Give Queensberry his triumph.

You could make a friend of him as easily as possible, if you wished.

Write him a conciliatory letter." "But he'll want me to drop Bosie, and stop seeing Lady Queensberry, and I like them all; they are charming to me.

Why should I cringe to this madman ?" "Because he is a madman." "Oh, Frank, I can't," he cried.

"Bosie wouldn't let me." "'Wouldn't let you'?
I repeated angrily.