Chapter 12
ondon o your e you to to be a friend of Lord Staveley. I met dinner last ion, in connection ures you to tion at taveley curled you mig artistic tastes, but t you I o young men? t cted suicide. You on, arnis about Adrian Singleton and about Lord Kents only son and erday in St. Jamess Street. about t sort of life noleman e ;
quot;Stop, Basil. You are talking about t; said Dorian Gray, biting e of infinite contempt in ;You ask me . It is because I kno because mine. it on and young Perteacs silly son takes reets, to me? If Adrian Singleton es ter in England. tables, and ters in order to try and pretend t t society and on intimate terms ry, it is enougo inction and brains for every common tongue to sort of lives do t t ive land of te.quot;
quot;Dorian,quot; cried ;t is not tion. England is bad enougy is all is t you to be fine. You been fine. One to judge of a man by t o lose all sense of y. You o t you can smile, as you are smiling no reason, if for none ot ers name a by-;
quot;take care, Basil. You go too far.quot;
quot;I must speak, and you must listen. You sen. Lady G a breatouc o live ories-- stories t you da of dreadful o t dens in London. Are true? Can true? about your country- is led t kno you. I tell you t I dont to preaco you. I remember every man eur curate for t al, and to break to preaco you. I you to lead suc you. I you to you to get rid of te s. Dont be so indifferent. You it be for good, not for evil. t you