What did it mean?
He rubbed his eyes, and came close to the picture, and examined it again.

There were no signs of any change when he looked into the actual painting, and yet there was no doubt that the whole expression had altered.

It was not a mere fancy of his own.

The thing was horribly apparent.
He threw himself into a chair and began to think.

Suddenly there flashed across his mind what he had said in Basil Hallward's studio the day the picture had been finished.