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A cold rain began to fall, and treet-lamps looked gly in t. t closing, and dim men and ering in broken groups round ter. In others, drunkards brawled and screamed.
Lying ba t pulled over cless eyes t city, and o Lord o day t, "to cure t; Yes, t . en tried it, and ry it again noroyed by t were new.
time to time a retc. treets more narro o drive back eam rose from t splas.
"to cure t; ainly, o deat true t t? I blood could atone for t? A to; but tfulness ill, and ermiet, to stamp t, to crus as one o be endured.
On and on plodded t seemed to eacep. up trap and called to to drive faster. to gna burned and e cogetruck at tick. t.
terminable, and treets like tony became unbearable, and as t t afraid.
ter range, bottle-songues of fire. A dog barked as t by, and far aumbled in a rut, to a gallop.
After some time t ttled again over rougreets. Most of t noastic sted against some lamplit blind. arioes and made gestures like live ted t. As turned a er, a ter t a at th his whip.
It is said t passion makes oaiion tten lips of Dorian Gray sle dealt ill ellectual approval, passions t sucification ill ed emper. From cell to cell of t; and to live, most terrible of all mans appetites, quied into force eacrembling nerve and fibre. Ugli eful to made to very reason. Ugliness y. tcast, euality of impression, t, t fulness. In three days he would be free.
Suddenly t top of a dark lane. Over tacks of ts of se mist g like gly sails to the yards.
"Some?" rap.
Dorian started and peered round. "t; out ily and given tra fare ion of tern gleamed at tern of some man. t sered in teamer t looked like a matosh.
o, glang baoo see if seven es factories. In one of top-ood a lamp. opped and gave a peculiar knock.
After a little time eps in tly, and in saying a o t miss flatteself into t tattered green curtain t s. aside aered a long loorted in t faced tors of ribbed tin backed t. t, trampled o mud, and staile cove, playing ers aeettered. In one er, able, and by taed bar t ran across one plete side stood t. " red ants on ; laug error and began to whimper.
At ttle staircase, leading to a darkened cs ty steps, t rils quivered ered, a young man ing a long t ating manner.
"You ; muttered Dorian.
"; lessly. "None of to me no;
"I t you England."
"Darlington is not going to do anyt last. Gee doesnt speak to me eit care," ;As long as one uff, one doesnt friends. I too many friends."
Dorian tesque t lay in sucastic postures on ttresses. ted limbs, taring lustreless eyes, fasated strange dull eac of some er off t. Memory, like a ing ime to time o see t stay. ton troubled ed to be o escape from himself.
"I am going on to t; er a pause.
"On t;
"Yes."
"t mad-cat is sure to be t ;
Dorian s;I am sick of ing. Besides, tuff is better."
"Muc;
"I like it better. e and o drink. I must ;
"I dont anyt; murmured the young man.
"Never mind."
Adrian Sion rose up o te, in a ragged turban and a ser, grinned a ing as a bottle of brandy and tumblers in front of to cter. Dorian turned o Adrian Sion.
A crooked smile, like a Malay crease, ;e are very proud to-nig; she sneered.
"Fods sake dont talk to me," cried Dorian, stamping on t; do you ? Money? is. Dont ever talk to me again."
t aossed er ched her enviously.
"Its no use," sigon. "I dont care to go back. does it matter? I am quite ;
"You e to me if you anyt you?" said Dorian, after a pause.
"Per;
"Good nig;
"Good nig; anseps and wiping h a handkerchief.
Dorian o tain aside, a ed lips of taken ;t; she hiccoughed, in a hoarse voice.
"Curse you!" ;dont call me t."
S;Prince C you like to be called, aint it?" ser him.
to as sting of t as if in pursuit.
Dorian Gray ing ely moved young life o be laid at o . , after all, matter to oo brief to take t. ty en for a single fault. One o pay over and ain, indeed. In iny never closed s.
ts, psycs tell us, es a nature t every fibre of to be instinct sucs lose to terrible end as automatons move. from t lives at all, lives but to give rebellion its fasation and disobedies c of reminding us, are sins of disobedience. , t m star of evil, fell from he fell.
Callous, trated on evil, ained mind, and soul ened on, quiing ep as , but as ed aside into a dim ar as a s cut to t ime to defend back against tal .
ruggled madly for life, and by a terrible eff , t man fag him.
" do you ?" he gasped.
"Keep quiet," said t;If you stir, I s you."
"You are mad. o you?"
"You ; ;and Sibyl Vane er. S. your door. I surn. For years I you. I race. t name so call you. I to-nigo-nigo die."
Dorian Gray gre;I never kne;I never ;
"You ter fess your sin, for as sure as I am James Vane, yoing to die." t. Dorian did not knoo say or do. "Do; gro;I give you one mio make your peao more. I go on board to-nig do my job first. One mis all."
Dorians arms fell to error, knoo do. Suddenly a op," ; since your sister died? Quick, tell me!"
"Eig; said t; do years matter?"
"Eig; laugoucriump;Eig me u my face!"
James Vaed for a moment, not uanding . the archway.
Dim and , yet it served to s seemed, into o kill ained purity of youttle more ty summers, all, ter ed so many years ago. It t troyed her life.
;My God! my God!" ;and I would ;
Dorian Gray dre;You ting a terrible crime, my man," ernly. "Let to you not to take vengeao your own ;
"Five me, sir," muttered James Vane. "I me on track."
"You ter go t pistol a into trouble," said Dorian, turning o.
James Vaood on t in rembling from o foot. After a little o t and came close to ealtsteps. a art. It the bar.
" you kill ; s, putting e close to ;I knew you were following from Dalys. You fool! You ss of money, and ;
" t; ;and I no mans money. I a mans life. t must be nearly forty notle more t got ;
tter laug;Little more t; s;s nigeen years since Prince C I am."
"You lie!" cried James Vane.
So ;Befod I am telling trut; she cried.
"Befod?"
"Strike me dumb if it aint so. o es o tty face. Its nigeen years since I met c; sh a sickly leer.
"You s;
"I s," came in mout;But dont give me ao ; s;I am afraid of me s lodging."
o treet, but Dorian Gray he woman had vanished also.
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