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1  The house was absolutely quiet.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
2  "Come upstairs, Basil," he said quietly.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 12
3  Having locked the door behind him, he crept quietly downstairs.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 13
4  He went in quietly, locking the door behind him, as was his custom, and dragged the purple hanging from the portrait.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 20
5  The door opened quietly, and he went in without saying a word to the squat misshapen figure that flattened itself into the shadow as he passed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
6  As midnight was striking bronze blows upon the dusky air, Dorian Gray, dressed commonly, and with a muffler wrapped round his throat, crept quietly out of his house.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 15
7  After a strained moment of silence, he leaned across and said, very quietly, but watching the effect of each word upon the face of him he had sent for, "Alan, in a locked room at the top of this house, a room to which nobody but myself has access, a dead man is seated at a table."
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 14