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An oath broke from his lips . “ I don’t care for myself , ” he exclaimed , “ but don’t let Sibyl . . . . It is a gentleman , isn’t it , who is in love with her , or says he is ? Highly connected , too , I suppose . ” For a moment a hideous sense of humiliation came over the woman . Her head drooped . She wiped her eyes with shaking hands . “ Sibyl has a mother , ” she murmured ; “ I had none . ” The lad was touched . He went towards her , and stooping down , he kissed her . “ I am sorry if I have pained you by asking about my father , ” he said , “ but I could not help it . I must go now . Good - bye . Don’t forget that you will have only one child now to look after , and believe me that if this man wrongs my sister , I will find out who he is , track him down , and kill him like a dog . I swear it . ” The exaggerated folly of the threat , the passionate gesture that accompanied it , the mad melodramatic words , made life seem more vivid to her . She was familiar with the atmosphere . She breathed more freely , and for the first time for many months she really admired her son . She would have liked to have continued the scene on the same emotional scale , but he cut her short . Trunks had to be carried down and mufflers looked for . The lodging - house drudge bustled in and out . There was the bargaining with the cabman . The moment was lost in vulgar details . It was with a renewed feeling of disappointment that she waved the tattered lace handkerchief from the window , as her son drove away . She was conscious that a great opportunity had been wasted . She consoled herself by telling Sibyl how desolate she felt her life would be , now that she had only one child to look after . She remembered the phrase . It had pleased her . Of the threat she said nothing . It was vividly and dramatically expressed . She felt that they would all laugh at it some day . CHAPTER VI . “ 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 . “ No , Harry , ” answered the artist , giving his hat and coat to the bowing waiter . “ What is it ? Nothing about politics , I hope ! They don’t interest me . 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 . ” “ Dorian Gray is engaged to be married , ” said Lord Henry , watching him as he spoke . Hallward started and then frowned . “ Dorian engaged to be married ! ” he cried . “ Impossible ! ” “ It is perfectly true . ” “ To whom ? ” “ To some little actress or other . ” “ I can’t believe it . Dorian is far too sensible . ” “ Dorian is far too wise not to do foolish things now and then , my dear Basil . ” “ Marriage is hardly a thing that one can do now and then , Harry . ”
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