Chapter 10

           Foryears,DorianGraycouldnotfreehimselffromtheinfluenceofthisbook. Orperhapsitwouldbemoreaccuratetosaythatheneversoughttofreehimselffromit. HeprocuredfromParisnolessthanninelarge-papercopiesofthefirstedition,andhadthemboundindifferentcolours, sothattheymightsuithisvariousmoodsandthechangingfanciesofanatureoverwhichheseemed,attimes,tohavealmostentirelylostcontrol. Thehero,thewonderfulyoungParisian,inwhomtheromanticandthescientifictemperamentsweresostrangelyblended, becametohimakindofprefiguringtypeofhimself. And,indeed,thewholebookseemedtohimtocontainthestoryofhisownlife,writtenbeforehehadlivedit. 

           Inonepointhewasmorefortunatethanthenovel’sfantastichero. Heneverknewnever,indeed,hadanycausetoknowthatsomewhatgrotesquedreadofmirrors,andpolishedmetalsurfaces,andstillwater, whichcameupontheyoungParisiansoearlyinhislife,andwasoccasionedbythesuddendecayofabeautythathadonce,apparently,beensoremarkable. Itwaswithanalmostcrueljoyandperhapsinnearlyeveryjoy,ascertainlyineverypleasure,crueltyhasitsplace thatheusedtoreadthelatterpartofthebook,withitsreallytragic,ifsomewhatover-emphasised,accountofthesorrowanddespairofone whohadhimselflostwhatinothers,andintheworld,hehadmostdearlyvalued. 

           ForthewonderfulbeautythathadsofascinatedBasilHallward,andmanyothersbesideshim,seemednevertoleavehim. Eventhosewhohadheardthemostevilthingsagainsthim,andfromtimetotimestrangerumoursabouthismodeoflifecreptthroughLondon andbecamethechatteroftheclubs,couldnotbelieveanythingtohisdishonourwhentheysawhim. 

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