The Face of Lord Henry's Portrait

In the dim, arrested light that struggled through the cream-coloured silk blinds, the face appeared to him to be a little changed. The expression looked different. One would have said that there was a touch of cruelty in the mouth. What did it mean? He rubbed his eyes and came close to the picture and examined it again. There were no signs of any change when he looked into the actual painting,. Yet there was no doubt that the whole expression had altered. It was not a mere fancy of his own. The thing was horribly apparent. Suddenly there flashed across his mind what he had said in Basil Hallwood's studio the day the picture had been finished. Yes, he

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