It is good of you." His whole face was shaken; he turned away to hide the tears.
"Anything I can do, Oscar," I said, "I shall do with pleasure, and, as you know, to the uttermost; but I want you to consider the matter carefully.

An English court of law gives me no assurance of a fair trial or rather I am certain that in matters of art or morality an English court is about the worst tribunal in the civilised world." He shook his head impatiently.
"I cannot help it, I cannot alter it," he said.
"You must listen to me," I insisted.

"You remember the Whistler and Ruskin action.

You know that Whistler ought to have won.

You know that Ruskin was shamelessly in fault; but the British jury and the so-called British artists treated Whistler and his superb work with contempt.