Strona 231 z 490

"We are only at the beginning of our friendship, Dorian,"

answered Lord Henry, shaking him by the hand. "Good-bye. I shall

see you before nine-thirty, I hope. Remember, Patti is singing."

As he closed the door behind him, Dorian Gray touched the bell,

and in a few minutes Victor appeared with the lamps and drew the

blinds down. He waited impatiently for him to go. The man seemed

to take an interminable time over everything.