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           Sohefound"DorianGray"andthe"MysticandSomberDolores"andthe"BelleDamesansMerci";foramonthwaskeenonnaughtelse.Theworldbecamepaleandinteresting,andhetriedhardtolookatPrincetonthroughthesatiatedeyesofOscarWildeandSwinburne—or"FingalO’Flaherty"and"AlgernonCharles,"ashecalledtheminprecieusejest.Hereadenormouslyeverynight—Shaw,Chesterton,Barrie,Pinero,Yeats,Synge,ErnestDowson,ArthurSymons,Keats,Sudermann,RobertHughBenson,theSavoyOperas—justaheterogeneousmixture,forhesuddenlydiscoveredthathehadreadnothingforyears.

           TomD’Invilliersbecameatfirstanoccasionratherthanafriend.Amorysawhimaboutonceaweek,andtogethertheygildedtheceilingofTom’sroomanddecoratedthewallswithimitationtapestry,boughtatanauction,tallcandlesticksandfiguredcurtains.Amorylikedhimforbeingcleverandliterarywithouteffeminacyoraffectation.Infact,Amorydidmostofthestruttingandtriedpainfullytomakeeveryremarkanepigram,thanwhich,ifoneiscontentwithostensibleepigrams,therearemanyfeatsharder.12Univeewasamused.Kerryread"DorianGray"andsimulatedLordHenry,followingAmoryabout,addressinghimas"Dorian"andpretendingtoencourageinhimwickedfanciesandattenuatedtendenciestoennui.WhenhecarrieditintoCommons,totheamazementoftheothersattable,Amorybecamefuriouslyembarrassed,andafterthatmadeepigramsonlybeforeD’Invilliersoraconvenientmirror.