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“ Every day . I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day . He is all my art to me now : since I met him , I see things in a new way and paint in a new way . But I have never told him what he means to me , and he shall never know . If I showed the picture , the world might guess it . I will not open my heart to their cold , curious eyes . He likes me , I know , but now and then he seems to enjoy giving me pain . Then I feel that I have given my whole soul to someone who treats it like a flower for his coat , a little decoration for a summer’s day . ” “ Perhaps you will get tired of him before he gets tired of you , ” said Lord Henry . “ One day he will seem a little wrong in the drawing , or you won’t like his colour , and the next time he calls , you will be cold to him . Those who are faithful know only the small side of love . It is the faithless who know love’s tragedies . ” He lit a cigarette and looked as pleased with himself as if he had summed up the whole world in one sentence . “ I must meet this wonderful young man , ” he said . “ I don’t want you to meet him , ” said Basil quietly . At that moment the butler came into the garden and said that Mr Dorian Gray was waiting in the studio . “ You must introduce me now , ” cried Lord Henry , laughing . Basil turned to him with a very serious face . “ Dorian Gray is my dearest friend , ” he said slowly . “ He has a simple and a beautiful nature . Don’t spoil him , and don’t try to influence him , because your influence would be bad . Don’t take away from me the one person who gives my art whatever charm it has . Remember , Harry , I trust you . ” “ What nonsense you talk ! ” said Lord Henry with a smile , and he took Basil by the arm and almost pulled him into the house . II . Youth Dorian Gray was sitting at the piano with his back to them , turning the pages of some music . When Basil introduced his old friend from Oxford , Dorian’s cheeks went a little pink . He was certainly very handsome , with his red lips , his honest blue eyes and his golden hair . There was something in his face that made people trust him at once . All the purity of youth was there , and it was no wonder that Basil worshipped him . Basil wanted to finish the picture that day and asked his friend to leave , but Dorian begged Lord Henry to stay . “ Basil never says a word while he is painting , ” he said , “ and it is horribly dull to stand on a platform and try to look pleasant . ” “ Then stay , Harry , ” said Basil without taking his eyes off the canvas . “ And you , Dorian , don’t pay any attention to what Lord Henry says . He has a very bad influence over all his friends , except me . ”
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