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Had he gone to his aunt's, he would have been sure to have met

Lord Goodbody there, and the whole conversation would have been

about the feeding of the poor and the necessity for model

lodging-houses. Each class would have preached the importance of

those virtues, for whose exercise there was no necessity in their

own lives. The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift, and

the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour. It was

charming to have escaped all that! As he thought of his aunt, an

idea seemed to strike him. He turned to Hallward and said, "My

dear fellow, I have just remembered."

"Remembered what, Harry?"

"Where I heard the name of Dorian Gray."

"Where was it?" asked Hallward, with a slight frown.