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"Not look at my own work! You are not serious. Why shouldn't I

look at it?" exclaimed Hallward, laughing.

"If you try to look at it, Basil, on my word of honour I will

never speak to you again as long as I live. I am quite serious. I

don't offer any explanation, and you are not to ask for any. But,

remember, if you touch this screen, everything is over between

us."

Hallward was thunderstruck. He looked at Dorian Gray in absolute

amazement. He had never seen him like this before. The lad was

actually pallid with rage. His hands were clenched, and the

pupils of his eyes were like disks of blue fire. He was trembling

all over.

"Dorian!"

"Don't speak!"