1 Do take the screen away, Dorian.
2 "This," replied Dorian, moving the screen back.
3 Then he drew the screen aside and saw himself face to face.
4 As soon as he had left, he rushed to the screen and drew it back.
5 The screen had not been set back, and a blank space was visible on the wall.
6 He jumped up, drew the screen hastily across the picture, and unlocked the door.
7 Suddenly his eye fell on the screen that he had placed in front of the portrait, and he started.
8 A cry of terror broke from Dorian Gray's lips, and he rushed between the painter and the screen.
9 It seemed to him that as the man left the room his eyes wandered in the direction of the screen.
10 He got up from his chair and drew a large screen right in front of the portrait, shuddering as he glanced at it.
11 When his servant entered, he looked at him steadfastly and wondered if he had thought of peering behind the screen.
12 The screen was an old one, of gilt Spanish leather, stamped and wrought with a rather florid Louis-Quatorze pattern.
13 Then he rose from the table, lit a cigarette, and flung himself down on a luxuriously cushioned couch that stood facing the screen.
14 He took up from the couch the great purple-and-gold texture that covered it, and, holding it in his hands, passed behind the screen.
15 He drew the screen back into its former place in front of the picture, smiling as he did so, and passed into his bedroom, where his valet was already waiting for him.