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    t evening, at eigy, exquisitely dressed and ton-s, Dorian Gray ed, but  over esss  ones ease as . Certainly no one looking at Dorian Gray t nig ragedy as ragedy of our age. tc on God and goodness.   t felt keenly terrible pleasure of a double life.

    It y, got up rat Lord o describe as t o one of our most tedious ambassadors, and ers to some riced o tion, Frenc .

    Dorian  ;I kno;and t rig is most fortunate t you  t of at time. As it s rying to raise t I never ation  was all Narboroug. -sigaking in a ;

    s tedious. t o stay o make matters  is most unkind of ; s;Of course I go and stay er I come from  t imes, and besides, I really  knoence t is pure unadulterated country life. t up early, because to do, and go to bed early, because ttle to t. t been a scandal in time of Queen Elizabetly ter dinner. You s sit next eit by me and amuse me.quot;

    Dorian murmured a graceful compliment and looked round t ainly a tedious party. ted of Ernest ies so common in London clubs on, an overdressed y-seven, rying to get   to  disappointment no one  ful lisp and Venetian-red esss daugeristic Britis, once seen, are never remembered; and e-e joviality can atone for an entire lack of ideas.

    ill Lady Narboroug t ormolu gilt clock t spraels;ton to be so late! I sent round to  to disappoint me.quot;

    It ion t o be to some insincere apology, o feel bored.

    But at dinner  eat anyte after plate  aasted. Lady Narboroug scolding  s;an insult to po