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Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2)

CHAPTER XII
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With a little sigh he slipped off my knee, and knelt down and put his little hands together, as he had been taught, and began 'Our Father.' When he had finished the 'Lord's Prayer,' he looked up at me and said gravely, 'Now I'll pray to myself.' "He closed his eyes and his lips moved.

When he had finished I took him in my arms again and kissed him.

'That's right,' I said.
"'You said you were sorry,' questioned his mother, leaning over him, 'and asked God to make you a good boy ?' "'Yes, mother,' he nodded, 'I said I was sorry and asked God to make Vyvyan a good boy.' "I had to leave the room, Frank, or he would have seen me smiling.
Wasn't it delightful of him! We are all willing to ask God to make others good." This story shows the lovable side of him.

There was another side not so amiable.

In April, 1893, "A Woman of No Importance" was produced by Herbert Beerbohm Tree at The Haymarket and ran till the end of the season, August 16th, surviving even the festival of St.Grouse.


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