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Breaking into the room, they see the portrait, unharmed, showing Dorian Gray as a beautiful young man. On the floor is the body of an old man, wrinkled and disfigured, with a knife stuck into his heart, and they realize that the old man is Dorian #dgart4art #dgcharacter #ch20

[Lewis @LewisP3b19]

Dorian grabs a knife, the same knife that he killed Basil with and tries to strike the portrait in order to destroy it. From below, Dorian’s servants hear a cry and a clatter #dgmask #dgpathos #ch20

[Lewis @LewisP3b19]

When Dorian looks at his portrait, he sees there is no change, except that “in the eyes there was a look of cunning, and in the mouth the curved wrinkle of the hypocrite.” #dgcharacter #dgmask #ch20

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At night, Dorian goes to look at his portrait. He hopes his decision to amend his life will have changed the painting, and he considers that perhaps his decision not to ruin the innkeeper’s daughter’s reputation will be reflected in the painted face #dgcharacter #ch20

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Lord Henry wonders aloud how Dorian has managed to remain so young after all these years. He wishes he knew Dorian’s secret and commends Dorian’s mode of living and begs him not to spoil it by trying to be virtuous.. #dgcharacter #dgmask #ch19

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Dorian asks if Lord Henry would believe if Basil was murdered, and if the murderer was Dorian himself, and Lord Henry says that Basil lacked enemies and that murder is too vulgar for someone like Dorian #dgcharacter #dgmask #ch19

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Lord Henry dismisses Dorian’s intentions to reform, and he turns the conversation to other subjects, including Alan Campbell’s suicide and the continued mystery of Basil disappearance #dgmask #dgpathos #ch19

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Dorian claims that he wants to reform himself and be virtuous, and as evidence of his newfound resolve, Dorian describes a recent trip to the country during which he passed up an opportunity to seduce and defile an innkeeper’s innocent daughter #dgcharacter #ch19

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The head keeper reports that the shot man’s identity is an anonymous sailor, and Dorian demands to see him. He rides to a farm where the body is being kept and identifies it as that of James Vane. Dorian now feels safe #dgpathos #ch18

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Dorian bemoans the fact that he is so concentrated on himself, on his own personality, that he is thus unable to love another person #dgcharacter #ch18

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While being with hunters, a man has been shot accidentally, or somehow and he dies instantly. Later Dorian tells Lord Henry that this is a "bad omen" #dgsymbol #ch18

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Every time Dorian closes his eyes, the image of James’s face in the window reappears. He begins to wonder, though, if this apparition is a figment of his imagination #dgmask #dgpathos #ch18

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Dorian leaves his company for a bit, and later they hear a groan from the other end of the conservatory. They rush to find that Dorian has fallen in a swoon, as he says he saw the face of James Vane pressed against the conservatory window #dgpathos #ch17

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Lord Henry says that love, like life, depends upon repeating a great experience over and over again #dgsymbol #ch17

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Dorian talks with Lord Henry, the Duchess of Monmouth, and her husband, as they discuss the nature and importance of beauty #dgcharacter #dgart4art #ch17

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James returns to the den, and the old woman tells James that Dorian has been coming there for eighteen years and that his face has never aged a day in all that time #dgmask #ch16

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James does not know Dorian's name, but he heard the name "Prince Charming" and assumed it was him. Dorian points out that since he has the face of a twenty-year-old man, he cannot possibly be the man who wronged Sibyl #dgmask #dgcharacter #ch16

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Dorian is seized from behind and held at gunpoint. Facing him is James Vane, Sibyl’s brother, who has been tracking Dorian for years in hopes of avenging Sibyl’s death #dgpathos #ch16

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A rumor says that Dorian has corrupted Adrian Singleton. As Dorian prepares to leave, a woman addresses him as “the devil’s bargain” and “Prince Charming" and a sailor follows him #dgcharacter #dgpathos #ch16

[Lewis @LewisP3b19]

Dorian decides that if he cannot be forgiven for his sins, he can at least forget them #dgcharacter #ch16