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1  The painter stared in amazement.
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2  "Quite finished," said the painter.
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3  The painter considered for a few moments.
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4  "Dorian's, of course," answered the painter.
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5  "He is all my art to me now," said the painter gravely.
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6  "This is your doing, Harry," said the painter bitterly.
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7  "The story is simply this," said the painter after some time.
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8  The painter bit his lip and walked over, cup in hand, to the picture.
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9  The painter turned to his servant, who stood blinking in the sunlight.
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10  The painter had been busy mixing his colours and getting his brushes ready.
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11  Suddenly the painter appeared at the door of the studio and made staccato signs for them to come in.
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12  As the door closed behind them, the painter flung himself down on a sofa, and a look of pain came into his face.
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13  It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself.
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14  "I am glad you appreciate my work at last, Dorian," said the painter coldly when he had recovered from his surprise.
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15  Oh, there is really very little to tell, Harry," answered the painter; "and I am afraid you will hardly understand it.
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16  As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there.
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17  "Just turn your head a little more to the right, Dorian, like a good boy," said the painter, deep in his work and conscious only that a look had come into the lad's face that he had never seen there before.
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