Dorian Gray
Come on, sir, give us a penny!
Run!
Sorry.
Lucky heather, sir? Come on, sir.
Looking for someone?
Er... Yes, actually, I...
Mr. Gray. Welcome to London, sir.
Go on, lady. Off you go!
Whoa.
And here we are, sir. Welcome home.
I hope you'll find everything
to your liking, sir.
Nothing's changed since I was a boy.
Sir.
I'm sorry for your loss, sir.
May I prepare some tea?
Thank you, Victor.
I've no doubt London will hold many
new friends and adventures for you.
- I hope so.
- So do I.
Oh! This is somebody
you simply must meet.
This is one of our finest artists,
Basil Hallward.
Agatha, please,
- What do you think?
- Oh.
That's quite a likeness.
- Basil.
- Hmm?
Ive been in London two weeks now.
The only people Ive met
are Agatha's charitable group.
Well, you've met me.
Of course.
I didn't mean...
These parties are terribly dull, Dorian.
- You won't be missing anything.
- Im sure you're right.
I just...
Oh...
Dear me, no.
Shabby.
Wife, drink.
There. I'll fetch us some drinks.
Find her a good husband
who knows how to behave to a woman.
The only way to behave is
to make love to her if she's pretty
and to someone else if she's plain.
Excuse me.
Cigarette?
No, thank you.
I find a cigarette to be
the perfect pleasure.
It is exquisite
and leaves one unsatisfied.
You're Kelso's grandson.
Yes.
- Did you know him?
- I met him once.
It was enough
to give a cheer last month
when he rasped his last sour breath.
One assumes you inherited
the withered old goat's estate?
Being a little orphan isn't all bad.
"An earnest young man with a beautiful
nature," according to Agatha.
I'd pictured some freckled country oaf
in ghastly dress.
I see I was only half right.
It could be worse.
Gladys Allonby's been dressed for her
If Radley spent less time in church
and more at his tailor's,
he might not so resemble
a badly-bound hymn book.
Are you sure you won't take a cigarette?
I get them directly from Cairo.
I see you've met our charming host.
Hm?
Pay no attention to anything he tells you.
How rude. Henry Wotton.
Victoria, my wife.
My aunt, alas, you know.
Oh, Im so glad you've met.
You might learn some manners from this boy.
Ive found some more guests
for you to insult.
I knew I kept her for something.
I do hope our paths cross again, Mr. Gray.
Thank you for the cigarette...
.. cigarette.
An acquired taste.
- No, it's actually quite pleasant.
- No, I meant Henry.
There's some people I want you to meet.
Dorian...
Aren't you tired of
looking at me yet?
Certainly not.
The more I look...
.. the more I see.
It must be nearly finished, man.
It isn't the Sistine Chapel.
Do you remember when I told you
you could sit in if you were quiet?
- I want to see it.
- No, no, don't.
He won't even let me have a peek.
Agatha tells me your father
was also an artist.
- Apparently so.
- Kelso must have been delighted,
his daughter falling
for some penniless painter.
No wonder they eloped.
- I never knew my parents.
- Of course.
Typhus is so awful.
Your poor mother carried off in childbirth.
Do you take such interest
in everyone you meet?
Not everyone I meet is so interesting.
Henry, why don't you go for a stroll,
while I just work up the background?
You don't need Dorian for that.
Let's both take a break.
- Perhaps we should all get some air.
- Yes, and I know just the place.
Look. It's rancid! Its rancid!
Its only five days old. Im not paying.
Come on, Dorian.
Sorry.
You see why Agatha is so keen
to help Whitechapel?
Don't you think we should at least try
to make a difference?
Ive no desire to change anything
in England, except the weather.
Welcome to my little Hellfire Club.
- Here you are, gents.
- In one.
No, don't, don't.
Barkeeper.
Again.
How say you and the handsome
young man stuff me double?
Er, no, thank you.
We nonetheless wish you godspeed
on your evening's quest for romance.
A little wider, my dear.
Oh!
Don't worry. He's a doctor.
There's no shame in pleasure, Mr. Gray.
Man just wants to be happy.
But society wants him to be good.
And when he's good, Man is rarely happy.
But when he's happy, he's always good.
You do want to be good,
don't you, Mr. Gray, and happy?
for that sort of business?
She's quite affordable.
But what I was asking
Buy a lady a drink?
- On what?
- Well, on one's soul.
One's soul?
This is my church.
With this dram, right now,
I nail my soul to the Devil's altar.
You'll never meet a more eloquent
philosopher of pure folly.
Come on, Dorian.
Its time we showed you what we've made.
- Really?
- The boy hasn't finished his gin.
Go and fiddle with your background.
We'll be along shortly.
Your picture awaits you, Dorian.
Perhaps you should go and speak to her.
I didn't realize she...
Don't be timid. Go.
- I wouldn't know where to...
- You see, I envy you.
Me?
Everything's possible for you
because you have
the only two things worth having.
Youth...
and beauty.
Come on, let's go.
The moment's lost.
That was probably her husband.
Yes, very sensible.
People die of common sense, Dorian,
one lost moment at a time.
Life is a moment.
There is no hereafter.
So make it burn always
with the hardest flame.
Well, Basil...
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