Chapter 20
Dorian boasts to Lord Henry of sparing Hetty; alone with the portrait he finds it more hideous, marked now with hypocrisy.
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From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Dorian's late attempt at a 'good deed' -- sparing the country girl Hetty Merton -- reveals that vanity, not virtue, motivates him, and the portrait grows worse.
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