The Scarlet Speck That Makes Men Mad

Sibil Vain had marred him for a moment, if he had wounded her for an age. He remembered with what callousness he had watched her. Women were better suited to bear sorrow than men. They lived on their emotions. When they took lovers, it was merely to have someone with whom they could have scenes. Lord Henry had told him that, and Lord Henry knew what women were. But the picture held the secret of his life,. It taught him to love his own beauty. Would ever look at it again? No. The fascination that she had exercised over him would return. For every sin that he committed, a stain would fleck and wreck its fairness.

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