Dorian Gray Page #4

They're convinced it was

some Shadwell renter.

They think they'll catch him.

So Basil's name

will be dragged through the gutter.

Im of a mind to take a trip, Harry.

Maybe you should join me.

- Where are you going?

- Everywhere.

I leave tomorrow.

With all this?

Someone once gave me some fine advice...

.. about taking perspective.

Come with me.

The child is imminent.

Tell me everything.

I always do.

Ive entered the tombs of dead nations,

ridden with our last savage tribes.

I feel the brilliance of every moment,

the splendor of existence and its awful...

.. keen as the edge of a blade,

this desperate will to see, touch and...

Dearest Harry, you taught me

that life must burn with a hard flame.

Its light does not blind me,

nor its heat sear me.

I am the flame, Harry.

I am the flame.

Women never have anything to say,

but they say it charmingly.

They're the great triumph

of matter over mind.

Well, here I am.

Dorian.

You look so...

.. so...

He looks magnificent.

We have heard such tales.

Im afraid they're all absolutely

and entirely... true.

Welcome back.

Some champagne?

Yes.

A- ha!

My missing guest of honor.

Im coming.

I was sorry for your loss.

You know, I kept hearing this phrase.

"Natural causes. "

Nature has a great deal to answer for.

She was so looking forward

to the life of a divorcee.

And poor old Basil...

If we paid the police by results,

we'd save the Treasury thousands.

When your letters stopped coming,

I feared the worst.

But here you are.

So never mind the country estate.

Tell me, why are you really back?

- Im tired.

- You don't look it.

You have no right to melancholy.

Your life is exquisite.

You've drunk deeply of everything

and it hasn't left a fleck on you.

Do you remember

when I first came to London?

I felt so...

Those were the great days.

Dorian, it's quite clear

why you've lost your passion for life.

You've been away from me for too long.

We must go out.

Take on the town, as we used to.

- Ive missed you, Harry.

- I must ask you, though...

What is your secret?

If I told you, Id have to kill you.

You still have it, I see.

- From Cairo.

- Where else?

Smile.

Emily.

May I?

I hope Im not interrupting

your reminiscence?

The one charm of the past

is that it's the past.

Oh. I hope you're not also

a dreary old cynic?

What is there to believe in?

Our developments.

All I see is decay.

Well, religion?

Fashionable substitute for belief.

- Art?

- A malady.

- Love?

- An illusion.

Bravo!

Well, you both cut the world to pieces,

don't you?

Thank you for the cigarette.

Unusual woman.

She ought to be. She's my daughter.

Lie down.

Dorian?

Dorian...

Its you.

Dorian!

Oi, mister! Give us a penny!

Oi, mister. Mister. Penny for the Guy?

- Have you been in the war?

- Im too old.

Give us a couple of bob

for a drink, will you?

Get up. Get up!

You...

Yeah, you... Dorian Gray.

- I think you're mistaken.

- I knew one day you'd come back.

- Wait, please...

- So many years Ive waited.

Wait! How many years?

- No more!

- How many years?

Look at me. Look at my face.

Im barely 20, man.

Can't be.

I don't know this...

this Dorian Gray.

I think, sir, you are not well.

I...

Hospital.

They hurt me.

You tell him...

You tell him Im coming.

A visitor, sir.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

I thought you might like

to join me for lunch.

No, I don't think...

I made a picnic.

Yes, well, Im afraid I...

Id rather stay at home today.

Serious?

Its going to rain.

Tell me, Mr. Gray.

Must you always play the cynic?

Hm?

Look up.

Actually, Id rather you didn't...

Oblige me, Mr. Gray.

Have you been pursuing

this delightful hobby for long?

No. Its a gift from my father.

In return, he made me promise that I

wouldn't chain myself to more railings.

For suffrage, Mr. Gray.

Well, don't you think that

women should be given the vote?

I don't believe a woman should be

given anything she can't wear at night.

What a loss to the Front you are.

Think of all those Germans that

you could bayonet with your epigrams.

I do apologize if I offend.

Oh, no, you'll have to do

rather better to offend me.

Then I humbly vow to redouble my efforts.

You know, I wonder if it's true,

what they say about you.

That beneath all the charm,

you're in fact quite heartless?

They say Im charming?

They say that you devote

your whole life to pleasure.

Well, it's clearly to be recommended.

If I look as good as you in 25 years,

I shall be thoroughly happy.

I can assure you,

pleasure is very different from happiness.

I mean, some things are more precious

because they don't last.

Mr. Gray...

.. I believe I know your secret.

You do have a heart.

Those who go beneath the surface

do so at their peril.

How terrifying.

I may let you chauffeur me again, Mr. Gray.

So, Ill see you at Toynbee Hall tonight?

Until then.

Alice.

Id crawl the sewers before

Id let my flesh and blood near him.

- Sit down, Granddad!

- What kind of unholiness

grants the face of a babe

to such a man?

Come along! Come along, my dear!

Completely unnatural!

What?

- Let him play!

- Quiet, please, ladies and gentlemen.

You know, anyone would think

you're ashamed to be seen with me.

What happened in the hall?

I don't know what you mean.

You saw something.

You're mistaken.

Well, I heard that he killed him.

We never ever again...

Mr. Gray!

It would be better

if we were not seen together.

Better for whom?

Tongues may wag against you.

I don't care what they say.

You should.

The truth is,

Ive done dreadful things.

My life...

My life has been a monstrous corruption.

And there will be a price.

I won't let anyone hurt you.

We should not meet again.

I told you it was him.

Step back.

Im coming for you, Dorian Gray.

You dirty bastard!

Dorian Gray, you bastard!

You're a disgrace!

Good evening, sir.

Mr. Harcourt here thinks

there may be rats nesting in the attic.

- I haven't the key.

- Get out of my house.

But, Mr. Gray...

And you.

With respect, sir...

.. Ive been with your family

for two generations.

Your effects will follow.

Argh!

I want to be free.

I want to be...

new,

clean.

I want to be good.

Please.

Please, you have to help me.

If we repent,

God is faithful and just.

Confess your mortal sins.

- Confess your mortal...

- This is not my true face!

If you could see my soul...

Child, only God may see our souls.

I have seen my soul!

And I could show it to you.

Its rotten.

It stinks.

Its poison.

Help me.

You will die.

Im sorry.

Mr. Gray?

Miss Wotton.

Please forgive my intrusion

at this late hour.

You're shaking.

- Look, come and sit by the fire.

- I want to tell you...

I want to tell you...

I want to tell you everything.

All right. Look at me.

Sh! What is it?

I need you...

I need you to know...

- what I am.

- Sh!

Its all right. Listen, sh...

Its all right.

Sh...

Harry.

Morning.

Sleep well?

Mr. Gray was in need of a friend.

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