. "He has a simple and a
delightful contrast. And he had such a
be so? ... You have a wonderfully
christening. She was an extraordinarily
told me so. And ... his mother was very
she pretty?" "She behaves as if she was
a strange, almost modern romance. A
It was delightful to watch him. With his
him. With his beautiful face, and his
he was riding home, he was to see the
Oh, she is better than good - she is
and orange-bitters. "Dorian says she is
to me. Dorian Gray falls in love with a
they can afford nothing but self-denial.
but self-denial. Beautiful sins, like
everything that she had to say. The
and put on his coat. "She is quite
to the beauty of Sibyl Vane. She is
thought them real. You came - oh, my
thing, and Dorian Gray, with his
so. Yet it was watching him, with its
together. His life with her would be
meets! There is something to me quite
wise, and that thinks too much to be
one for all the miseries of life. I love
he would throw open to the world his
when Schubert's grace, and Chopin's
of the ruin that time brought on
he had stored away many rare and
enamels, were pictured the awful and
he could realize his conception of the
up and down the room, looking like a
know him." "The husbands of very
that I think that it is better to be
understand what I mean. She was quite
beautiful things are corrupt
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to whom beautiful things mean only
hardly able to bear the burden of a
a young man of extraordinary personal
intellectual expression and all that. But
expression and all that. But beauty, real
she is a peacock in everything but
what I have done of him, or that his
We have lost the abstract sense of
no doubt that genius lasts longer than
Gray. Don't frown. You have. And
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not so superficial as thought is. To me,
and fully. When your youth goes, your
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" "I am jealous of everything whose
and the white purity of boyhood, and
a toy. What a pity it was that such
should sympathize with the colour, the
the English have the least sense of the
dined together, about the search for
that pathos left you unmoved, but that
you unmoved, but that beauty, mere
but whose sorrows stir one's sense of
one, if she can create the sense of
will smoke cigarettes and drink to the
the perfume of the flowers, and their
and the portrait grow old; that his own
It had taught him to love his own
a wonderful play. It has all the terrible
that possesses artistic elements of
crosses our lives. If these elements of
sat before the portrait wondering at its
uselessness of martyrdom, all its wasted
on the canvas. They would mar its
not that mere physical admiration of
round in person. I have just got a
most dearly valued. For the wonderful
more and more enamoured of his own
themselves perfect by the worship of
to assert the absolute modernity of
spirituality, of which a fine instinct for
of a romantic play with the wit and
got from her. He had got from her his
her his beauty, and his passion for the
child and minion of Sixtus IV, whose
not yet entirely spoiled that marvellous
me that revealed to me the wonder of
arts, and whatever little sense of the
not of your spear." "I never tilt against
error, Harry, believe me. You value
to himself. Then he loathed his own
splinters beneath his heel. It was his
was his beauty that had ruined him, his
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and tedious academicians, I suddenly
of us could help laughing, and we
understood them now. Life suddenly
a philosophy, and philosophy herself
to fall singly upon one's ear. Then it
How wonderful the whole world
for he made no other observation,
she could win. After some time she
round. There was pity in her eyes that
and the crowded flaring streets
worse as she went on. Her gestures
To-night, for the first time, I
going to lead, to quarrel with him if it
to do." "But suppose, Harry, I
to do, almost died of ennui, and
brain, and power, by you. You
over the leaves. After a few minutes he
were so strangely blended,
beauty does not die. I am jealous of
beauty such as old Greek marbles kept
beauty was destined to fade! ... And
beauty , the joy of life. The less said
beauty of literature." "I fear you are
beauty being the real secret of life. I
beauty , mere beauty, could fill your
beauty , could fill your eyes with tears.
beauty , and whose wounds are like red
beauty in people whose lives have
beauty of Sibyl Vane. She is beautiful.
beauty seemed to bring him an
beauty might be untarnished, and the
beauty . Would it teach him to loathe
beauty of a Greek tragedy, a tragedy in
beauty crosses our lives. If these
beauty are real, the whole thing simply
beauty , almost enamoured of it, as it
beauty . But, as I was saying, you must
beauty and eat away its grace. They
beauty that is born of the senses and
beauty of a frame, sir. Picked it up at
beauty that had so fascinated Basil
beauty , more and more interested in
beauty ." Like Gautier, he was one for
beauty , had, of course, their
beauty was to be the dominant
beauty that make such plays
beauty , and his passion for the beauty
beauty of others. She laughed at him
beauty was equalled only by his
beauty . There was still some gold in
beauty . In a mad moment that, even
beauty of poetry he possessed he had
beauty ," he said, with a wave of his
beauty far too much." "How can you
beauty , and flinging the mirror on
beauty that had ruined him, his
beauty and the youth that he had
beauty had been to him but a mask,
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conscious that some one was
friends at once." "Laughter is
fiery-coloured to him. It
young, and catching the mad
a little louder, and sounded
to one! To note the curious
intolerable to her. She began
silent. Suddenly she caught a
laughter on her lips. She shook
blurred to his eyes. When the
absurdly artificial. She
conscious that the Romeo was
necessary to quarrel, to part if
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mode of life crept through London and
the world. Men who talked grossly
manner and went out. Curious stories
their trade. His extraordinary absences
the square. The gas-lamps flickered and
think about what had happened until it
the clock. As the minutes went by he
were curiously cold. The suspense
opened it. As he read it, his face
some sprawling spider. The monotony
to him because it made things real,
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No, you did not. You said it was
have ever done. And why is it so?
his portrait?" asked Lord Henry. "
the scientific point of view." "Why?" "
you, Mr. Gray." "Why?" "
I can't, Basil." "Why?" "
whom the outside world called selfish
herself, Dryadlike and not afraid,
a few puffs. "Why, Harry?" "
marry at all, Dorian. Men marry
marry because they are tired; women,
only thing worth loving is an actress?" "
I know why I love him. I love him
about our father. But it only pains you
terror. We think that we are generous
simply produce no effect. I loved you
loved you because you were marvellous,
because you had genius and intellect,
to improve. Don't be cruel to me,
a great artist, had given his love to her
if you like. Put ashes on your head
was strangled. Cry out against Heaven
the night you saw her - she acted badly
a pity that was all the more poignant
had remained savage and animal merely
leaves a room when I enter it. It is
I know everything about his life, not
country life. They get up early,
much to do, and go to bed early,
cannot understand it." "It is simply
her girdle. She told me she didn't,
When a woman marries again, it is
When a man marries again, it is
that had once been hateful to him
Mr. Gray, I assure you. Usually
"Why?" said the younger man wearily. "
his eyebrows in surprise, "I asked you
had ever heard from it before." "It is
idolatrous words: "The world is changed
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current about him after he
notorious, and, when he used
blue, and the leafless trees
absolutely necessary that he
horribly agitated. At last he
unbearable. Time seemed to
ghastly pale and he fell back
unbearable, and as the mist
dear to him now for that very
pure, he would be able to
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because there was too much of yourself
Because , while I was painting it, Dorian
Because , without intending it, I have
Because to influence a person is to
Because you have the most marvellous
Because I have promised Lord Henry
because it derived no particular benefit
because in his soul who sought for her
Because they are so sentimental." "But
because they are tired; women, because
because they are curious: both are
Because I have loved so many of
because he is like what love himself
because you loved him so much. Don't
because we credit our neighbour with
because you were marvellous, because
because you had genius and intellect,
because you realized the dreams of
because I love you better than
because he had thought her great.
because Cordelia was strangled. Cry
because the daughter of Brabantio died.
because she had known the reality of
because it was purely selfish. But
because the world had sought to
because I know everything about his
because he knows anything about
because they have so much to do,
because they have so little to think
because she remembers you when
because none of them had had any
because she detested her first
because he adored his first wife.
because it made things real, became
because I come in at ten minutes to
Because ," said Lord Henry, passing
because I thought you might be able
because I am going to be good," he
because you are made of ivory and
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it on the tight rope. When the verities
I wish you would tell me how to
Even those that are born in England
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false theatrical gestures that so often
to have more than one life. They
her for six months, and then suddenly
I regret all that you have taught me. I
their coarse faces and brutal gestures,
or they to care for me. They have
mood to which he yielded? Was it to
rate reveal, is still more to me. To
face to face, and that the world had
was in store for it. The cheeks would
in the thought that he might really
and social position fully entitled him to
Frenchman you used to have. What has
you corrupt every one with whom you
certainly true. Every day he seemed to
and the air seemed to him to have
The wood seemed to him to have
on myself. My own personality has
"I am tired of strawberry leaves." "They
fibre of his body. Life had suddenly
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a mode of second nature to a
more highly organized, and to
fascinated by some one else.
different from what you have
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stout and tedious, and when I
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wonderful to my eyes - too
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a member, and it was said
of the Frenchman, by the bye?
intimate, and that it is quite
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a burden to me. I want to
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such things as sins, are borrowed. He
pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty
that out about her husband, she either
by which what is really fantastic
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I have gone there, there have
either so many people that I have not
or so many pictures that I have not
for being civilized. Well, after I had
I am by nature. I have always
my own master; had at least always
was my motive - and it may have
a great success at the time, at least had
in a tragic whisper which must have
forget; but it is what Dorian Gray has
he gone to his aunt's, he would have
and the whole conversation would have
old Oxford friend of mine. I have just
his cigarette-case. The painter had
music, an actor of a part that has not
made monstrous and unlawful. It has
some secret chord that had never
so real as words? Yes; there had
to him. It seemed to him that he had
the eyes. I don't know what Harry has
wonderful expression. I suppose he has
that he says." "He has certainly not
keep Dorian too long. I have never
drinking in their perfume as if it had
ashamed of being afraid. Why had it
Yes, Mr. Gray, the gods have
He felt as if a hand of ice had
it existed." "And you know you have
place. Good-bye, Basil. It has
who amused him. His father had
passion for pleasure. The son, who had
the fellow spitted his man as if he had
Gray's parentage. Crudely as it had
blow.... And how charming he had
his soul who sought for her there had
"I wish to goodness it never had
"Perhaps, after all, America never has
"I myself would say that it had merely
how to laugh, history would have
dresses always looked as if they had
doesn't it? You have never
ideas are quite different. But he has
looking like a bird of paradise that had
of nuts going on." "It must have
and doublet and dainty cap. She has
and bitter herbs to taste of. She has
with him, and told him that Juliet had
Sibyl Vane?" "The third night. She had
or sup together every day, and I have
He had
purely sensuous instinct of boyhood had
anything but your acting. Mr. Isaacs has
either so many people that I have
able to see the pictures, which
able to see the people, which was
in the room about ten minutes,
my own master; had at least
so, till I met Dorian Gray. Then pride, for I used to be very
chattered about in the penny
perfectly audible to everybody in
to me. The merely visible
sure to have met Lord
about the feeding of the poor
telling him what a capital sitter
busy mixing his colours and
written for him. The aim of life
said that the great events of the
touched before, but that he felt
things in his boyhood that he had
walking in fire. Why had he not
saying to you, but he has
paying you compliments. You
paying me compliments. Perhaps
in better form for painting than I
wine. He came close to him and
left for a stranger to reveal him
good to you. But what the gods
laid upon his heart. "Don't you
a little silly, Mr. Gray, and that
a most interesting afternoon." As
our ambassador at Madrid when
his father's secretary, had
a pigeon. The thing was hushed
told to him, it had yet stirred
at dinner the night before, as
wakened that wonderful vision to
discovered at all!" she exclaimed.
discovered," said Mr. Erskine; "I
detected." "Oh! but I have seen
different." "You are really very
designed in a rage and put on in
to any of my parties, have you,
most pleasant. I am so glad I've
out all night in the rain, she
just like the palmy days of the
mad, and has come into the
innocent, and the black hands of
dead for hundreds of years and
playing Rosalind. I could not help
to the opera with you several
always enthralled by the methods
transformed by the workings of
very good to us, and we owe
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is a very large sum. Mr. Isaacs has
gold, the largest nugget that had ever
He remembered it as if it had
you leave me happier than I have ever
than I have ever been before. Life has
up. I would, if my articles hadn't
he had a right to know. It should have
a direct answer. The situation had not
conscious that a great opportunity had
room at the Bristol where dinner had
by the hand in turn. "I have never
to me to be the one thing I have
It seemed to me that all my life had
then I can do what I like. I have
He drove off by himself, as had
never again be to him all that he had
had come to look for Miranda and had
of beauty in people whose lives have
for you. Without her you would have
precision of a schoolgirl who has
was to love you! What a fool I have
began to eat them listlessly. They had
curious Renaissance tapestries that had
the mouth as clearly as if he had
studio the day the picture had
boyhood. Surely his wish had not
cruelty in the mouth. Cruelty! Had he
she had disappointed him. She had
he had watched her. Why had he
made like that? Why had such a soul
more than he had. Poor child! He had
them was from Lord Henry, and had
to a light French breakfast that had
the portrait really changed? Or had it
him see a look of evil where there had
When the coffee and cigarettes had
how unjust, how cruel, he had
finished the letter, he felt that he had
first passionate love-letter should have
had married this girl, you would have
the social mistake, which would have
in any case the whole thing would have
a great part, but by which I have not
who have adored me - there have not
not been very many, but there have
how different Sibyl Vane must have
talk again of what has happened. It has
Poor Sibyl! What a romance it had all
his choice. Or had his choice already
really under his control? Had it indeed
dear to him, and his personality had
anything about this. It would have
of your own face. And it had all
presence, it seemed to me that I had
And now good-bye, Dorian. You have
strange it was that, instead of having
such a risk of discovery again. It had
you go into it. Why, it hasn't
reproaches about Sibyl Vane had
well-proportioned room, which had
in the grandfather who had
been most considerate." "He is not a
been discovered, and bring it down to
been the lash of a hunting-crop across
been before. Life has been hard for us
been hard for us both, terribly hard
been signed." "Oh, don't be so serious
been told to him before, if it was as he
been gradually led up to. It was crude.
been wasted. She consoled herself by
been laid for three. "No, Harry,"
been so happy. Of course, it is sudden
been looking for all my life." He was
been narrowed to one perfect point of
been right, Basil, haven't I, to take
been arranged, and watched the
been in the past. Life had come
been met by Caliban. Lord Henry,
been sordid and ugly, if she can strip
been incomplete." "Thanks, Basil,"
been taught to recite by some
been ! You are nothing to me now. I
been plucked at midnight, and the
been discovered stored in a disused
been looking into a mirror after he
been finished. Yes, he remembered it
been fulfilled? Such things were
been cruel? It was the girl's fault, not
been shallow and unworthy. And, yet,
been made like that? Why had such a
been given to him? But he had
been selfish and cruel to her. The
been brought by hand that morning.
been laid out for him on a small
been simply his own imagination that
been a look of joy? Surely a painted
been brought and the man turned to
been to Sibyl Vane. It was not too
been forgiven. Suddenly there came a
been addressed to a dead girl. Can
been wretched. Of course, you would
been abject - which, of course, I would
been an absolute failure." "I suppose it
been wounded." "It is an interesting
been very many, but there have been
been some - have always insisted on
been from all the women one meets!
been a marvellous experience. That is
been ! She had often mimicked death
been made? Yes, life had decided that
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been impossible. You would not have
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been forced to reveal his own secret,
been mad of him to have allowed the
been opened for nearly five years been ! - how shallow, and of what
been specially built by the last Lord
been so stern to him in his boyhood.
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after five o'clock and that the tea had
edition of The St. James's Gazette had
wormed out of them what they had
doubt missed it already, while he had
the tea-things. The screen had not
He had heard of rich men who had
of a beau that had once, apparently,
the author of the Satyricon once had
senses has often, and with much justice,
the true nature of the senses had never
by a feeling of loss. So much had
and to such little purpose! There had
the art of those whose minds have
them lies the half-cut book that we had
at the ball, or the letter that we had
some morning upon a world that had
healthy, normal or diseased. Yet, as has
even youths may not see till they have
mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had
sapphires. How exquisite life had once
gods fought against the giants, that had
and jewelled medallions. It had
to bear the burden that should have
to town to see that the door had not
year. It was rumoured that he had
however, that some of those who had
at his feet. What had this man's legacy
were so overladen with rings. He had
had created it for him, as it had
in some mysterious way their lives had
and purple drawn by silver-shod mules,
by an amber chain. Dorian Gray had
from Lord Henry's, where he had
an extraordinary piece of luck! I have
I want you to be fine. You have not
are other stories - stories that you have
said it for your good. You know I have
The room looked as if it had not
together. The prayer of your pride has
came over him, as though it had
and long fantastic arms. Had it not
simply asleep. How quickly it had all
portrait to which all his misery had
for what he had done. There had
cheek. He looked like a boy who had
across his lips, as though he had
had not dreamed at all. His night had
and dotted pomegranates. It had
or almost everything. Basil had
was of vital importance. They had
noticed the gesture with which he had
dead man is seated at a table. He has
just conscious that the dead man had
in the room. But the thing that had
so little to think about. There has not
murmured Dorian, smiling, "I have not
cried the old lady. "If he had
and I sometimes wish that I had
porcelain feet, if you like. They have
had experiences." "How long has she
ten years with Monmouth must have
been already brought up. On a little
been placed on the tea-tray. It was
been doing. He would be sure to
been laying the tea-things. The screen
been set back, and a blank space was
been blackmailed all their lives by
been so remarkable. It was with an
been , yet in his inmost heart he
been decried, men feeling a natural
been understood, and that they had
been surrendered! and to such little
been mad wilful rejections, monstrous
been troubled with the malady of
been studying, or the wired flower
been afraid to read, or that we had
been refashioned anew in the
been said of him before, no theory of
been subjected to fasting and
been enamoured of the pearl that the
been ! How gorgeous in its pomp and
been worked by brown girls for the
been taken from the Turkish camp
been his own. After a few years he
been tampered with and that the
been seen brawling with foreign
been most intimate with him
been ? Had the lover of Giovanna of
been a macaroni of the eighteenth
been in his brain and in his passions.
been his own. The hero of the
been carried through the Street of
been poisoned by a book. There were
been dining, and was wrapped in
been waiting for you in your library
been fine. One has a right to judge
been seen creeping at dawn out of
been always a stanch friend to you."
been lived in for years. A faded
been answered. The prayer of your
been suggested to him by the image
been for the red jagged tear in the
been done! He felt strangely calm,
been due had gone out of his life.
been a madness of murder in the air.
been tired out with play, or study.
been lost in some delightful dream.
been untroubled by any images of
been given to him by Adrian
been with him part of the time, and
been great friends once, five years
been greeted. "Yes: it is a matter of
been dead ten hours now. Don't stir,
been thrust back into the chair and
been sitting at the table was gone.
been a scandal in the neighbourhood
been in love for a whole week - not,
been , you would not have loved him,
been ; but you are made to be good
been through the fire, and what fire
been married?" asked Dorian. "An
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You always want to know what one has
I always want to forget what I have
got up from the sofa on which he had
could cure it? Innocent blood had
nerve and fibre. Ugliness that had once
room which looked as if it had once
older indeed at all, than his sister had
Gray drew a long breath. "You have
a little while, a black shadow that had
It was one of the women who had
done great things." "Great things have
often as possible." "Even when one has
after a pause. "Especially when one has
upon his heart. But perhaps it had
That was all. Besides, had any stranger
round the house, he would have
or the keepers. Had any foot-marks
would have reported it. Yes, it had
youth had saved him. And yet if it had
he had convinced himself that he had
age is dull of hearing." "Has he never
he never been jealous?" "I wish he had
sunlight. The grass of the forest had
Yes, sir. He looks as if he had
trousers. A spotted handkerchief had
broke from his lips. The man who had
during this wonderful May that we have
What is going on in town? I have not
slightly. "My dear boy, they have only
topic every three months. They have
a fortnight we shall be told that he has
ivory of the keys. After the coffee had
Waterbury watch. Why should he have
grapes against your palate. Nothing has
been hidden from you. And it has all
anything outside of yourself! Life has
hand through his hair. "Yes, life has
us go to the club, then. It has
lovely now. I don't think there have
charm of the little village where he had
thrush singing. And how pretty she had
given horror to his fancy; that he had
lives that had crossed his own, it had
of eternal youth! All his failure had
for those two things, his life might have
His beauty had
had not revealed the secret that he had
borne with patience. The murder had
As for Alan Campbell, his suicide had
it was not still so horrible as it had
to him. He felt as if the load had
newly spilled. Then he trembled. Had it
was the red stain larger than it had
Everything belonging to him had
He himself had burned what had
Curiosity? Hypocrisy? Had there
his renunciation than that? There had
But who could tell? ... No. There had
kept him awake at night. When he had
night. When he had been away, he had
marred many moments of joy. It had
been doing. I always want to forget
been doing. I came in at half-past two
been lying, went over to it, and
been spilled. What could atone for
been hateful to him because it made
been a third-rate dancing-saloon. Shrill
been when they had parted so many
been on the brink of committing a
been creeping along the dripping wall
been drinking at the bar. "Why didn't
been thrust on us, Gladys." "We have
been wounded by it, Harry?" asked
been wounded by it," answered Lord
been only his fancy that had called
been prowling round the house, he
been seen by the servants or the
been found on the flower-beds, the
been merely fancy. Sibyl Vane's
been merely an illusion, how terrible
been the victim of a terror-stricken
been jealous?" "I wish he had been."
been ." He glanced about as if in
been spotted with blood. Then he
been a sort of sailor; tattooed on
been placed over the face. A coarse
been shot in the thicket was James
been having, I used to run down and
been to the club for days." "The
been talking about it for six weeks,
been very fortunate lately, however.
been seen in San Francisco. It is an
been brought in, he stopped, and
been murdered? He was not clever
been hidden from you. And it has all
been to you no more than the sound
been your art. You have set yourself
been exquisite," he murmured, "but I
been a charming evening, and we
been such lilacs since the year I met
been so often lately was that no one
been in her cotton dresses and her
been an evil influence to others, and
been the fairest and the most full of
been due to that. Better for him that
been free from stain. His beauty had
been to him but a mask, his youth
been forced to know. The excitement,
been simply the madness of a
been his own act. He had chosen to
been ? Perhaps if his life became
been lifted from him already. He
been merely vanity that had made
been ? It seemed to have crept like a
been destroyed. He himself had
been below-stairs. The world would
been nothing more in his renunciation
been something more. At least he
been nothing more. Through vanity
been away, he had been filled with
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been like conscience to him. Yes, it
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like conscience to him. Yes, it had
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before I go, I insist on your answering
before , but she took it into her head
before . 'A dream of form in days of
before . "And yet," continued Lord
before , but that he felt was now
before , he wondered whether Dorian
before . Basil Hallward's compliments
before it existed." "And you know you
before Dorian, Harry." "Before which
Before which Dorian? The one who is
Before either." "I should like to come
before , as with startled eyes and lips
before he was thirty. His own
before her like frightened forest things.
before dawn when nightingales are
before the curtain rises. You must see
before seven. Shall you see Basil
before her. To a large extent the lad
before the veil was drawn away.
before , if he is rich ..." "Ah! Mother
Before a week was over he was to
before he went to sleep. God was very
before . Life has been hard for us both,
before acting. Jim insisted that she
before , if it was as he suspected.
before . My lips moved towards hers.
before I knew you, acting was the one
before him, with the touch of cruelty
before him. He felt perfectly happy.
before it had concealed the secret of a
before me. I want to be good. I can'
before yesterday that seemed to me at
before nine-thirty, I hope. Remember,
before he had known of it himself. It
before his very eyes, shuddering as he
before the portrait wondering at its
before the girl you loved has even the
before . The lad was actually pallid with
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be going, Basil," he murmured, "and
dearest friend. I had only met her once
life in a way that was hidden from me
lad's face that he had never seen there
chord that had never been touched
to him much that he had not known
like a revelation. He had never felt it
is yours, Dorian. I gave it to you
really must not say things like that
things like that before Dorian, Harry." "
us, or the one in the picture?" "
he had been at dinner the night
said everything that he had to say
slow Silenus for being sober. Facts fled
tremulous ecstasy that one hears just
Half-past six. We must be there
It must be seven. No gentleman dines
to this white girl and bowed in worship
the mysteries of life were revealed
more consideration. However, as I said
go off at once to the gold-fields.
mail, and to say his prayers each night
me happier than I have ever been
had to lie down for a couple of hours
know. It should have been told to him
eyes a look that I had never seen there
"Dorian, Dorian," she cried, "
them. And, yet, there was the picture
filled with sulphur-yellow roses, stood
scanned it curiously, wondering if ever
it, Harry, any more - at least not
all, you said something to me the day
"Good-bye. I shall see you
received the news of Sibyl Vane's death
he would see the change taking place
him. Morning after morning he had sat
charming, and of Patti singing divinely,
He had never seen him like this
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have to give it another coat of varnish
I must get it arranged and put straight
Was the face on the canvas viler than
the world were passing in dumb show
for dinner. It was almost nine o'clock
the story of his own life, written
of us who have not sometimes wakened
diseased. Yet, as has been said of him
had been taken from the Turkish camp
and I particularly wanted to see you
his portrait done. I had never seen him
He told me. He told me right out
Know you? I wonder do I know you?
that he had brought up, some days
reserved habits, it would be months
Everything could be destroyed long
had to touch him twice on the shoulder
be out of England? Days would elapse
had been great friends once, five years
do is merely what you have often done
Think of the position I am in. Just
lying. He remembered that the night
on the intricacies of the pattern
Two of the people he had never seen
ran off very early last night. You left
suddenly seized from behind, and
She raised her hand up to heaven. "
I am telling the truth," she cried. "
but hardly had he finished the sentence
set the hideous shapes of punishment
visible form, and make them move
out of a drawer and spread it out
men?" "No, sir. Never saw him
than I had ever heard from it
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a moment, and he started up. "I
tedious for my unfortunate sitters. I
promises. He always breaks his own. I
quickly round and rose to his feet. "I
told you too much as it is. But I
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fro in the languid air. A grasshopper
a light on a dainty silver case and
buzzed round it for a moment. Then it
at the corner of the garden a thrush
said the Radical member - and he
from her thin lips, and her fingers
I should fancy, and very depressing. I
drop-scene was drawn up and the play
Henry's heavy eyelids drooped, and he
ceased, or the psychical impulse
He
became intolerable to her. She
the air like a dagger. The people round
Basil Hallward leaped to his feet and
up a few bars of music, and the dance
in the play. They got restless, and
to accept any money for them, and
before that, so I must see it some day,
before you go into it. It is not fit for
before ? It seemed to him that it was
before him. Things that he had dimly
before he reached the club, where he
before he had lived it. In one point
before dawn, either after one of those
before , no theory of life seemed to
before Vienna, and the standard of
before I left. I thought it was you, or
before , and had never heard anything
before everybody. It was horrible!
Before I could answer that, I should
before , to cut a piece of cord, and had
before any suspicions would be
before then. A sudden thought struck
before he woke, and as he opened
before he could come back. Perhaps
before - almost inseparable, indeed.
before . Indeed, to destroy a body
before you came I almost fainted with
before he had forgotten, for the first
before him. He heard Campbell
before , and the others consisted of
before eleven. What did you do
before he had time to defend himself,
Before God I am telling the truth,"
Before God?" "Strike me dumb if it
before from the far end of the
before him. Actual life was chaos, but
before one! What sort of life would
before him. "I suppose you have
before . Seems like a sailor, sir." The
before ." "It is because I am going to
before - and the scarlet dew that
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your pardon, Basil, but I didn't
you to stay." "But what about my
you not to go." Dorian Gray
your pardon. I thought - " "You
of you to do this. We were
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began to chirrup by the wall, and like
began to smoke a cigarette with a
began to scramble all over the oval
began to sing. "You are glad you have
began to give some wearisome facts.
began to play with a long tortoise-shell
began to wonder what on earth I
began . Romeo was a stout elderly
began to think. Certainly few people
began ? How shallow were the arbitrary
began to wonder whether we could
began to complain. Women defend
began to gape. A lady standing close
began to applaud. Motionless, and as
began . Through the crowd of ungainly,
began to talk loudly and to whistle.
began to eat them listlessly. They had
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He threw himself into a chair and
and they passed out into the hall and
flung himself into an arm-chair and
that always stood at his bedside and
amateur curate for the moment always
He passed out of the room and
but the man did not move. Something
stopped and peered back. Once, she
minutes to two. He sat down and
door very gently behind him. Then he
Blue Book from one of the shelves and
round, and leaning upon his elbow,
as he was alone, he lit a cigarette and
crawl over the green steaming mud; he
horribly agitated. At last he got up and
had required for his dreadful work. He
and sat by Lord Henry. Mr. Chapman
A cold rain
faster. The hideous hunger for opium
The man looked at her in terror and
of them. The women sidled up and
remember. Am I safe here, Harry?" He
I am not going to do any more. I
Henry strolled across the room and
lids over black, glasslike eyes and
down on the sofa in the library, and
As he thought of Hetty Merton, he
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to think. Suddenly there flashed
the ascent. The elaborate
to turn over the leaves. After a
to dress for dinner. It was
by saying that, and then
the ascent, Basil Hallward
to trickle on the floor. He
to sing in a hoarse voice. The
to think. Every year - every
ringing the bell. In about five
to turn over the leaves. "Alan
to sip his chocolate. The
sketching upon a piece of
to brood over those verses
to pace up and down the
to wonder if he and Basil
to talk in a loud voice about
to fall, and the blurred
to gnaw at him. His throat
to whimper. At the end of the
to chatter. Dorian turned his
to tremble. "My dear Dorian,"
my good actions yesterday."
to stroke the head of a
to sway backwards and
to think over some of the
to wonder if the portrait in
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now. I know what conscience is, to
you on it. But how are you going to
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begin by loving their parents; as they
begin with. It is not what you told me
begin ?" "By marrying Sibyl Vane."
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beginning for a friendship, and it is far
beginning to end. If a man is a
beginning ." "Do you think my nature
beginning to patch it. She felt a little
beginning of our friendship, Dorian,"
beginning , with the aid of his
beginning "Madame, je suis tout
beginning to end, I shall believe you.
beginning of faith." "What are you?"
beginning of your reformation."
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once." "Laughter is not at all a bad
sir, are pure humbug from
in store for you. This is merely the
tawdry theatrical dress, with a sigh, and
as you have." "We are only at the
sir," said the genial frame-maker,
were embroidered the verses of a song
that they are absolutely untrue from
are a sceptic." "Never! Scepticism is the
and broke her heart. That was the
of your great renunciation. Even as a
harm." "My dear boy, you are really
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behind them, the painter flung himself
Behind every exquisite thing that
behind her as, looking like a bird of
behind the curtain and surveyed the
behind the scenes and introduce me to
behind , so I consented. It was curious
behind to talk to her. Is that right?
behind and spoke to her. As we were
behind the scenes into the greenroom.
behind it. Suddenly there had fallen
behind him, he called him back. The
behind and saw the horrible change?
behind and see her, after the play was
behind him, Dorian Gray touched the
behind a pallid mask of chalk with
behind a screen, you can't care much
behind the screen. The man was quite
behind the screen. Was the face on
behind it was hanging the same
behind . I know you and Harry are
behind . They walked softly, as men
behind you," he whispered, as he
behind the wainscoting. There was a
behind him, he seized it and turned
behind the ear, crushing the man's
behind him. Having reached the door,
behind him, he crept quietly
behind him. Then he began ringing
behind him, putting his hand upon
behind him. He turned and hurried
behind a very shabby fan, one of her
behind one's back that are absolutely
behind , and before he had time to
behind the trees there, watching me,
behind Dorian, Lord Henry turned
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afternoon." As the door closed
said Lord Henry, shutting the door
me in the face. I looked out from
was over and offered to take me
He seemed determined to take me
every night to the theatre and goes
After the performance was over, I went
as it was over, Dorian Gray rushed
that he had passed had left phantoms
him to remain. As the door was closing
chance, eyes other than his spied
not your fault. Tell me, did you go
Patti is singing." As he closed the door
the blood crept from its face, and left
out of town. And if you keep it always
wondered if he had thought of peering
and, holding it in his hands, passed
his dog-eared schoolbooks. On the wall
are smiling now. And there is worse
ascent, Basil Hallward following close
orange. He shuddered. "Shut the door
was in holes. A mouse ran scuffling
as he did so. As soon as he got
dug the knife into the great vein that is
and went back, closing the window
wax image. Having locked the door
out, shutting the door very gently
turned round and came and stood
"Leave me now," said a stern voice
fact was, as she explained to Dorian,
nowadays saying things against one
he felt himself suddenly seized from
heavens! don't you see a man moving
As the glass door closed
He went in quietly, locking the door
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being talked about, and that is not
thing. Your cynicism is simply a pose." "
stock-broker, can gain a reputation for
think it really matters about your not
he felt afraid of him, and ashamed of
and that you don't really object to
capricious moment of annoyance on not
period he roundly abused them for
shook her head, but could not help
life, and mocked the slow Silenus for
duchess, we shall all look on you as
always late on principle, his principle
look picturesque, but only succeeded in
together, about the search for beauty
"By this time, however, the lights were
I am a little jealous of the picture for
grumble. "Ah! but you don't like
me. Besides, he has the appearance of
some stranger. He had that dislike of
A sailor's existence was dreadful. Fancy
he was to see the beautiful heiress
you." "I shudder at the thought of
I have a distinct remembrance of
but I have no recollection at all of
them. They have the charm of
know." "And I don't forgive you for
one." "That is certainly better than
he answered, toying with some fruits. "
not nervousness. Indeed, so far from
would be profanation for me to play at
I can't bear the idea of my soul
Besides, nothing makes one so vain as
their masters, all the same. They love
You can talk to me of other women
your mind? You people who go in for
a friend. Lord Henry had the charm of
allowed to know where the picture was
a plot and with only one character,
Gothic art its enduring vitality, this art
musical accompaniment of the words
of one essence. To him, man was a
know that the most dreadful things are
of lives do these people, who pose as
- and, indeed, exercised often without
lead, while he by monstrous winds was
no more, and horrible thoughts, time
very stern and rather pale, his pallor
borne. He felt as if an iron ring was
was going downstairs, he heard the key
Henry at last, as the chaud-froid was
but I find him charming. He atones for
occasionally somewhat overdressed by
back now and then to see if he was
steps in the passage and the chain
to life itself. The consciousness of
by which man can reach it. One is by
One is by being cultured, the other by
Country people have no opportunity of
to his audience. It struck me as
and will be what we will be. As for
and had experienced a terrible joy in
being talked about. A portrait like this
Being natural is simply a pose, and
being civilized. Well, after I had been
being there. The audience probably
being afraid. Why had it been left for
being reminded that you are extremely
being offered the Embassy at Paris, a
being a pack of Radicals. He was a
being amused. Mr. Erskine listened.
being sober. Facts fled before her like
being primarily responsible. But I
being that punctuality is the thief of
being untidy. Her name was Victoria,
being the real secret of life. I don't
being put out in the theatre, and I had
being a whole month younger than I
being kissed, Jim," she cried. "You are
being rich, and the flowers he sends
being stared at, which comes on
being cooped up in a horrid ship, with
being carried off by a robber on a
being free." "I want you to beware of
being married, but I have no
being engaged. I am inclined to think
being fashionable. But here is Dorian
being late for dinner," broke in Lord
being adored," he answered, toying
Being adored is a nuisance. Women
being nervous, she was absolutely
being in love. You have made me see
being hideous." "A very charming
being told that one is a sinner.
being dominated. I am sure you were
being charming, and of Patti singing
being consistent have just as many
being very dangerous. But that was all.
being taken to. There was something
being , indeed, simply a psychological
being , one might fancy, especially the
being wrought in gold thread, and
being with myriad lives and myriad
being said against you in London." "I
being moral, lead themselves? My
being conscious of it. They had met
being swept towards the jagged edge
being dead, raced nimbly on in front,
being intensified by his coal-black hair
being slowly tightened round his
being turned in the lock. It was long
being handed round, "what is the
being occasionally somewhat
being always absolutely over-educated.
being followed. In about seven or
being unhooked. The door opened
being hunted, snared, tracked down,
being cultured, the other by being
being corrupt. Country people have
being either, so they stagnate."
being rather dramatic. London is very
being poisoned by a book, there is no
being so; and that of the lives that
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take. Her trust makes me faithful, her
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believe that you are really a very good
believe it." Lord Henry smiled, and
believe anything, provided that it is
believe that, Harry, and I don't believe
believe you do either. However,
believe some picture of mine had
believe . I don't know what she will say
believe that if one man were to live
believe that the world would gain such
believe a word that he says." "He has
believe anything he has told me." "You
believe it all," said Lord Henry,
believe you would, Basil. You like
believe I was at her christening. She
believe she has made up her mind to
believe . The longer I live, Dorian, the
believe that is true. I cannot help
believe there is no society of any kind
believe me that if this man wrongs my
believe it. Dorian is far too sensible."
Believe me, no civilized man ever
believe in this girl. Any one you love
believe it? - a week ago, at Lady
believe in the reality of the things we
believe . It is on the grand tier. You will
believe . But he is not on the stage. He
believe . Admirably suited for a
believe anything to his dishonour when
believe it? Yet he was afraid.
believe anything to the detriment of
believe my house is somewhere about
believe he married Lady Radley's
believe these rumours at all. At least,
believe them when I see you. Sin is a
believe anything against you. And yet
believe you. If they did believe you,
believe you, they would like me all
believe you. Deny them, Dorian, deny
believe it is my picture." "Can't you
believe that you were doing anything
believe anything against her; Mrs.
believe he is in love," cried Lady
believe a word of it." "Well, ask Mr
believe , according to the peerage, it is
believe me. You value beauty far too
believe in the race," she cried. "It
believe he thinks that Monmouth
believe that he had come to such a
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the door that led into the garden. "I
understand it. Perhaps you will hardly
"and as for believing things, I can
firm. That is all." "I don't
t believe that, Harry, and I don't
took it into her head to lionize me. I
played a duet together - three duets, I
he had even in his Eton days, "I
thought, reality to every dream - I
paying you compliments. You mustn't
Perhaps that is the reason that I don't
he has told me." "You know you
Gray turned and looked at him. "I
I knew his mother intimately. I
marry this fascinating young person?" "I
fathers used to like that sort of piece, I
everything you do." "Yes, Harry, I
Australia in a position of affluence. I
only one child now to look after, and
some little actress or other." "I can't
that one has ceased to use in fact.
"I understand what you mean, and I
the terror of eternity. Well - would you
such wonders happen. They make one
sister's box?" "Twenty-seven, I
There is a son, a charming fellow, I
Old Florentine. Came from Fonthill, I
the chatter of the clubs - could not
Even if he told them, would they
society, at least - is never very ready to
even recognize Grosvenor Square. I
bye?" Dorian shrugged his shoulders. "I
are not everything. Mind you, I don't
rumours at all. At least, I can't
marvellous untroubled youth - I can't
if you choose. Nobody would
Nobody would believe you. If they did
untrue from beginning to end, I shall
It has destroyed me." "I don't
would not turn a hair. You would not
disappointment no one would ever
You are quite out of sorts." "I
"Certainly, Lady Narborough." "I don't
"An eternity, she tells me. I
hand. "That is your error, Harry,
Exchange." She shook her head. "I
answered the duchess, colouring. "I
us pass from poor Basil. I wish I could
even if he did confess, who would
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at Dorian Gray that night could have
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believed
in everything. The common
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in everything, and knew
him. He had told her once
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bell , and when Parker comes I will tell
bell for tea. "You will have tea, of
bell for his servant. Lord Henry passed
bell sounded, and Victor came in softly
bell , and in a few minutes Victor
bell . The portrait must be hidden away
Bell Tavern, Hoxton Road, by Mr.
bell . In about five minutes his valet
bell and gave it to his valet, with
bell for his servant and gave him
bell several times, but there was no
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belong to you some day. When one is
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it." "Certainly, Harry. Just touch the
walked across the room and rang the
growled approvingly and rang the
young master sleep so late. Finally his
behind him, Dorian Gray touched the
by romance. He sighed and touched the
inquest was held this morning at the
behind him. Then he began ringing the
and read it carefully. Then he rang the
jesting. At five o'clock he rang his
brought him back. The man rang the
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for him." "Mr. Dorian Gray does not
you be annoyed? I suppose she will
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must change him, and everything that
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His mother was waiting for him
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to you for a season.... The
to Nature, not to me. Pleasure
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below the intellect." "I do not
below . She grumbled at his
below -stairs. The world would simply
below , stopped and looked up at the
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once surface and symbol. Those who go
to the deal painting-table that was set
I cannot tell - though I feel so much
" The elder woman grew pale
be absurd for him to marry so much
key, and no one else could enter it.
up a card with an address, or found
the standard of Mohammed had stood
"Because," said Lord Henry, passing
the floor, crushed it into silver splinters
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I was painting it, Dorian Gray sat
table stood a statuette by Clodion, and
my god of graces. But I am poor
oranges with the tawdry girls who sat
Gray, coming over and sitting down
was lying a note from Lord Henry, and
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me. Some subtle influence
it lay a copy of Les Cent
him. Poor? What does that
them. Some women were
him, "why is it that I cannot
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stand where we had left them, and
of the Garter glittered upon his breast.
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and I can't bear him when he sulks.
son, and one lives charmingly upon it.
too young to think of falling in love.
He is always most polite to me.
fancy, the object of man's existence.
them, but they are not one's concern.
for one's morals to see bad acting.
told me, and I can quite understand it.
consequences it might be fraught?
became a confirmed misanthrope. And
kept his youth - that was enough. And,
Basil Hallward, and many others
- that was all that it seemed to contain,
inform upon you. It is not my business.
me must have fresh air sometimes, and
hate one are much more interesting.
converts an appetite into an art.
thrust upon the weak. That was all.
are destroyed by their own plenitude.
Why did he get in front of the guns?
She is too wise or too cruel for that.
Even as a beginning, it is poor.
shake your head: you know you are.
are much too delightful to do that.
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he feared he might awake. "It is your
"It is your best work, Basil, the
The ugly and the stupid have the
for a friendship, and it is far the
met Dorian Gray, is good work, is the
would not part with? It is one of the
"Harry, I can't quarrel with my two
life and in private life followed the
depth of generosity." "Oh, Basil is the
and in the country often dine with the
answered. "I asked the question for the
have said to me. You are certainly my
Let me look at it. It is the
Georges Petit is going to collect all my
always you to look at. If you wish the
be afraid of, there. Yet he thought it
her to manage things as she thought
me everything I wanted, including your
me on purely scientific principles as the
have in life but one great experience at
wish I had now. It belonged to Basil's
but a mockery. What was youth at
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like Nature, has her monsters, things of
beside
beside
Beside
beside
beside
the coarse bloated hands of
them lies the half-cut book
him hung the portrait of his
him and his mantle stained
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Besides , I want you to tell me why I
Besides , I always deal with Dartmoor's
Besides , what do you know of this
Besides , he has the appearance of
Besides , every experience is of value,
Besides , individualism has really the
Besides , I don't suppose you will want
Besides , women were better suited to
Besides , nothing makes one so vain as
Besides , was it really under his control?
besides , my dear old Basil, if you
besides , might not his nature grow
besides him, seemed never to leave
besides a chair and a table. As
Besides , without my stirring in the
besides , I really wake them up. You
Besides , the stuff is better." "Much the
Besides , each time that one loves is
Besides , had any stranger been
Besides , he had convinced himself
Besides , it is nothing to us. It is
Besides , what on earth could happen
Besides , how do you know that Hetty
Besides , Dorian, don't deceive
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best work, Basil, the best thing you
best thing you have ever done," said
best of it in this world. They can sit at
best ending for one," said the young
best work of my life. But in some
best things I have ever done. And why
best friends at once, but between you
best cooks, dining with the Tories and
best of fellows, but he seems to me to
best families." "I hate offices, and I hate
best reason possible, for the only
best friend. No one has ever
best thing I have ever done. Do take
best pictures for a special exhibition in
best work I have ever done to be
best to be on his guard. Speaking
best . She left the room, wreathed in
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history the faltering steps of kings. It is
My wife is very good at it - much
or metaphysics with you. I like persons
and I like persons with no principles
of anything else. But you never sat
Dorian too long. I have never been in
you would, Basil. You like your art
over the picture. You had much
with him." "He won't like you the
and, as you have to dress, you had
in the Diplomatic, things were much
month. I hope he treated his grandson
The less said about life's sores, the
dear Lohengrin. I like Wagner's music
first night, and looks as if she had seen
that I delight in it. Perhaps you had
"For ever, too!" "He had
though many of them would be the
and ruin his intellect." "Oh, she is
be sorrier than yourself. You are much
to adore some one." "That is certainly
and yet it seemed to him to be
t be cruel to me, because I love you
Besides, women were
and at once. Anything would be
continued and grew louder. Yes, it was
It has taught me to know myself
cannot spare you. And now you had
of Harry. But I know that you are
too much afraid of life - but you are
kindly follow me. Or perhaps you had
hospitable creature. I like him much
believe you, they would like me all the
all the better for it. I know the age
played both the violin and the piano
are really an admirable tonic, much
round and looked at Dorian. "Are you
the secret of some new joy. They were
more interesting. Besides, the stuff is
"Much the same." "I like it
of her. You are mad." "You had
set me on the wrong track." "You had
that? I admit that I think that it is
than I am to acknowledge that it is
in it." "That you may censure it the
Lord Henry to his cousin. "You had
must have overtired yourself. You had
to the open. I dare say it will be
"Dorian," said Lord Henry, "I had
wretched peasant who has just died is
really a sort of sin. I want to be
want to be better. I am going to be
All his failure had been due to that.
livery? Youth had spoiled him. It was
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better not to be different from one's
better , in fact, than I am. She never
better than principles, and I like
better than anything else in the world.
better . You were perfectly still. And I
better form for painting than I am
better than your friends. I am no more
better let me have it, Basil. This silly
better for keeping your promises. He
better lose no time. Good-bye, Harry.
better . But I hear they let them in now
better than he did the jarvies." "I don't
better ." "Still, the East End is a very
better than anybody's. It is so loud
better days." "I know that look. It
better write to him. I don't want to see
better ." She shrank from him. Then
better for a little whitewashing."
better than good - she is beautiful,"
better than you pretend to be." Lord
better than being adored," he
better than many other things that
better than anything in the world.
better suited to bear sorrow than men.
better than this dreadful state of doubt.
better to let Lord Henry in, and to
better ." "Ah, Dorian, I am so glad
better dress and drive down to the
better than he is. You are not stronger
better . And how happy we used to be
better go in front. I am afraid it is
better than the Frenchman you used
better for it. I know the age better
better than you do, though you will
better than most amateurs. In fact, it
better than what Sir Andrew
better , my dear fellow?" he asked. "You
better off than he was. He was
better ." "Much the same." "I like it
better . Come and have something to
better confess your sin, for as sure as
better go home and put that pistol
better to be beautiful than to be
better to be good than to be ugly."
better ." "Would you have me take the
better take care. He is very
better not come down to dinner. I
better after lunch, when we get to
better tell them that the shooting is
better off than I am. I have no
better . I am going to be better. Tell
better . Tell me something about
Better for him that each sin of his
better not to think of the past.
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and I really can't see any resemblance
of you. I make a great difference
Hallward for months, but the friendship
word, too. The only difference
with my two best friends at once, but
dines before seven. Shall you see Basil
And yet how difficult to decide
the close relationship that existed
Duke of Berwick's four-in-hand came
who, as it seemed to him, had come
are other and more interesting bonds
Life had come
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that the horrible sympathy that existed
from Dorian Gray's lips, and he rushed
touch this screen, everything is over
or not a quarrel had taken place
said Lord Henry. "She is the one link
mind - reappeared from time to time
he gnawed nervously at his underlip.
small shabby house that was wedged in
between you, with your rugged strong
between people. I choose my friends
between them had never altered him.
between a caprice and a lifelong
between you both you have made me
between this and then? Or shall I
between the claims of the various
between them. Mrs. Vane fixed her
between , and when it had left the
between them. Yet, when her arms
between men and women. I will
between them.... His eyes darkened,
between the chemical atoms that
between him and the picture might
between the painter and the screen.
between us." Hallward was
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between us and your short frocks."
between his explosions. An alliterative
Between two of the windows stood a
between two gaunt factories. In one of
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was here I found her, and she is divine
set in six-petalled formal blossoms,
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a courteous bow. "And now I must
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do when I caught sight of the playthe season. There was a rather heavy
writes his friend's name across a
to do anything. My brother paid the
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great flaring gas-jets and gaudy play-
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beyond his means," laughed Dorian.
beyond all living things. When she acts,
beyond which on either side was the
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bid good-bye to your excellent aunt. I
bid a polite good-bye to the captain,
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bill . What do you think the play was,
bill for a chased silver Louis-Quinze
bill , am I his keeper? I know how
bill at last. George doesn't speak to
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bills who want that, Uncle George, and
bills . A hideous Jew, in the most
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binding was of citron-green leather,
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the door behind her as, looking like a
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now and then the fantastic shadows of
her name over and over again. The
are not less lovely for all that. The
of hawkers rode by, carrying hooded
there. Outside, there is the stirring of
Peruvians that have the shrill cries of
the plague. In the nests of Arabian
silks and wrought with fleurs-de-lis,
golds and their marvellously plumaged
gleam of the opal-and-iris-throated
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bird of paradise that had been out all
bird was in her voice. Her eyes caught
bird with pink crest and tail, that was
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birds in flight flitted across the long
birds that were singing in the
birds sing just as happily in my garden.
birds on their gauntleted wrists. How
birds among the leaves, or the sound
birds , and flutes of human bones such
birds was the aspilates, that, according
birds and images; veils of lacis worked
birds . He had a special passion, also,
birds that flutter round the tall
birds have gone to the open. I dare
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he was fully entitled by reason of his
was engaged." "But think of Dorian's
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were a flower to put in his coat, a
to have some one to chat to." Hallward
"I should like that awfully." The painter
but he seems to me to be just a
of the aristocracy." James Vane
furrow, and with a twitch of pain he
pathetic. But I was not moved a
courage. Campbell frowned and
club?" "Yes," he answered. Then he
to him with such infamy of insult. He
wished to see him. He frowned and
I have done for years, the first little
to confess? Never. There was only one
bit of decoration to charm his vanity,
bit his lip. "If Dorian wishes it, of
bit his lip and walked over, cup in
bit of a Philistine. Since I have known
bit his lip. "Watch over Sibyl, Mother,"
bit his underlip. "You are not listening
bit . I thought her shallow. Suddenly
bit his lip. "It will take about five
bit his lip. "No, I don't mean
bit his lip, and for a few seconds his
bit his lip. "Send him in," he muttered
bit of self-sacrifice I have ever known,
bit of evidence left against him. The
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biting the end of one of his huge
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and then for a long time at the picture,
walking up and down the room and
you know nothing," said Dorian Gray,
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memory of your past will make more
king, and given him rue to wear and
through," answered the lad, in a hard
not the fruits of experience, sweet or
soul. But only God can do that." A
to her. She stumbled away, laughing. A
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tone of colour, or something. You will
is your doing, Harry," said the painter
you. You do it so well," he answered
t you see your ideal in it?" said Dorian
stopped for ever, Harry," he answered
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your rugged strong face and your coalvictims also." "I am in Lady Agatha's
or crawled in red foam over the vat's
way in a labyrinth of grimy streets and
of. She has been innocent, and the
-backed waves trying to get in, and a
being carried off by a robber on a
through dimly lit streets, past gaunt,
fancy? After a few moments, in her
curtains, and they appear to tremble. In
he used to look with wonder at the
had a mourning-bed made for her of
with rows of the queen's devices in cut
Sir Anthony Sherard, with his silver-andwife, a pallid, thin-lipped woman in
balustrade and peering down into the
jagged tear in the neck and the clotted
blue, and the leafless trees shook their
said. After he had drunk his cup of
of the pink and pearl city, seated in a
swept towards the jagged edge of some
his pallor being intensified by his coalIt was a small Chinese box of
interminable, and the streets like the
chimney-stacks of the houses rose the
head to foot. After a little while, a
to him with added horror. Out of the
twenty yards in front of them, with
biting his lip and thinking. Then he
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bitter
bitter
bitter
bitter
bitter
bitter
bitter
than defeats. Every month as it
herbs to taste of. She has been
voice. "I am awfully sorry that I
as they might be. Of the
laugh of mockery broke from
blast swept across the square.
laugh. "Little more than a boy!"
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bitterly reproach him in your own
bitterly . Lord Henry shrugged his
bitterly . She rose from her knees and,
bitterly . "My ideal, as you call it..."
bitterly . "The whole thing is hideous
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black hair, and this young Adonis, who
black books at present," answered
black , dripping, sloping sides. It was an
black grassless squares. About half-past
black hands of jealousy have crushed
black wind blowing the masts down and
black horse, and give chase, and rescue
black -shadowed archways and
black silk dress, with old-fashioned
black fantastic shapes, dumb shadows
black confessionals and long to sit in
black velvet powdered with crescents
black velvet upon cloth of silver.
black armour piled at his feet. What
black . Her blood, also, stirred within
black seething well of darkness. Then
black pool that was slowly widening
black iron branches to and fro. He
black coffee, he wiped his lips slowly
black gondola with silver prow and
black cleft of precipice. He knew
black hair and dark eyebrows. "Alan!
black and gold-dust lacquer,
black web of some sprawling spider.
black masts of ships. Wreaths of
black shadow that had been creeping
black cave of time, terrible and
black -tipped ears erect and long
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his fingers stray across the white and
the white scurf of crinkled lids over
black ivory of the keys. After the
black , glasslike eyes and began to
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blackballed at a West End club of
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tomb in Verona. I think, from his
round at the silent square, with its
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blank look of amazement, that he was
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walking to the window, drew up the
time stopped for him. Yes: that
were silhouetted against some lamplit
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through the cream-coloured silk
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Then she paused. A rose shook in her
that they are of the same flesh and
as one's self." "The same flesh and
on the verge of summer. When the
thieves, could be affected only by the
at the various portraits of those whose
pallid, thin-lipped woman in black. Her
beautiful forms of those whom vice and
him and his mantle stained with the
death, and who had a passion for red
and into whose torpid veins the
knows anything about mine. With such
He knew it, and he felt as if his
sound of some one choking with
of the preceding night crept with silent,
red gutters scooped out in it for the
as though the canvas had sweated
that the senses could cure it? Innocent
boy. Thank God, I have not got his
of the forest had been spotted with
hand seemed brighter, and more like
over the wrinkled fingers. There was
feet, as though the thing had dripped -
blind . The bright dawn flooded the
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blinds , the face appeared to him to be
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blood and shadowed her cheeks. Quick
blood as one's self." "The same flesh
blood as one's self! Oh, I hope not
blood crept from its face, and left
blood of kids. Leonardus Camillus
blood flowed in his veins. Here was
blood , also, stirred within him. How
blood and weariness had made
blood of Perotto; Pietro Riario, the
blood , as other men have for red wine
blood of three lads was infused by a
blood as he has in his veins, how
blood had changed in a moment
blood . Three times the outstretched
blood -stained feet into his brain and
blood to flow through, you would
blood ? How horrible it was! - more
blood had been spilled. What could
blood upon my hands." The woman
blood . Then he wrote a note to Lord
blood newly spilled. Then he trembled.
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bloom and loveliness of his then just
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and that he might keep all the delicate
his face or stained his flowerlike
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of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured
quite incredible." The wind shook some
burying his face in the great cool lilacover the oval stellated globe of the tiny
had developed like a flower, had borne
for me, I think, a very dance of
boar-spear. Crowned with heavy lotuspomegranates set in six-petalled formal
from which spread long-stemmed white
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blossoms of a laburnum, whose
blossoms from the trees, and the heavy
blossoms , feverishly drinking in their
blossoms . He watched it with that
blossoms of scarlet flame. Out of its
blossoms in blue skies." "He is a
blossoms you had sat on the prow of
blossoms , beyond which on either side
blossoms , the details of which were
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blown sunlight and strolled down the
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blue wreaths of smoke that curled up
blue thread a long thin dragon-fly
blue cloud-shadows chased themselves
blue eyes, his crisp gold hair. There
Blue Book, Harry, although those
Blue Books, Uncle George," said Lord
blue china jars and parrot-tulips were
blue eyes in wonder. "You always come
blue skies." "He is a gentleman," said
blue petals of flame they seemed,
blue eyes met his own. A sense of
blue lining, that hung in front of the
blue -dragon bowl that, filled with
blue fire. He was trembling all over.
blue eyes, and rose-red lips - they all
blue -veined hands, the twisted body,
blue silks and wrought with
blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow
blue linen; and many corporals,
Blue Gate Fields, and stay there, day
blue , the noble curves had not yet
blue , and the leafless trees shook
Blue Book from one of the shelves
blue that follow one as one pushes
blue lapis. He watched it as though it
blue drawing-room and laid upon one
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at him in amazement through the thin
to chirrup by the wall, and like a
green lacquer leaves of the ivy, and the
his finely curved scarlet lips, his frank
tell you anything that is in an English
"Mr. Dorian Gray does not belong to
had selected for her device. Some large
several times," said Dorian, opening his
I think, a very dance of blossoms in
burning from three flickering jets: thin
hair gleamed in the early sunlight. Its
curtains, with their shimmering
A bee flew in and buzzed round the
the pupils of his eyes were like disks of
loathing of it was intensified. Gold hair,
would be the wrinkled throat, the cold,
books bound in tawny satins or fair
also, of amber-coloured silk, and
altar frontals of crimson velvet and
house, go down to dreadful places near
something of the loveliness of their
The gas-lamps flickered and became
and thinking. Then he took down the
like those straight lines of turquoiseout of ebony and inlaid with ivory and
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blue trousers. A spotted handkerchief
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blush coloured his cheeks for a
blush ." "A blush is very becoming,
blush is very becoming, Duchess,"
blush , like the shadow of a rose in a
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blushes , it is a very bad sign. Ah!
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able to look her in the face without a
her in the face without a blush." "A
her shy grace and startled eyes. A faint
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body - how much that is! We in our
body sins once, and has done with its
body . He would become dreadful,
body was lying in a marble tomb in
body , I am filled with awe." "You can
body , body and soul - how mysterious
body and soul - how mysterious they
body had its moments of spirituality.
body really in the soul, as Giordano
body swayed, while she danced, as a
body , so it would reveal to him his
body of hers!" "Stop, Basil! I won'
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body of Sibyl Vane, a young actress
body and the failing limbs. There were
body , delighting in the conception of
body that is worn by the suffering
body to body till it had reached his
body till it had reached his own? Was
body was covered with roses by a
body must be far less horrible than
body , as every cell of the brain,
body after them into the sunlight. He
body . Life had suddenly become too
body ?" he exclaimed. "Quick! I must
body was there, and he hurried to the
body of a man dressed in a coarse
body . As he rode home, his eyes
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is Greek. The harmony of soul and
in the mind and poisons us. The
was to make his soul would mar his
for hundreds of years and that her
that is hidden away in that little ivory
wounds are like red roses. Soul and
are like red roses. Soul and body,
was animalism in the soul, and the
seated in the house of sin? Or was the
like a creature from a finer world. Her
As it had revealed to him his own
are horrors in store for that little white
the cold, blue-veined hands, the twisted
Danby, the District Coroner, on the
and smile. He mocked the misshapen
the brain, or some white nerve in the
that she may hide the pallid macerated
strange poisonous germ crept from
poisonous germ crept from body to
chase living men and whose murdered
often done before. Indeed, to destroy a
a nature that every fibre of the
few moments they emerged, dragging a
with terror in every tingling fibre of his
He clutched at it madly. "Where is the
Something seemed to tell him that the
in the far corner was lying the dead
for some minutes looking at the dead
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such thing as a moral or an immoral
had produced, and, remembering a
he had read when he was sixteen, a
you anything that is in an English Blue
reminded one of a badly bound hymnthat he had found in one of the
The mere fact of having published a
hinted at prudence, quoted from that
is! If I had read all this in a
picking up a little vellum-covered
himself as a boy. There the satinwood
from Lord Henry, and beside it was a
him round the evening paper, and a
killed her. His eye fell on the yellow
became absorbed. It was the strangest
of a modern sinner. It was a poisonous
going into the next room, placed the
"but really it is entirely your fault. That
free himself from the influence of this
type of himself. And, indeed, the whole
he used to read the latter part of the
them, and beside them lies the half-cut
Dorian Gray had been poisoned by a
Italian cassone, and an almost empty
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book , Harry, I think I would have
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thinking. Then he took down the Blue
and getting up, went over to the
he looked at the title-page of the
But after a time the
friends." "Yet you poisoned me with a
me that you will never lend that
we will be. As for being poisoned by a
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thing as a moral or an immoral book.
also." "I am in Lady Agatha's black
Dorian Gray does not belong to Blue
his hand upon his arm. "You talk
write one?" "I am too fond of reading
elaborate yellow Chinese hangings;
a garden at Capri, reading the shameful
desire to act. It is superbly sterile. The
books that the world calls immoral are
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the surprise of candour." "It is such a
The love that he
thread and coloured crystals. The morse
a complex multiform creature that
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yourself ridiculous. My friends were
My friends were bored. I was
Venetian glass and looking dreadfully
the morning-room, looking very much
of the letters, he smiled. Three of them
insincere apology, he ceased to feel
on him?" asked Dorian, looking
was it separated you? I suppose he
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"Oh, yes, Harry." "He
me dreadfully, almost as much as he
he never forgave you. It's a habit
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Book from one of the shelves and
book -case and took out a volume at
book . It was Gautier's Emaux et
book fell from his hand. He grew
book once. I should not forgive that.
book to any one. It does harm." "My
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books at present," answered Dorian
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putting on one's dress-clothes,"
him - for it was really love a seraph's head in gold-thread
within itself strange legacies of
it all. Now it is for me to dictate
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bored . I was bored." She seemed not
bored ." She seemed not to listen to
bored . "I was at the opera. You should
bored . "I am so sorry, Harry," he
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bores me dreadfully, almost as much
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of voiceless agony, and then a child
life. The generation into which I was
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see her to-night. She is simply a
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nature had developed like a flower, had
worshipped you, and you would have
at times to be almost too great to be
each of which was too terrible to be
were unbearable, and that he had yet
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borne blossoms of scarlet flame. Out
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of deception absolutely necessary for
best friends at once, but between you
the stage. What absurd fellows you are,
eyebrows and looking at them
tired; women, because they are curious:
friendly terms with the pit. They were
of her power. I think we were
making elaborate speeches about us
and Sibyl ran in. "How serious you
been before. Life has been hard for us
dear Harry, my dear Basil, you must
an evening, Harry. I apologize to you
wonderful thing than art." "They are
state of doubt. He got up and locked
and sitting down by Dorian Gray, took
spectators of the play. Or rather we are
to the detriment of those who are
worshipped yourself too much. We are
musician, however, as well, and played
calls a suitable alliance, and I want you
either name for the world. They are
had been a sort of sailor; tattooed on
Dorian. "I have known something of
The world has cried out against us
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tradesmen, and consequently they never
tell your Aunt Agatha, Harry, not to
very pretty place - otherwise I wouldn't
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out of a large, gold-topped
here, and he could see the strange,
a hideous greeting as he thrust a
the face. A coarse candle, stuck in a
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pheasant came beating through the
both parties. I never know where my
both you have made me hate the finest
both of you! I wonder who it was
both with an amused smile. "So sorry
both are disappointed." "I don't think
both as grotesque as the scenery, and
both rather nervous. The old Jew
both , while we stood looking at each
both are!" she cried. "What is the
both , terribly hard and difficult. But it
both congratulate me!" said the lad,
both ." "My dear Dorian, I should
both simply forms of imitation,"
both doors. At least he would be alone
both his hands in his own and held
both . We watch ourselves, and the
both rich and fascinating. It feels
both punished." Dorian Gray turned
both the violin and the piano better
both to be happy." "What nonsense
both perfect. I was thinking chiefly of
both arms, and that kind of thing."
both . It seems terrible to me now
both , but it has always worshipped
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bother me. What I want is information:
bother me any more with her charity
bother you about it." "No trouble, sir.
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bothering us to do something for them.
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bottle that stood on the table. "It must
bottle -shaped kilns with their orange,
bottle of brandy and two tumblers in
bottle , sputtered beside it. Dorian
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that they were every one of them to be
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that his name was Dorian Gray. I am
that she reminded one of a badly
it lay a copy of Les Cent Nouvelles,
her out of the Jew's hands. She is
me that I had spoiled her life. I am
Lord Henry, and beside it was a book
of the first edition, and had them
yellow Chinese hangings; books
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to every touch and thrill of the
Duchess," said Lord Henry with a
the old gentleman with a courteous
When he saw me, he made me a low
-bye, my son," she answered with a
Narborough," said Lord Henry with a
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be in in a few moments." The man
round to see who was there. Dorian
soul had turned to this white girl and
Victor," he said with a sigh. The man
the chair, straining over the table with
cowardice had passed away. The man
go away. He is sitting at the table with
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Lady Narborough's drawing-room by
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in the centre of a soiled shirt. 'Have a
and paid a whole guinea for the stagemyself seated in a horrid little private
the horrid old Jew came round to the
bought ." "I should not wonder if he
bought at the price of a terrible sin;
bought , and sold, and bartered away.
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bound to state that she never told me
bound hymn-book. Fortunately for him
bound for Margaret of Valois by
bound to him for three years - at least
bound to state that she ate an
bound in yellow paper, the cover
bound in different colours, so that
bound in tawny satins or fair blue
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bow . "Ah! that is very nice, and
bow . "And now I must bid good-bye
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and went up the walk. Then he
to him shyly from the end of
in worship before her. To a
and retired. Then he rose from
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box , my Lord?' he said, when he
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simply a born artist. I sat in the dingy
smile. He escorted them to their
and rushing to the back of the
be there. You can come to my sister's
What is the number of your sister's
for the first time. We were in her
wearied of them, and would sit in his
on something. It was a small Chinese
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what he was told to say when he was a
Gray?" "Oh, something like, 'Charming
more to the right, Dorian, like a good
better let me have it, Basil. This silly
I don't allow people to call me a silly
she? I had forgotten that. What sort of
answered Lord Henry. "I fancy that the
mother snatched away by death, the
however. She is a genius." "My dear
"How do you mean?" "My dear
forest of Arden, disguised as a pretty
- reach me the matches, like a good
he was now from the shy frightened
" "That would be impossible, my dear
I have discovered that." "Basil, my dear
"Oh! that you will be a good
t you like the name. Oh! you silly
Jim, utterly foolish; a bad-tempered
her hand on his arm. He was merely a
are to see her to-night, if that
nothing. Good heavens, my dear
Lord Henry's voice outside. "My dear
You look exactly the same wonderful
The painter stared at him. "My dear
he had so often hidden himself as a
with nymphs and centaurs, and gilded a
young men? There was that wretched
ears. "Years ago, when I was a
underneath his cheek. He looked like a
now. This one is little more than a
gave a bitter laugh. "Little more than a
at a little inn by myself." "My dear
wine and frowning slightly. "My dear
any one. It does harm." "My dear
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rose-red youth and your rose-white
Yes; there had been things in his
Grace was his, and the white purity of
in it of the purely sensuous instinct of
and loveliness of his then just conscious
eyes, he would keep the glamour of
who had been so stern to him in his
where he had spent so much of his
it that one was taught to say in one's
box absolutely enthralled. I forgot that
box with a sort of pompous humility,
box , he leaned up against the wall,
box . She has got some smart women
box ?" "Twenty-seven, I believe. It
box . She is perfectly charming; and
box at the opera, either alone or with
box of black and gold-dust lacquer,
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boy of eighteen, and as a natural
boy - poor dear mother and I
boy ," said the painter, deep in his
boy doesn't really want it, and I really
boy ." "You know the picture is yours,
boy is he? If he is like his mother,
boy will be well off. He is not of age
boy left to solitude and the tyranny of
boy , no woman is a genius. Women
boy , the people who love only once in
boy in hose and doublet and dainty
boy - thanks - what are your actual
boy he had met in Basil Hallward's
boy ." "Yes, she will. She has not
boy , puts everything that is charming
boy and not forget us," she answered,
boy ! you should never forget it. If you
boy , that is all. How can you say such
boy . At the Marble Arch they hailed
boy doesn't forget his appointment."
boy , don't look so tragic! The secret of
boy , I must see you. Let me in at
boy who, day after day, used to come
boy , what nonsense!" he cried. "Do you
boy . There the satinwood book-case
boy that he might serve at the feast
boy in the Guards who committed
boy ," said Dorian Gray, crushing the
boy who had been tired out with
boy . Thank God, I have not got his
boy !" she sneered. "Why, man, it'
boy ," said Lord Henry, smiling,
boy , they have only been talking
boy , you are really beginning to
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boyhood , you have had passions that
boyhood that he had not understood.
boyhood , and beauty such as old
boyhood had been transformed by the
boyhood . Surely his wish had not been
boyhood . Not one blossom of his
boyhood . The picture had to be
boyhood , he had hung with his own
boyhood ? 'Lead us not into
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had sought to kill had all the bloom of
longing for the unstained purity of his
purity of his boyhood - his rose-white
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the fair face on the canvas. Once, in
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frank debonair manner, his charming
his foot upon the ground in his
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though he sought to imprison within his
events of the world take place in the
take place in the brain. It is in the
brain. It is in the brain, and the
terrifies us lays sudden siege to the
sulphurous fumes from troubling the
it. Suddenly there had fallen upon his
over me. I was dominated, soul,
cling about its pages and to trouble the
joy, when through the chambers of the
of men to some pearly cell in the
and in musk that troubled the
their backs." There was a gem in the
had seen a white stone taken from the
it for him, as it had been in his
was coming on him, and who, when his
with silent, blood-stained feet into his
though he would have robbed the very
into their cave. It was useless. The
his temper. From cell to cell of his
fibre of the body, as every cell of the
Suddenly a wild hope flashed across his
As the thought crept through his
"If a man treats life artistically, his
boyhood , all the unstained purity of
boyhood - his rose-white boyhood, as
boyhood , as Lord Henry had once
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mockery of Narcissus, he had
life, and it seemed horrible to
smile, and the infinite grace of
insolent manner. He felt a
moods. Do you think this girl
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boys , in their lace and scarlet, tossed
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brain some curious dream from which
brain . It is in the brain, and the brain
brain , and the brain only, that the
brain only, that the great sins of the
brain and calls on us to yield. After a
brain and making the imagination
brain that tiny scarlet speck that makes
brain , and power, by you. You became
brain . The mere cadence of the
brain sweep phantoms more terrible
brain , or some white nerve in the
brain , and in champak that stained the
brain of the dragon, Philostratus told
brain of a newly killed toad, that was
brain and in his passions. He felt that
brain had sickened and grown strange,
brain and reconstructed themselves
brain of sight and driven the eyeballs
brain had its own food on which it
brain crept the one thought; and the
brain , seems to be instinct with fearful
brain . "Stop," he cried. "How long
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brain is his heart," he answered,
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brainless beautiful creature who should
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of a laburnum, whose tremulous
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brains for every common tongue to
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of course, I stumbled against Lady
was reckless of me, but I asked Lady
know each other." "And how did Lady
find out people for myself. But Lady
what one wants to know." "Poor Lady
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blew through long pipes of reed or
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Sibyl to marry me. I am not going to
by saying that, and then proceeded to
him crying as one whose heart will
branches aside. In a few moments
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Brandon . 'You are not going to run
Brandon to introduce me to him.
Brandon describe this wonderful young
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Brantome , and his cap had double
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brawled and screamed. Lying back in
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brazier , he bathed his hands and
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bread of angels, or, robed in the
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break my word to her. She is to be my
break his word. I do want to preach
break . It was not till the third day
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library and sat down to a light French
As he was sitting at
once. He spent a long time also over
pity and not a little of contempt. After
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must be going," exclaimed Lady Henry,
Ah! can't you see that my heart is
gloomy courts. As the dawn was just
the garments of the Passion of Christ,
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Host into the chalice and smiting his
star of the Garter glittered upon his
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breakfast that had been laid out for
breakfast next morning, Basil Hallward
breakfast , tasting the various dishes,
breakfast , he walked with the duchess
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breaking an awkward silence with her
breaking ?" The hot tears came to his
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breaking the Host into the chalice
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breaks his own. I beg you not to go."
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breast for his sins. The fuming censers
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breasted pheasant came beating
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breath of our passion to stir their
breath parted the petals of her lips.
breath . Then wisdom altered its
breath May prove a beauteous flower
breath . The fresh morning air seemed
breath . The colour came back to his
breath . "Where shall we put it, sir?"
breath of scandal had ever touched
breath . After a few moments he drew
breath , opened the door a little wider,
breath quickened. A mad craving came
breath , and his nostrils quivered with
breath . "You have been on the brink
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breathed more freely, and for the first
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breathing thing crawled no more, and
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our laughter and grow sad. I want a
blood and shadowed her cheeks. Quick
mouth. Her eyelids were warm with his
This bud of love by summer's ripening
out on to the grass, he drew a deep
worshipped." Dorian Gray drew a long
frame-maker, who was still gasping for
When you met Lady Gwendolen, not a
in the window. He waited and held his
as he had left it. He heaved a deep
His
of opium met him. He heaved a deep
you!" Dorian Gray drew a long
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felt afraid. Then they passed by lonely
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of what is really the raiment of the
Baglioni, who slew Astorre with his
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to palm is holy palmers' kiss - with the
it matter to him? One's days were too
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with parted lips and eyes strangely
I wanted - the half-parted lips and the
he looked down the table and caught a
to the window, drew up the blind. The
marred face and its cruel smile. Its
in the dim twilight, and then in the
Dorian into the library. There was a
But you, Dorian, with your pure,
his own name, traced in long letters of
streaming into the room. The sky was
he started. His eyes grew strangely
there was no stain left upon it. It was
brickfields . The fog was lighter here,
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bride , and Simonetto with his page,
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brief dialogue that follows, were
brief to take the burden of another's
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bright . He was dimly conscious that
bright look in the eyes. I don't know
bright answering glance. "But they are
bright dawn flooded the room and
bright hair gleamed in the early
bright dawn, he had seen the touch of
bright wood fire blazing in the large
bright , innocent face, and your
bright vermilion. It was some foul
bright , and there was a genial
bright , and he gnawed nervously at
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brighter gold the waving wonder of its
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brilliant marriage for Sibyl. They would
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bring ruin upon others, nor ever
bring a great deal of romance into
bring your drinks." They rose up and
bring her out properly. She will make
bring it down to the coast in a waggon
bring misery upon any one. His nature
bring coffee, and fine-champagne, and
bring him an anodyne for his pain. He
Bring it in, Mr. Hubbard, please," he
bring poison within." Over the gable
bring , to the senses. But this was not
bring you into the matter. I have no
bring the things back to you."
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and without disquiet. They neither
I dare say, but somehow it seems to
The light is quite perfect, and you can
I shall take a West End theatre and
that had ever been discovered, and
is not like other men. He would never
have some coffee, you fellows? Waiter,
the flowers, and their beauty seemed to
concealed. There was no help for it. "
snake inwrought, so that no man might
any joy they brought, or could ever
is able to save me. I am forced to
and my servant will take a cab and
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to return as soon as possible and to
is! I'll take it for you. You
of that winter morning that seemed to
meet me. Tell one of the grooms to
bring
bring
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the things with him. As the hall
the other things." He spoke
him back his joyousness and his
my horse round. No. Never
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of all her guests. I remember her
pattern before him. He heard Campbell
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than defeats. Every month as it wanes
Harry," said the old gentleman, "what
in their houses. They say a corpse
that you had once loved and that
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there. He felt that he was on the
a long breath. "You have been on the
a moment, feeling that he was on the
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been just like the palmy days of the
girl, with one of those characteristic
doctrinaire - word full of terror to the
talking about it for six weeks, and the
a man to be called a representative
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I went to look after a piece of old
of Poland, was made of Smyrna gold
silk, and blue silk and gold
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bringing in the heavy chest, and the
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brings
brings
brings
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you nearer to something
you out so early? I thought you
bad luck." "The Home Farm!
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brink of a horrible danger. "You told
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Bristol at eight o'clock; and I will get
Bristol where dinner had been laid for
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British
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drama." "Just like, I should
faces that, once seen, are
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brocade in Wardour Street and had to
brocade embroidered in turquoises
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brocades , green bronzes, lacquer-work,
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broke the stillness, except when, now
broke in Lord Henry. "Isn't it, Mr
broke from her thin lips, and her
broke the waves of worldly cunning.
broke from his lips. "I don't care for
broke in Lord Henry, putting his
broke from her, and she flung herself
broke from the lad's lips, and he
broke . She explained it all to me. It
broke from Dorian Gray's lips, and he
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the canvas made the only sound that
you." "That is entirely due to me,"
" The same nervous staccato laugh
thought of. Against the shell of her ear
he was highly connected." An oath
forgive you for being late for dinner,"
t touch me!" he cried. A low moan
that Sibyl Vane is dead." A cry of pain
played so badly, and my heart almost
the corner of the room. A cry of terror
can do that." A bitter laugh of mockery
the ground. An exclamation of horror
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sir," said the man. A sigh of relief
Face it, and do it." A groan
never marry again, Lady Narborough,"
in a rut, then swerved aside and
drew the curtain aside, a hideous laugh
money for my night's lodging." He
subject." "It is an annoying subject,"
so, he stepped forward. A cry of joy
for you. You gave her good advice and
portrait. A cry of pain and indignation
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passion is for publication. Nowadays a
and colourless, the grace of his figure
you. I can't tell you how heartthe memory of a few kisses and some
moonstone's pearly whiteness, and the
in St. James's Street. He seemed
dim men and women were clustering in
dreadful things. Hetty's heart is not
a ring of sickly white faces under a
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his bedroom. As midnight was striking
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the green steaming mud; he began to
made each crime bear its misshapen
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And much less than a friend. A sort of
I don't care for brothers. My elder
gallery. "Come, Sibyl," said her
monstrous butterflies. She made her
Oh! don't go away from me. My
is not going to do anything. My
it had been merely fancy. Sibyl Vane's
of Sir Geoffrey Clouston, the duchess's
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broke
broke
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broke
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broke
broke
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broke
broke
from his parched lips, and the
from Campbell's lips and he
in Lord Henry. "You were far
into a gallop. After some time
from the painted lips of the
from her with an oath and
in Lord Henry. "It has no
from his lips. The man who
her heart. That was the
from him. He could see no
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broken heart will run to many editions.
broken and deformed. The scarlet
broken I am about the whole thing. I
broken pathetic words." "I will try and
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broken with shame and sorrow. What
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brother , I suppose?" "Oh, brothers! I
brother won't die, and my younger
brother impatiently. He hated his
brother talk of himself, his hopes, his
brother ... No; never mind. He didn't
brother paid the bill at last. George
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"I could not get rid of her. She
shade," said Lord Henry. "Parker has
Two globe-shaped china dishes were
the club for some time afterwards. He
He was conscious - and the thought
her soul to search for him, and it had
not what I wanted to say. You had
was from Lord Henry, and had been
the coffee and cigarettes had been
an ever-present sign of the ruin men
for your victories. As it is, they are
tears. Even Harry, who was here, who
and that the tea had been already
he would think of the ruin he had
enamoured of the pearl that the diver
by the reflection of the ruin that time
said that on one occasion, when he was
plied the distaff among the women, and
it was. It was a knife that he had
sense of joy, greater than any joy they
In fact, it was music that had first
to make matters worse, had actually
of the keys. After the coffee had been
the most full of promise that he had
for him that each sin of his life had
other eyes should look upon it. It had
on till they met a policeman and
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long thin dragon-fly floated past on its
either." Lord Henry stroked his pointed
Greek head with plaited coils of darkbrought a gleam of pleasure into his
opened and a young lad with rough
jerkin with cinnamon sleeves, slim,
the giants, that had been worked by
by his side. The keen aromatic air, the
brothers . My elder brother won't die,
brothers seem never to do anything
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brought me up to royalties, and people
brought out the drinks, and if you stay
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brought him back. His kiss burned
brought me something higher,
brought by hand that morning. He
brought and the man turned to go, he
brought upon their souls. Three
brought to you. No, you must keep
brought me the news, in fact, had no
brought up. On a little table of dark
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brought to King Perozes, and had
brought on beautiful and wonderful
brought by a friend into the
brought the Moon from Carthage and
brought up, some days before, to cut
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brought him and Dorian Gray
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brown gauze wings. Lord Henry felt as
brown beard and tapped the toe of his
brown hair, eyes that were violet wells
brown agate eyes - that it was through
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burning . "Yes," he continued, "I am
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hall of entrance, lights were still
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part of the subject-matter of the artist,
face, and seemed about to linger there.
you will laugh at me," he replied, "
laughed. "Yes, I knew you would;
an intellectual expression and all that.
Except, of course, in the Church.
whose name you have never told me,
didn't intend to tell it to you." "
It is a silly habit, I dare say,
over her dates, and I always do.
row at all. I sometimes wish she would;
you are really a very good husband,
"I will tell you," said Hallward;
so, till I met Dorian Gray. Then "Yes; she is a peacock in everything
burning
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bush . The sunlight slipped over the
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friend. I had only met her once before,
eyes met again. It was reckless of me,
I like to find out people for myself.
a restaurant. How could I admire her?
"I should think it was, Harry.
My dear fellow, I am not quite serious.
you would never care for anything
Of course, I have done all that.
who is it who says that? I forget;
Agnew offered me such a huge price
He shall never know anything about it.
artist should create beautiful things,
"I think you are wrong, Basil,
It is a sad thing to think of,
up. "I beg your pardon, Basil,
gloves. "You are very pressing, Basil,
unfortunate sitters. I beg you to stay." "
feed the hungry and clothe the beggar.
than the Hellenic ideal, it may be.
of purification. Nothing remains then
to say. There is some answer to you,
that had never been touched before,
Music had troubled him many times.
not articulate. It was not a new world,
painting, I can't think of anything else.
what Harry has been saying to you,
murmured. "Nothing can cure the soul
just as nothing can cure the senses
to have a language of their own.
had known Basil Hallward for months,
is only superficial. That may be so,
Gray, the gods have been good to you.
time. The common hill-flowers wither,
of its leaves will hold its purple stars.
is absolutely nothing in the world
Mr. Gray?" Dorian made no answer,
that Hallward was speaking to him,
grow old, and horrible, and dreadful.
with my two best friends at once,
What is it
are the last refuge of the complex.
ever given. Man is many things,
do." "If you let any one have it
I have promised to dine at White's,
"At least you are like it in appearance.
derived no particular benefit from him,
was young and Prim unthought of,
nothing. He had two large town houses,
dogs. His principles were out of date,
when they grow older they know it.
Diplomatic, things were much better.
a pigeon. The thing was hushed up,
family were. The men were a poor lot,
"A long engagement exhausts them,
thinks that I have nothing to do
right, Uncle George, I'll tell her,
coloured marbles of a sonnet-sequence?
friends, a perfect saint amongst women,
that it had merely been detected." "Oh!
but she took it into her head to lionize
but I asked Lady Brandon to
But Lady Brandon treats her guests
But tell me, what did she say about
But according to your category I must
But I can't help detesting my relations.
but your art." "He is all my art to
But he is much more to me than a
But in some curious way - I wonder
but it is what Dorian Gray has been
but which I would not part with? It is
But the world might guess it, and I
but should put nothing of his own life
but I won't argue with you. It is only
but there is no doubt that genius lasts
but I didn't know you had any one
But I certainly shall not run away, now
but I am afraid I must go. I have
But what about my man at the
But their own souls starve, and are
But the bravest man amongst us is
but the recollection of a pleasure, or
but I cannot find it. Don't speak. Let
but that he felt was now vibrating and
But music was not articulate. It was
but rather another chaos, that it
But you never sat better. You were
but he has certainly made you have the
but the senses, just as nothing can cure
but the soul." The lad started and
But he felt afraid of him, and ashamed
but the friendship between them had
but at least it is not so superficial as
But what the gods give they quickly
but they blossom again. The laburnum
But we never get back our youth. The
but youth!" Dorian Gray listened,
but passed listlessly in front of his
but not catching the meaning of his
But this picture will remain always
but between you both you have made
but canvas and colour? I will not let it
But I don't like scenes, except on the
but he is not rational. I am glad he is
but me, Basil, I shall never forgive you!
but it is only with an old friend, so I
But it will never alter," sighed Hallward.
but who was considered generous by
but had retired from the diplomatic
but preferred to live in chambers as it
but there was a good deal to be said
But I don't want money. It is only
But I hear they let them in now by
but , egad, Kelso ate his chop alone at
but , egad! the women were wonderful.
but they are capital at a steeplechase.
but to write cheques for her silly fads."
but it won't have any effect.
But in our own century it was strange...
but so dreadfully dowdy that she
but I have seen specimens of the
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that it is an education to visit it." "
Lord Henry. "I can stand brute force,
and caught a bright answering glance. "
content with philosophic contemplation.
of science is that it is not emotional." "
tight lips. Lady Agatha shook her head,
Gray never took his gaze off him,
as a Persian carpet and as unreal.
myself used to have literary ambitions,
on you as being primarily responsible.
me come with you," he murmured. "
illusions. She tried to look picturesque,
the only way I get to know of them.
don't like good music. I adore it,
You must come. I can't afford orchids,
make one's rooms look so picturesque.
I think our ideas are quite different.
" "Because they are so sentimental." "
sex. They never have anything to say,
her?" "I will tell you, Harry,
life. I don't know what I expected,
You will laugh at me, I know,
at least I am not laughing at you.
afraid that others might pick them up.
The gallery and pit were fairly full,
should think 'The Idiot Boy', or 'Dumb
piano, that nearly drove me away,
it had come out of a country-booth.
me once that pathos left you unmoved,
manner. They are quite obvious.
of life - don't commit crimes, Dorian.
"
not wonder if he was quite right there.
one's self over poetry is an honour.
"The Jew wanted to tell me her history,
curious romance on hand. You have;
is more than an individual. You laugh,
art, consummate art-instinct, in her,
"Oh, Basil is the best of fellows,
is that he has nothing left for life
is the most unpoetical of all creatures.
by the methods of natural science,
till life disclosed to them its secrets,
with the passions and the intellect.
and passion of youth were in him,
joys seem to be remote from one,
to follow and showed us what to avoid.
experiences, yet it was not a simple,
act. You must not think of anything
he is like what love himself should be.
it pains you to talk about our father.
with a good-natured grumble. "Ah!
Sibyl, laughing, "how unkind of you!
"Very well," he said at last, "
and I hate clerks," he replied. "
her attachment is serious or not.
the more, she did not talk of him,
were delightful things in store for him.
She was only a year older than he was,
my wonderful lover, my god of graces.
for us both, terribly hard and difficult.
But must we really see Chicago in
but brute reason is quite unbearable.
But they are so unhappy in
But , as the nineteenth century has
But we have such grave
but could not help being amused. Mr.
but sat like one under a spell, smiles
But there is no literary public in
but I gave them up long ago. And now,
But I should like to talk to you about
But I thought you had promised Basil
but only succeeded in being untidy.
But you must not think I don't like
but I am afraid of it. It makes me too
but I spare no expense in foreigners.
But here is Harry! Harry, I came in to
But he has been most pleasant. I am
But I like sentimental people." "Never
but they say it charmingly. Women
but you mustn't be unsympathetic
but I went out and wandered eastward,
but I really went in and paid a whole
But you should not say the greatest
But I don't want to interrupt you. Go
but the two rows of dingy stalls were
but Innocent'. Our fathers used to like
but at last the drop-scene was drawn
But Juliet! Harry, imagine a girl, hardly
but that beauty, mere beauty, could fill
But an actress! How different an
But I am much obliged for the
But why should you be annoyed? I
But , on the other hand, judging from
But when did you first speak to Miss
but I said it did not interest me." "You
but it is not quite what I expected." "My
but I tell you she has genius. I love her
but she has personality also; and you
but he seems to me to be just a bit of
but his prejudices, his principles, and
But inferior poets are absolutely
but the ordinary subject-matter of that
but to the few, to the elect, the
But now and then a complex
but he was becoming self-conscious. It
but whose sorrows stir one's sense of
But there was no motive power in
but rather a very complex passion.
but your acting. Mr. Isaacs has been
But what does he see in me? I am not
But it only pains you because you
but you don't like being kissed, Jim,"
But are you really going for a walk
but don't be too long dressing." She
But you are quite right. I have chosen
But there is no doubt that the young
but prattled on about the ship in
But he must be very good, and not
but she knew so much more of life.
But I am poor beside him. Poor?
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out. I must see him!" he exclaimed;
as he entered. He made no answer,
don't care for myself," he exclaimed, "
by asking about my father," he said, "
the scene on the same emotional scale,
rejoined Lord Henry languidly. "
distinct remembrance of being married,
to think that I never was engaged." "
than I am at the present moment." "
As for a spoiled life, no life is spoiled
marriage, of course that would be silly,
have the charm of being fashionable.
be very happy, Dorian," said Hallward, "
was dreadful and the Orlando absurd.
feel that I should not tell you all this,
of course, in middle-class life.
"You are quite incorrigible, Harry;
answered in his slow melodious voice. "
we are happy, we are always good,
we are not always happy." "Ah!
flaunt one's moral views about them,
is a form of the grossest immorality." "
the poor is that they can afford nothing
rich." "One has to pay in other ways
dear fellow, mediaeval art is charming,
their lives." "Possibly," he sighed, "
with a tired look in his eyes, "
with me. I am so sorry, Basil,
right. I did not think so at first,
Harry is so cynical, he terrifies me.
is the orchestra. It is quite dreadful,
manner. The voice was exquisite,
moonlight. That could not be denied.
is quite beautiful, Dorian," he said, "
I wish she were ill," he rejoined. "
of imitation," remarked Lord Henry. "
"Dorian, you should have understood.
scenes were my world. I knew nothing
higher, something of which all art is
mimic a passion that I do not feel,
I was thinking of you all the time.
didn't mean it. He was in jest....
only once that I have not pleased you.
"I don't wish to be unkind,
She wept silently, and made no answer,
corners, where they lay shuddering.
had such a soul been given to him?
Vane? She was nothing to him now.
A sense of infinite pity, not for himself,
stain would fleck and wreck its fairness.
tragedy came to him once or twice,
it was not true, why trouble about it?
could lull the moral sense to sleep.
the half-hour rang its double chime,
like this." He made no answer at first,
said Lord Henry as he entered. "
It is dreadful, from one point of view,
"I was brutal, Harry - perfectly brutal.
Dorian! I congratulate you on it.
at him in perplexed amazement. "
but at that moment the Duke of
but sat down to his meagre meal. The
but don't let Sibyl.... It is a gentleman,
but I could not help it. I must go now
but he cut her short. Trunks had to
But I didn't say he was married. I said
but I have no recollection at all of
But think of Dorian's birth, and
But do you approve of it, Harry?"
but one whose growth is arrested. If
but there are other and more
But here is Dorian himself. He will
but I don't quite forgive you for not
But Sibyl! You should have seen her!
but I can't help it. Of course, our
But then the middle classes are not
but I don't mind. It is impossible to be
But I am afraid I cannot claim my
but when we are good, we are not
but what do you mean by good?" cried
but they are not one's concern.
But , surely, if one lives merely for
but self-denial. Beautiful sins, like
but money." "What sort of ways, Basil?"
but mediaeval emotions are out of
But then the only things that one can
but they invariably want it back in
but I am always ready for a new
but there is only room for two in the
but I admit it now. The gods made
But here is the orchestra. It is quite
but it only lasts for about five minutes.
but from the point of view of tone it
But the staginess of her acting was
but she can't act. Let us go." "
But she seems to me to be simply
But do let us go. Dorian, you must not
But you understand now, don't you?"
but shadows, and I thought them real.
but a reflection. You had made me
but I cannot mimic one that burns me
But I will try - indeed, I will try.
But you, oh! can't you forgive me for
But you are quite right, Dorian. I
but I can't see you again. You have
but crept nearer. Her little hands
But the strange expression that he had
But he had suffered also. During the
But the picture? What was he to say
but for the painted image of himself,
But he would not sin. The picture,
but there was the unreality of a dream
But what if, by some fate or deadlier
But here was a visible symbol of the
but Dorian Gray did not stir. He was
but remained quite still. The knocking
But you must not think too much
but it was not your fault. Tell me, did
But it is all right now. I am not sorry
But how are you going to begin?" "By
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that make a man fashionable in Paris.
Oh, Harry, I can't bear it!
They waited some time for her,
theatres. I don't know what it was,
Yes; it is very tragic, of course,
it all to me. It was terribly pathetic.
I can't tell you what it was,
people about whom one cares nothing.
of course, I would not have allowed the room and looking horribly pale. "
that explanation, Harry," he rejoined, "
a tragedy in which I took a great part,
find that we are no longer the actors,
me - there have not been very many,
One should absorb the colour of life,
then things linger. I once wore nothing
dinner, so I did not feel any anxiety.
of the past is that it is the past.
a farce. They are charmingly artificial,
that always whitewashes a woman.
instincts. We have emancipated them,
seen you really and absolutely angry,
me at the time to be merely fanciful,
to life. She has played her last part.
the daughter of Brabantio died.
"I felt all that you have said,
it to myself. How well you know me!
looks, will not be able to do." "
You will see her name on the door.
feel up to it," said Dorian listlessly. "
atom in secret love or strange affinity?
Of course, I knew that was impossible.
thing. I know what you must suffer.
in the Euston Road, isn't it?
a son, a charming fellow, I believe.
to my studio to sit for his picture.
of martyrdom, all its wasted beauty.
there is much to be got from all these.
thoughts, new ideas. I am different,
must not like me less. I am changed,
Of course, I am very fond of Harry.
- you are too much afraid of life don't know my name," he answered. "
Dorian, if it would please you.
and you are not to ask for any.
"Dorian!" "Don't speak!" "
and going over towards the window. "
probably at first did not strike you,
are, not in the costume of dead ages,
me without mist or veil, I cannot tell.
exhibited. You were a little annoyed;
whom I talked about it, laughed at me.
the charm of being very dangerous.
nothing else to see. Why do you ask?
the sort of life I would like to lead.
I can't explain it to you, Basil,
let me look at the picture once again.
ll have it off the bunch in a moment.
Yes, Basil could have saved him.
denial, or forgetfulness could do that.
He waited for people to come to him.
But in London people are so
But be quick. Tell me everything at
but she did not come down again.
but it had either prussic acid or white
but you must not get yourself mixed
But I was not moved a bit. I thought
but it was terrible. I said I would go
But she would have soon found out
but I assure you that in any case the
But I thought it was my duty. It is not
but I am glad you don't think I am
but by which I have not been wounded.
but the spectators of the play. Or
but there have been some - have
but one should never remember its
but violets all through one season, as
But what a lack of taste she showed!
But women never know when the
but they have no sense of art. You are
But really, Dorian, how different Sibyl
but they remain slaves looking for
but I can fancy how delightful you
but that I see now was absolutely true,
But you must think of that lonely
But don't waste your tears over Sibyl
but somehow I was afraid of it, and I
But we will not talk again of what has
But suppose, Harry, I became haggard,
But I am sorry you won't come and
But I am awfully obliged to you for
But the reason was of no importance.
But I wish you had left word where
But where were you? Did you go down
But I was afraid of intruding upon a
But he is not on the stage. He is a
But you were simple, natural, and
But , as I was saying, you must not
But the artistic temperament that they
but you must not like me less. I am
but you must always be my friend. Of
But I know that you are better than he
but you are better. And how happy we
But surely she did?" "Only my
But you must come and sit to me
But , remember, if you touch this
But what is the matter? Of course I
But , really, it seems rather absurd that
but that revealed itself to you suddenly?
but in your own dress and in your
But I know that as I worked at it,
but then you did not realize all that it
But I did not mind that. When the
But that was all. He was too clever
But you mustn't talk about worship. It
But still I don't think I would go to
but I must never sit to you again.
But that can't be helped. I quite
But you don't think of living up
But it was too late now. The past
But the future was inevitable. There
But he always made an exception in
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in much at present for religious art distance. It appeared to Dorian to have
of all that was in store for him!
It might escape the hideousness of sin,
look upon the horrible thing. No eye
am so sorry, Harry," he cried, "
poignant because it was purely selfish.
for it all the other arts seemed to be
-serious, fopperies. For, while he was
highly organized forms of existence.
dulls them, it was to know nothing.
the moments of a life that is itself
grating the true story of their lives.
house in which to live, an inn that is
which the performer does not blow,
repeated the story of their shame,
sometimes loathing it and himself,
the face, its marked likeness to himself;
carnations of the painting had withered,
he had lived it in act and circumstance,
who had hated him could not choose
in the direction of his own house.
rather your fur coat, as you passed me.
my house is somewhere about here,
as I have not seen you for ages.
say to you." "I shall be charmed.
seems silly of the French, doesn't it?
all a bad servant. I never liked him,
I love scandals about other people,
your wealth, and all that kind of thing.
Somebody - I won't mention his name,
fancied about him. His life is dreadful.
you might have the most artistic tastes,
is so or not. How should I know?
in his voice, "to see your soul.
no matter. I can go to-morrow.
throat. Yes, it was Dorian himself.
an awful lesson!" There was no answer,
in the air. He stabbed him twice more,
and listened. He could hear nothing,
Francis," he said, stepping in; "
by any images of pleasure or of pain.
or could ever bring, to the senses.
There was romance in every place.
place between them no one ever knew.
never to enter your house again, Gray.
he leaned across and said, very quietly,
of this house, a room to which nobody
I am awfully sorry for you, Alan.
Alan." "I am glad of that.
crime without doing something stupid.
I have told you too much as it is.
sorry for you, Alan," he murmured, "
it. You know what the result will be.
showed him that it had not stirred,
back into the library. He was pale,
smell of nitric acid in the room.
nerves, and he felt wildly excited,
summer after I come from Homburg,
in London clubs who have no enemies,
but to-day I only want a picture
but little changed. There was the
But there was no other place in the
but the hideousness of age was in
but his would ever see his shame. On
but really it is entirely your fault.
But moments such as these were rare.
but a preparation. Fashion, by which
but too ready to accept the position
But it appeared to Dorian Gray that
But it was to teach man to
but a moment. There are few of us
But he never fell into the error of
but suitable for the sojourn of a
but through which he inhales the air;
but he was unchanged. No winter
but filled, at other times, with that
but what could they learn from that?
but the eyes were still wonderful in
but as his imagination had created it
but weep, and Atalanta, who had
But Hallward had seen him. Dorian
But I wasn't quite sure. Didn't you
but I don't feel at all certain about it.
But I suppose you will be back soon?
But won't you miss your train?" said
But - do you know? - he was not at
but I had nothing to complain about.
but scandals about myself don't
But position and wealth are not
but you know him - came to me last
But you, Dorian, with your pure,
but that you were a man whom no
But it is said of you. I am told things
But only God can do that." A bitter
But don't ask me to read anything
But who had done it? He seemed to
but he could hear the young man
but the man did not move.
but the drip, drip on the threadbare
but I had forgotten my latch-key.
But youth smiles without any reason.
But this was not one of them. It was
But Venice, like Oxford, had kept the
But after a time the book fell from
But suddenly people remarked that
But you said it was a matter of life
but watching the effect of each word
but myself has access, a dead man is
But I can't help myself. You are the
But who drove him to it? You, I
But I will have nothing to do with it."
But I beg of you to do this. We were
but you leave me no alternative. I
But you are going to help me. It is
but was still there, as he had left it.
but absolutely calm. "I have done
But the thing that had been sitting at
but his manner as he bent over his
but then an old woman like me must
but are thoroughly disliked by their
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trying to get herself compromised,
apology, he ceased to feel bored.
my short frocks at all, Lord Henry.
explanation," laughed the hostess. "
says that you are extremely wicked." "
hope so," said his hostess, laughing. "
this, I am afraid, Lady Narborough,
and I sometimes wish that I had been;
course, with their ages, slightly edited.
precious. Her feet are very pretty,
to the peerage, it is ten years,
Henry. "A great many people don't,
lashes almost touched his cheek.
Ah! for that there was no atonement;
streets. Most of the windows were dark,
or, if it lives at all, lives
on, quickening his step as he went,
you were dead. I knew nothing of you
in hoarse echo from her flat mouth. "
and rushed to the corner of the street,
Gladys. It is a delightful idea." "
of that kind. It is a sad truth,
better to be beautiful than to be good.
Hilstone's garden-party? You don't,
intensifies it. We can have in life
of science." "Men have educated us." "
always allowed a choice," he answered,
gaiety in his manner as he sat at table,
to dominate him. If the tapestry did
more to lay its hand upon his heart.
before him. Actual life was chaos,
his joyousness and his ardour for life.
Geoffrey put his gun to his shoulder,
is not; he shoots very straight.
sin for which there is no forgiveness.
astray. I like the duchess very much,
"And the duchess loves you very much,
a deep note of pathos in his voice. "
"What nonsense!" "I hope it is,
looked the loveliest of little live things.
She did not answer for some time,
kind. A decent-looking man, sir,
else. I spared somebody. It sounds vain,
She was simply a girl in a village.
Dorian," interrupted Lord Henry. "
Of course, she cried and all that.
in San Francisco. It is an odd thing,
life is merely a habit, a bad habit.
Dorian said nothing,
he had a wonderful genius for painting.
with a note of sadness in his voice. "
know there are dreadful places in Paris,
sorry if I hurt your vanity by saying so,
that one cannot talk about after dinner.
a really romantic end as you suggest,
said Dorian. "I suppose I did.
telling the prophet that art had a soul,
You have changed, of course,
of old age is not that one is old,
yourself safe and think yourself strong.
Browning writes about that somewhere;
but was so peculiarly plain that to
But at dinner he could not eat
But I remember her very well at
But her third husband, Lord Henry!
But what world says that?" asked
But really, if you all worship Madame
but it is quite true." "Of course it is
but you are made to be good - you
But nothing must be done in a hurry.
but they are not feet of clay. White
but ten years with Monmouth must
but I find him charming. He atones
But he still watched the cabinet. At
but though forgiveness was impossible,
but now and then fantastic shadows
but to give rebellion its fascination
but as he darted aside into a dim
but the pet name she used to call
But don't give me away to him," she
but Dorian Gray had disappeared.
But I don't want to be rechristened,
but we have lost the faculty of giving
But on the other hand, no one is
but it is nice of you to pretend that
but one great experience at best, and
But not explained you." "Describe us
but hardly had he finished the
but now and then a thrill of terror
but tremble in the wind, he shook.
But perhaps it had been only his
but there was something terribly
But it was not merely the physical
but there was something in the
But there is no use talking about the
But we are not likely to suffer from it
but I don't love her." "And the
but she likes you less, so you are
But I seem to have lost the passion
but I can't help feeling it. Ah! here
But I am sorry they told you about
but stood gazing at the landscape. "I
but rough-like. A sort of sailor we
but you understand what I mean. She
But I really loved her. I am quite
But I can finish your idyll for you.
But there is no disgrace upon her.
but every one who disappears is said
But then one regrets the loss even of
but rose from the table, and passing
But a man can paint like Velasquez
But don't people say that he was
but Basil was not the sort of man to
but I assure you it is true. Crime
But let us pass from poor Basil. I
but I can't. I dare say he fell into
But I never really liked it. I am sorry
but that man had not. I am afraid,
but not in appearance. I wish you
but that one is young. I am amazed
But a chance tone of colour in a
but our own senses will imagine them
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world has cried out against us both,
life has been exquisite," he murmured, "
Dorian with a sad look in his eyes. "
the world its own shame. That is all.
and her large hats! She knew nothing,
promise that he had brought to shame.
punishment. Not "Forgive us our sins"
and the youth that he had prayed for.
His beauty had been to him
had been to him but a mask, his youth
himself one night in his laboratory,
more. At least he thought so.
denial of self. He recognized that now.
The man rang the bell several times,
and crept upstairs. They knocked,
but it has always worshipped you. It
but I am not going to have the same
But I am tired to-night, Harry. I
But we won't discuss literature. Come
but she had everything that he had
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but "Smite us for our iniquities"
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but a mockery. What was youth at
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But who could tell? ... No. There had
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butler , coming into the garden. "You
butler entered with a laden tea-tray
butler told him that they had gone in
butler filled his glass with champagne.
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button -hole in his coat; "and when they
button -hole out of his coat, he seemed
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button from your foil," he answered.
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Gray is in the studio, sir," said the
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air. A grasshopper began to chirrup
yourself, Harry, how independent I am
as in that case it will not be coloured
tedious luncheon that he had missed
Henry, smiling, and taking Hallward
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round the table and crawled
round the blue-dragon bowl
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nature. I have always been my own
either his wants, his desires, or his
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friend had said to him - words spoken
great secrets of life - to cure the soul
by means of the senses, and the senses
graceful young man who was standing
only shallow people who do not judge
into hideous puppets, haunted
make us afraid, or when we are stirred
of using it. They spoil every romance
it?" cried Hallward at last, stung a little
china dishes were brought in
him, but who was considered generous
he considered that he was fully entitled
better. But I hear they let them in now
Devereux, and made all the men frantic
for him if Kelso did the right thing
at the time who wasn't after him. And
been told to him, it had yet stirred him
few wild weeks of happiness cut short
in pain. The mother snatched away
a marvellous type, too, this lad, whom
looking at life, suggested so strangely
and good temper, much liked
who are not duchesses are described
rule. The post on her left was occupied
travelled all over it in cars provided
of slavery, and we try to solve it
she swept out of the room, followed
a tiny satinwood table stood a statuette
bound for Margaret of Valois
introduce myself. I know you quite well
squares. About half-past eight I passed
was a dreadful orchestra, presided over
was almost as bad. He was played
When one is in love, one always begins
one's self, and one always ends
beyond his means," laughed Dorian. "
wonderful frame, specially designed
annoyance or jealousy. He was pleased
He had been always enthralled
of no import. And so he had begun
by vivisecting himself, as he had ended
method was the only method
of boyhood had been transformed
cunning. The arrows of craft shot
to complain. Women defend themselves
by attacking, just as they attack
down to the coast in a waggon guarded
the beautiful heiress being carried off
must be sure, also, to write to her
and Sibyl's happiness. Children begin
sit down and see the smart people go
He jumped up and seized her roughly
"I am sorry if I have pained you
had been wasted. She consoled herself
and then suddenly become fascinated
wings and shaking each of his friends
happy." "Ah! but what do you mean
centre of the table, "what do you mean
all passed downstairs. He drove off
to look for Miranda and had been met
he did, and insisted on shaking him
by chance, no doubt, and with wilful
by means of the senses, and the senses
by means of the soul. You are a
by him. His romantic, olive-coloured
by appearances. The true mystery of
by the memory of the passions of
by some new emotion for which we
by trying to make it last for ever. It is
by the lad's silence, not understanding
by a page. Dorian Gray went over
by Society as he fed the people who
by reason of his birth, his indolence,
by examination. What can you expect?
by running away with a penniless
by him. His mother had money, too.
by the way, Harry, talking about silly
by its suggestion of a strange, almost
by a hideous, treacherous crime.
by death, the boy left to solitude and
by so curious a chance he had met in
by the merely visible presence of one
by every one who knew her, and of
by contemporary historians as stoutness.
by Mr. Erskine of Treadley, an old
by the directors, who, in such matters,
by amusing the slaves." The politician
by Lady Agatha and the other ladies.
by Clodion, and beside it lay a copy of
by Clovis Eve and powdered with the
by your photographs. I think my
by an absurd little theatre, with great
by a young Hebrew who sat at a
by the low-comedian, who had
by deceiving one's self, and one always
by deceiving others. That is what the
By this time, however, the lights were
by himself, and, though I am a little
by it. It made him a more interesting
by the methods of natural science, but
by vivisecting himself, as he had ended
by vivisecting others. Human life by which one could arrive at any
by the workings of the imagination,
by her. She saw the thin lips moving,
by attacking, just as they attack by
by sudden and strange surrenders. "I
by six mounted policemen. The
by a robber on a black horse, and give
by every mail, and to say his prayers
by loving their parents; as they grow
by ." They took their seats amidst a
by the arm. "Show him to me. Which
by asking about my father," he said,
by telling Sibyl how desolate she felt
by some one else. He would be a
by the hand in turn. "I have never been
by good?" cried Basil Hallward. "Yes,"
by good, Harry?" "To be good is to
by himself, as had been arranged, and
by Caliban. Lord Henry, upon the
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schoolgirl who has been taught to recite
Sweet, good-night! This bud of love
called after him. Drunkards had reeled
Lord Henry, and had been brought
why trouble about it? But what if,
But how are you going to begin?" "
this morning, and sent the note down
across the room, and sitting down
say an inquest? What did you mean
She had swallowed something
not get yourself mixed up in it. I see
way a woman can ever reform a man is
in which I took a great part, but
an inartistic manner that they hurt us
console themselves. Some of them do it
answered Lord Henry, shaking him
now. She had atoned for everything
He would never again tempt
that one tragedy might be followed
heard of it first. I read of it quite
was dominated, soul, brain, and power,
he himself would ever be so dominated
" "You spoil my life as an artist
own secret, he had succeeded, almost
tragic in a friendship so coloured
for art was considerably tempered
the picture from the long brass chains
the top of the house. We will go up
room, which had been specially built
while a company of hawkers rode
No; that was impossible. Hour
impossible. Hour by hour, and week
Hubbard tramped downstairs, followed
had been blackmailed all their lives
at the Bell Tavern, Hoxton Road,
Theatre, Holborn. A verdict of death
shadows. Cloudless, and pierced
through the windows. He read on
so early in his life, and was occasioned
sought to "make themselves perfect
to be but a preparation. Fashion,
them into submission or to kill them
moving through history, he was haunted
veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and
the antique world, stirred him as much
of the evidence of the senses as
of arresting his intellectual development
of the Amazon tribes, that is sounded
olive-green chrysoberyl that turns red
the dragon, Philostratus told us, and "
discovers thieves, could be affected only
kept the wearer from any danger
so that the gold might shine
might shine by day and the carbuncles
he took up - he was almost saddened
the giants, that had been worked
sky, and Apollo driving a chariot drawn
the pallid macerated body that is worn
that she seeks for and wounded
to him means of forgetfulness, modes
companions, and astounding the county
by some second-rate professor of
by summer's ripening breath May
by , cursing and chattering to
by hand that morning. He hesitated for
by some fate or deadlier chance, eyes
By marrying Sibyl Vane." "Marrying
by my own man." "Your letter? Oh,
by Dorian Gray, took both his hands
by that? Did Sibyl - ? Oh, Harry,
by mistake, some dreadful thing they
by The Standard that she was
by boring him so completely that he
by which I have not been wounded."
by their crude violence, their absolute
by going in for sentimental colours.
by the hand. "Good-bye. I shall
by the sacrifice she had made of her
by a prayer any terrible power. If the
by another. I think you might have
by chance in a late edition of The
by you. You became to me the visible
by the personality of a friend. Lord
by refusing, Dorian. No man comes
by chance, in wresting a secret from
by romance. He sighed and touched
by the inveterate impecuniosity of
by which it was suspended. "And, now,
by the front staircase, as it is wider."
by the last Lord Kelso for the use of
by , carrying hooded birds on their
by hour, and week by week, the thing
by week, the thing upon the canvas
by the assistant, who glanced back at
by some servant who had read a
by Mr. Danby, the District Coroner,
by misadventure was returned.
by one solitary star, a copper-green
by its wan light till he could read no
by the sudden decay of a beau that
by the worship of beauty." Like
by which what is really fantastic
by pain, instead of aiming at making
by a feeling of loss. So much had
by degrees the forms and colours of
by its superb rejection of the evidence
by the primitive simplicity of its
by any formal acceptance of creed or
by the sentinels who sit all day long
by lamplight, the cymophane with its
by the exhibition of golden letters and
by the blood of kids. Leonardus
by fire. The King of Ceilan rode
by day and the carbuncles by night.
by night. In Lodge's strange romance
by the reflection of the ruin that time
by brown girls for the pleasure of
by white, gilt-reined steeds? He
by the suffering that she seeks for
by self-inflicted pain. He possessed a
by which he could escape, for a
by the wanton luxury and gorgeous
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on one occasion, when he was brought
I think not. It is merely a method
Here was Philip Herbert, described
King James, as one who was "caressed
of white and damask roses. On a table
in a litter of pearl and purple drawn
men cry on Nero Caesar as he passed
murdered body was covered with roses
IV, whose beauty was equalled only
whose melancholy could be cured only
the blood of three lads was infused
grown strange, could only be soothed
manners of poisoning - poisoning
by a helmet and a lighted torch,
embroidered glove and a jewelled fan,
jewelled fan, by a gilded pomander and
chain. Dorian Gray had been poisoned
he let me out. I am off to Paris
What has become of the Frenchman,
One has a right to judge of a man
not have made his sister's name a
curate for the moment always began
into the rickety chair that was standing
as though it had been suggested to him
on the canvas, whispered into his ear
a fluttering shawl was creeping slowly
turquoises. Perhaps it might be missed
was to Paris that Basil had gone, and
at all. His night had been untroubled
pomegranates. It had been given to him
sunless exile and longs to be back
at the clock. As the minutes went
be crawling with feet of lead, while he
and the imagination, made grotesque
twisted and distorted as a living thing
rather pale, his pallor being intensified
Sit down." Campbell took a chair
manner. Campbell felt dominated
into Lady Narborough's drawing-room
a small party, got up rather in a hurry
t sit next either of them. You shall sit
no enemies, but are thoroughly disliked
changed his seat and went and sat
occasionally somewhat overdressed
s people are! Try and make him come.
day they had met, "To cure the soul
by means of the senses, and the senses
memory of old sins could be destroyed
grey-flannel mist. "To cure the soul
by means of the senses, and the senses
he felt afraid. Then they passed
of fire. A dog barked as they went
it were, of his mood, and justified,
liquor. Some Malays were crouching
a sailor sprawled over a table, and
laughed one of them, as Dorian passed
throat. He struggled madly for life, and
to call you. I heard it to-night
up their ledger, they balance stupidity
balance stupidity by wealth, and vice
and tell her that I must be dressed
by a friend into the smoking-room of
by which we can multiply our
by Francis Osborne, in his Memoires
by the Court for his handsome face,
by her side lay a mandolin and an
by silver-shod mules, been carried
by ; and, as Elagabalus, had painted
by a harlot who had loved him; the
by his debauchery, and who received
by the spectacle of death, and who
by a Jewish doctor; Sigismondo
by Saracen cards painted with the
by a helmet and a lighted torch, by
by an embroidered glove and a
by a gilded pomander and by an
by an amber chain. Dorian Gray had
by a book. There were moments
by the midnight train, and I
by the bye?" Dorian shrugged his
by the effect he has over his friends.
by -word." "Take care, Basil. You
by saying that, and then proceeded to
by the table and buried his face in
by the image on the canvas, whispered
by those grinning lips. The mad
by the railings, staggering as she went.
by his servant, and questions would be
by the midnight train, as he had
by any images of pleasure or of pain.
by Adrian Singleton. As he turned
by the hot, lotus-covered Nile, where
by he became horribly agitated. At
by monstrous winds was being swept
by terror, twisted and distorted as a
by pain, danced like some foul puppet
by his coal-black hair and dark
by the table, and Dorian sat opposite
by him. They left the room together.
by bowing servants. His forehead was
by Lady Narborough, who was a very
by me and amuse me." Dorian
by their friends; Lady Ruxton, an
by Lord Henry. Mr. Chapman began
by being always absolutely
By the way, Dorian, you ran off very
by means of the senses, and the
by means of the soul." Yes, that was
by the madness of sins that were
by means of the senses, and the
by means of the soul!" How the
by lonely brickfields. The fog was
by , and far away in the darkness
by intellectual approval, passions that
by a little charcoal stove, playing with
by the tawdrily painted bar that ran
by . The man looked at her in terror
by a terrible effort wrenched the
by chance. Make your peace with
by wealth, and vice by hypocrisy."
by hypocrisy." "Still, we have done
by half-past eight." "How unreasonable
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"How can you say that? Romance lives
" "Even when one has been wounded
when one has been wounded
came a stifled groan, followed
the house, he would have been seen
sorrows that are great are destroyed
to new ground." Dorian strolled along
delightful freedom. He was dominated
by the carelessness of happiness,
let us go home." They walked side
and to have the brougham at the door
Harry. I was staying at a little inn
absolutely uncivilized. Civilization is not
to attain to. There are only two ways
by which man can reach it. One is
it. One is by being cultured, the other
have thought they had got tired of that
in the grey ulster who left for Paris
I am sorry if I hurt your vanity
forgave you. It's a habit bores have.
looked at him with half-closed eyes. "
through the park last Sunday, and close
vulgar street-preacher. As I passed
a wonderful phrase flung into the air
of your life will be. Don't spoil it
deceive yourself. Life is not governed
what we will be. As for being poisoned
his life? Was he always to be burdened
by repetition, and repetition converts
by it, Harry?" asked the duchess after
by it," answered Lord Henry. The
by the dull sound of a heavy fall.
by the servants or the keepers. Had
by their own plenitude. Besides, he
by his side. The keen aromatic air,
by the carelessness of happiness, by
by the high indifference of joy.
by side in the direction of the avenue
by eight-thirty. He was determined
by myself." "My dear boy," said Lord
by any means an easy thing to attain
by which man can reach it. One is by
by being cultured, the other by being
by being corrupt. Country people have
by this time," said Dorian, pouring
by the midnight train on the ninth of
by saying so, but I assure you it is
By the way, what has become of that
By the way, Dorian," he said after a
by the Marble Arch there stood a
by , I heard the man yelling out that
by shrill hysterical lips - it was really
by renunciations. At present you are
by will or intention. Life is a question
by a book, there is no such thing as
by his past? Was he really to confess?
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bye , Mr. Gray. Come and see me some
bye , Harry. Good-bye, Dorian. Come
bye , Dorian. Come and see me soon.
bye , Basil. It has been a most
bye , Uncle George. I shall be late for
bye , Lord Henry, you are quite
bye to your excellent aunt. I am due
bye , Mr. Gray. Good-bye, Harry
bye , Harry. You are dining out, I
bye ." As he left the room, Lord
bye to some of your friends - to Tom
bye , Mother; I will have my dinner at
bye , my son," she answered with a bow
bye to the captain, and go off at once
bye . Don't forget that you will have
bye . I shall see you before nine-thirty,
bye , Dorian. You have been the one
bye . I am sorry you won't let me look
bye ?" Dorian shrugged his shoulders.
bye . Let us never see each other
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to meet a man at the Orleans. Goodyou had better lose no time. Goodtime. Good-bye, Harry. Goodcan drop you at your own place. Goodof it," said Lord Henry. "GoodI must go, dear Agatha. Goodbow. "And now I must bid goodto drive with the duchess. GoodGood-bye, Mr. Gray. GoodDon't forget about to-morrow. Goodwas afraid you were going to say goodone must be serious sometimes. Goodso you need not trouble." "Goodvessel at Melbourne, bid a polite goodhelp it. I must go now. Goodshaking him by the hand. "Goodperhaps you are right. And now goodHallward regretfully. "And now goodhas become of the Frenchman, by the
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call the vices of the upper orders. The
call it, and the worst of having a
call ." "Oh, I will make your peace with
call the moon. It cannot be questioned.
call me a silly boy." "You know the
call on his uncle, Lord Fermor, a
call for my husband at the club, to
call you so, may I ask if you really
call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I
call either the lethargy of custom or
call you Prince Charming.'" "Upon my
call the depth of generosity." "Oh, Basil
call society - so when you have made
call the dead? Sibyl! Can she feel, or
call yesterday the past?" "What has the
call sin. The style in which it was
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English democracy against what they
a romance, a romance of art one might
say to me. I am far too frightened to
in dark waters of that silver shell we
Gray; "and I don't allow people to
Curzon Street over to the Albany to
cried. "I must go. I have to
young friend, if you will allow me to
really the shallow people. What they
call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I
'You look more like a prince. I must
they need most themselves. It is what I
in the Colonies - nothing that I would
I wonder, those white silent people we
done. What is past is past." "You
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wake the sleepers and yet must needs
and whisper about what they
not, I made a wish, perhaps you would
said Dorian bitterly. "My ideal, as you
"All right, sir." "Did any one
That will do, Francis. Don't forget to
"Ah! I was waiting for you to
"Curse you!" he answered, "don't
of you but the pet name she used to
in literature. The man who could
he is fit for." "Then what should we
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old bachelor, whom the outside world
hardly a person in what I suppose they
Prince Charming, was with her. She had
I have a right to know." "He is
The vulgar directness of the question
hoarse voices and harsh laughter had
As the door was closing behind him, he
you, Dorian," he said gravely. "I
renunciations that men have unwisely
ideal, as you call it..." "As you
play, giving as his excuse, when he was
kept scolding him for what she
at each step. He thrust up the trap and
Charming is what you like to be
asked one of the gardeners what it was
it had been only his fancy that had
of the guns! Stop shooting there!" he
to take the handkerchief away, and
that always entitles a man to be
boyhood, as Lord Henry had once
atonement. There was a God who
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other like children. He would insist on
with our moods and passions, atom
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very badly to you. The next time he
us lays sudden siege to the brain and
deceiving others. That is what the world
I want it to be what The Morning Post
passion for sin, or for what the world
sterile. The books that the world
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I am going," he said at last in his
it had all been done! He felt strangely
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forth sleep from her purple cave.
the profligacies of their betters in
it a prayer...." "I remember it! Oh
it..." "As you called it." "There
this evening?" "Mr. Hallward, sir.
me at nine to-morrow." "No,
me Dorian." "You are mad, I tell
me that." She snapped her fingers.
you. I heard it to-night by chance
a spade a spade should be
you, Harry?" she asked. "His name
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called selfish because it derived no
called the dress-circle. Women went
called on memory to remake him. She
called Prince Charming. Don't you like
called for a direct answer. The
called after him. Drunkards had reeled
called him back. The man stood
called last night, and they told me you
called virtue, as much as those
called it." "There was nothing evil in it,
called upon, that he was so absorbed
called "an insult to poor Adolphe,
called to the man to drive faster. The
called , ain't it?" she yelled after him.
called . He told me it was a fine
called vengeance out of the night and
called out at the top of his voice. "A
called out to one of the farm-servants
called a representative British artist.
called it. He knew that he had
called upon men to tell their sins to
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him. He seemed to think it a
me 'My Lord,' so I had to assure
to atom in secret love or
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calls on us to yield. After a time the
calls a romance. You know her, at
calls a suitable alliance, and I want
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experiment take, Alan?" he said in a
the library. He was pale, but absolutely
himself could not help wondering at the
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amidst the trees of the garden, there
but an expression of perplexity
pale. A curious sensation of terror
down the garden. After some time he
perfume as if it had been wine. He
his hand upon the gravel. A furry bee
corner of the canvas. Lord Henry
a moment with pleasure. A look of joy
his words. The sense of his own beauty
into amethyst, and across them
You have lived since then." There
down on a sofa, and a look of pain
had money, too. All the Selby property
him a mean dog. He was, too.
"I have always felt rather guilty when I
it into practice." "A dangerous theory!"
picturesque. But here is Harry! Harry, I
see this girl for the mist of tears that
I was at the theatre, the horrid old Jew
care about. What is it to me where she
sat dreaming on these things, a knock
and a young lad with rough brown hair
the Duke of Berwick's four-in-hand
moment a hideous sense of humiliation
and then you will tell us how it all
You should have seen her! When she
we were sitting together, suddenly there
in front of him. A strange sense of loss
The sound of the popping of corks
shadow of a rose in a mirror of silver,
in her. She looked charming as she
When she leaned over the balcony and
When the second act was over, there
my heart is breaking?" The hot tears
him, and an expression of infinite joy
shadows, and I thought them real. You
do with the puppets of a play? When I
and laughed. He made no answer. She
piteous expression of pain in her face,
will try - indeed, I will try. It
coat, he seemed to hesitate. Finally, he
did it mean? He rubbed his eyes, and
And, yet, a feeling of infinite regret
but for the painted image of himself,
only of Sibyl. A faint echo of his love
Finally his bell sounded, and Victor
calm indifferent voice. The presence
calm . "I have done what you asked
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came through the open door the heavy
came over his face. "I am all
came over me. I knew that I had
came back. "Harry," he said, "Dorian
came close to him and put his hand
came and buzzed round it for a
came over and examined the picture. It
came into his eyes, as if he had
came on him like a revelation. He had
came a mist of tears. He felt as if a
came a knock at the door, and the
came into his face.
came to her, through her grandfather.
Came to Madrid once when I was
came to see your dear aunt, for I take
came from Sir Thomas's tight lips.
came in to look for you, to ask you
came across me. And her voice - I
came round to the box after the
came from? From her little head to
came to the door, and his valet
came into the room. He was thick-set
came between, and when it had left
came over the woman. Her head
came about." "There is really not much
came on in her boy's clothes, she was
came into her eyes a look that I had
came over him. He felt that Dorian
came from the bar. "What a place to
came to her cheeks as she glanced at
came out in the moonlight. That could
came to those wonderful lines came a storm of hisses, and Lord
came to his eyes. His lips trembled,
came over her. "How badly I acted tocame - oh, my beautiful love! - and
came on to-night, I could not
came across to him, and with her little
came across the room to him. She put
came so suddenly across me, my love
came back, went over to the picture,
came close to the picture, and
came over him, as he thought of her
came over him. It had altered already,
came back to him. He repeated her
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taken part in some strange tragedy
What should he do if Basil Hallward
he had been forgiven. Suddenly there
to ask you not to see any one till I
now. She was everything to me. Then
other; that if she died as Juliet, she
love. A wonderful tragic figure? Tears
to him his own soul. And when winter
Globe that I picked up at the club. I
I felt the room looked different as I
stopped suddenly, and a gleam of light
more and more absorbed in you. Then
Gray drew a long breath. The colour
the still more poisonous influences that
him to judgement. A look of pain
the picture. As he did so, a knock
frame-maker of South Audley Street,
Picked it up at a sale. Old Florentine.
Every moment of his lonely childhood
metal surfaces, and still water which
of fear, for which he could not account,
mention his name, but you know him a moment, and a wild feeling of pity
feeling of hatred for Basil Hallward
o'clock the next morning his servant
chocolate. The mellow November sun
him kill him as he sat in the chair
spite of himself, and passed on, till he
nervous, and a horrible fit of terror
from his parched lips, and the colour
of the position I am in. Just before you
"It is useless." The same look of pity
his chair. A horrible sense of sickness
silence, Dorian turned round and
After about ten minutes a knock
Then he stopped, and a troubled look
It was long after seven when Campbell
solemnly from the foot of the table and
to forget what I have been doing. I
His breath quickened. A mad craving
their doors. From some of the bars
splintered in the puddles. A red glare
wall moved out into the light and
"You swear this?" "I swear it,"
from the far end of the conservatory
of the sofas. After a short time, he
He saw it all again. Each hideous detail
the image of his sin. When Lord Henry
"A man is hurt." The head-keeper
A great copper-breasted pheasant
my debut in life," she sighed. "It
putting it into the envelope, a knock
your lips rewrite history." The phrases
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only by the blood of kids. Leonardus
came to him once or twice, but there
came and asked to look at his own
came a knock to the door, and he
came . There will have to be an
came that dreadful night - was it really
came to life as Imogen." "She will
came to his eyes as he remembered
came upon it, he would still be
came here at once and was miserable
came in." "My servant has nothing to
came into his eyes. He remembered
came a new development. I had drawn
came back to his cheeks, and a smile
came from his own temperament. The
came across him, and he flung the
came to the door. He passed out as
came in with a somewhat
Came from Fonthill, I believe.
came back to him as he looked round.
came upon the young Parisian so
came over him. He made no sign of
came to me last year to have his
came over him. After all, what right
came over him, as though it had been
came in with a cup of chocolate on a
came streaming into the room. The
came back to him, and he grew cold
came to those lovely stanzas upon
came over him. What if Alan
came back to his cheeks. "Ask him to
came I almost fainted with terror.
came into Dorian Gray's eyes. Then
came over him. He felt as if his
came and stood behind him, putting
came to the door, and the servant
came into his eyes. He shuddered. "I
came back into the library. He was
came up to the top. Dorian Gray
came in at half-past two, if you wish
came over him. He lit a cigarette and
came the sound of horrible laughter.
came from an outward-bound steamer
came close to him with stealthy
came in hoarse echo from her flat
came a stifled groan, followed by the
came to himself and looked round
came back to him with added horror.
came in at six o'clock, he found him
came running up with a stick in his
came beating through the boughs
came to you crowned." "I am tired of
came to the door, and his valet
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began to turn over the leaves. "Alan
Hertford Street, Francis, and if Mr.
of terror came over him. What if Alan
only Dorian Gray who smiled: Alan
eighteen months their intimacy lasted.
scarcely spoke when they met and that
He turned glazed eyes upon him. "Mr.
and retired. In a few moments, Alan
to more than one person. Sit down."
got up and went over to the window.
Now it is for me to dictate terms."
cab and bring the things back to you."
things with him. As the hall door shut,
of a hammer. As the chime struck one,
and stood looking out at the garden.
I leave the things here, sir?" he asked
shall I be back?" Dorian looked at
to give him extraordinary courage.
rapidly and in an authoritative manner.
to me. I don't require you," said
of the pattern before him. He heard
thrust back into the chair and that
the lock. It was long after seven when
that," said Dorian simply. As soon as
grave in Selby churchyard. Alan
the madness of a moment. As for Alan
camp before Vienna, and the standard
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Campbell , `5´, Hertford Street,
Campbell is out of town, get his
Campbell should be out of England?
Campbell never did. He was an
Campbell was always either at Selby
Campbell seemed always to go away
Campbell , sir," said the man. A sigh
Campbell walked in, looking very
Campbell took a chair by the table,
Campbell looked at him in surprise,
Campbell buried his face in his
Campbell scrawled a few lines, blotted
Campbell started nervously, and
Campbell turned round, and looking
Campbell made no answer. After
Campbell . "Yes," said Dorian. "And I
Campbell . "How long will your
Campbell frowned and bit his lip. "It
Campbell felt dominated by him.
Campbell coldly. Dorian half opened
Campbell bringing in the heavy chest,
Campbell was gazing into a glistening
Campbell came back into the library.
Campbell had left, he went upstairs.
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