The First Change in the Portrait

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
After Dorian's cruelty to Sibyl, the portrait shows its first sign of corruption -- a touch of cruelty about the mouth -- marking the moment the supernatural pact begins to operate.
Chapter 7

Dorian notices a line of cruelty around the mouth of the painted figure; his soul has begun to register on canvas.

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