Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.” “If you want to make him marry this girl, tell him that, Basil. It would be absurd for him to marry so much beneath him.” “But think of Dorian’s birth, and position, and wealth. I am inclined to think that I never was engaged.” I have a distinct remembrance of being married, but I have no recollection at all of being engaged. “Except in America,” rejoined Lord Henry languidly. “Marriage is hardly a thing that one can do now and then, Harry.” “Dorian is far too wise not to do foolish things now and then, my dear Basil.” “Dorian engaged to be married!” he cried. “Dorian Gray is engaged to be married,” said Lord Henry, watching him as he spoke. There is hardly a single person in the House of Commons worth painting, though many of them would be the better for a little whitewashing.” “What is it? Nothing about politics, I hope! They don’t interest me. “No, Harry,” answered the artist, giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter. “I suppose you have heard the news, Basil?” said Lord Henry that evening as Hallward was shown into a little private room at the Bristol where dinner had been laid for three. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser.
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