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        I suppose you ; said Lord    evening as o a little private room at tol whree.

        "No, ; ansist, giving    and coat to ter. " is it? Not politics, I    i me. ting, tter for a little wewas;

        "Dorian Gray is eo be married," said Lord g him as he spoke.

        arted and t;Dorian eo be married!" ;Impossible!"

        "It is perfectly true."

        "to w;

        "to some little actress or ot;

        "I t believe it. Dorian is far too sensible."

        "Dorian is far too    to do foolis;

        "Marriage is    one    do no;

        "Except in America," rejoined Lord ;But I didnt say o be married. t difference. I inct remembrance of being married, but I ion at all of being engaged. I am ined to t I never ;

        "But tion, and    would be absurd for o marry so muc;

        "If you    to make ell , Basil. o do it, tupid t is al motives."

        "I     to see Doriao some vile creature, ."

        "Oter tiful," murmured Lord ters. "Dorian says siful, and    often    t kind. Your portrait of ion of t    excellent effect, amongst oto see o-nig boy doesnt fet ment."

        "Are you serious?"

        "Quite serious, Basil. I s I s t moment."

        "But do you approve of it, ; asked ter, ing ;You t approve of it, possibly. It is some silly infatuation."

        "I never approve, or disapprove, of anyt is an absurd attitude to take to sent into to air our moral prejudices. I ake any notice of erfere    cy fasates me,    personality selects is absolutely deligo me. Dorian Gray falls in love iful girl , and proposes to marry ? If eresting. You kno a arriage is t it makes one unselfisy. Still, tain temperaments t marriage makes more plex. tain tism, and add to it many oto o be    of maence. Besides, every experience is of value, and    marriage, it is certainly an experience. I    Dorian Gray ely adore ed by some one else. udy."

        "You dont mean a single , . If Dorian Grays life ter tend to be."

        Lord ;to t imism is serror. e t    our neigues t are likely to be a be to us. e praise t , and find good qualities in t s. I mea I est pt for optimism. As for a spoiled life, no life is spoiled but oo mar a nature, you o reform it. As for marriage, of course t    teresting bonds betainly ence t ell you more t;

        "My dear    botulate me!" said ts satin-lined ;I    is sudden-- all really delig it seems to me to be t; ement and pleasure, and looked extraordinarily handsome.

        "I ; said ;but I dont quite five you for not    me kno. You let ;

        "And I dont five you for being late for dinner," broke in Lord ting ;e, let us sit dory ell us    all came about."

        "t muco tell," cried Dorian as took ts at table. " er I left you yesterday evening,    t little Italiaaurant in Rupert Street you introduced me to, and    do eigo tre. Sibyl    Sibyl! You sly ered y little green cap    in a jee. Se grace of t tanagra figuri you udio, Basil. ered round ing--. I sat in tely ent t I eentury. I    t no ma beo ting togeto    I oo you    at t moment. It seemed to me t all my life o one perfect point of rose-coloured joy. Srembled all over and se narcissus. t I s tell you all t I t . Of course, agement is a dead secret. S even told    knoo be furious. I dont care. I s I like. I , Basil,    I, to take my love out of poetry and to find my ;

        "Yes, Dorian, I suppose you were rig; said hallward slowly.

        "o-day?" asked Lord henry.

        Dorian Gray s;I left    of Arden; I s;

        Lord ative manner. "At icular point did you mention t did s all about it."

        "My dear    treat it as a busiransa, and I did not make any formal proposal. I told    I loved    o be my    o me pared ;

        "omen are ical," murmured Lord ;mucical tuations of t kind en fet to say anyt marriage, and t;

        ;Dont,    like oture is too fine for t."

        Lord able. "Dorian is never annoyed ; be ans;I asked tion for t reason possible, for t excuses one for asking any question-- simple curiosity. I    it is alo us, and not , of course, in middle-class life. But t modern."

        Dorian Gray laugossed ;You are quite incible,    I dont mind. It is impossible to be angry    t, a beast    a . I ot uand o s to place al of gold and to see t is marriage? An irrevocable vo it for t. A mock. It is an irrevocable vo I    to take. rust makes me fait all t you aug from ing, poisonous, delig;

        "And t; asked Lord o some salad.

        "O life, your t love, your t pleasure. All your t, ;

        "Pleasure is t," ;But I am afraid I ot claim my t belongs to Nature, not to me. Pleasure is Natures test,    w always ;

        "A ; cried Basil hallward.

        "Yes," ec Lord ers of purple-lipped irises t stood in tre of table, "w do you mean by good, ;

        "to be good is to be in ; oucem of ed fingers. "Discord is to be forced to be in    is tant to be a prig or a Puritan, one    flaunt ones moral vie t t ones . Besides, individualism y sists in accepting tandard of ones age. I sider t for any man of culture to accept tandard of    immorality."

        "But, surely, if one lives merely for ones self, errible price for doing so?" suggested ter.

        "Yes, ragedy of t t self-denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful t;

        "One o pay in ot money."

        " sort of ;

        "Oion."

        Lord ;My dear fello is c mediaeval emotions are out of date. One    use tion, of course. But t one    use in fi are t one o use in fact. Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever kno;

        "I kno; cried Dorian Gray. "It is to adore some one."

        "t is certainly better t; oying s. "Being adored is a nuisane us just as y treats its gods. to do somet;

        "I s    given to us," murmured t;te love in our natures. t to demand it back."

        "t is quite true, Dorian," cried hallward.

        "rue," said Lord henry.

        "t; interrupted Dorian. "You must admit,    o men t;

        "Possibly," ;but t it ba suc is tty Frenc it, inspire us o do masterpieces and al us from carrying t."

        " know w;

        "You ; ;ill you er, bring coffee, and fies. No, dont mind ttes--I    alloo smoke cigars. You must te. A cigarette is t type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.    more    one ? Yes, Dorian, you    to you all to it."

        " nonsense you talk, ; cried taking a lig ter able. "Let us go doo tre. age you o you t you ;

        "I ; said Lord ired look in ;but I am alion. I am afraid, , for me at any rate, till, y. It is so muc us go. Dorian, you    t follow us in a ;

        t up and put on ts, sipping tanding. ter    and preoccupied. t bear t it seemed to o be better t miger a fees, tairs. cs of ttle broug e sense of loss came over    t Dorian Gray o    . Life reets became blurred to    tre, it seemed to    he had grown years older.
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