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In the centre of the room, near the upright easel, stood the. In front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward. As the painter looked at the portrait, a smile of pleasure passed across1 his face.

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How terrible they are! Except, of course, in the Church. Your mysterious young friend, whose name you have never told me, but whose picture I really enjoy, never thinks.

He is some brainless beautiful creature who should be always here in winter when we have no flowers to look at. No, Basil, you are not like him. Indeed, I should be sorry to look like him. I am telling you the truth. The ugly and the stupid1 enjoy the life in this world. They can watch the life go on.

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You seem to forget that I am married, and the one good thing of marriage is that it makes a lie necessary for both. I never know where my wife is, and my wife never knows what I am doing.