A dramatic pause.
A moment later the clever advocate resumed: unfortunately he had a more painful part of the case to approach.

It would be his painful duty to bring before them one after the other the young men he had examined Mr.Wilde about and allow them to tell their tales.

In no one of these cases were these young men on an equality in any way with Mr.Wilde.

Mr.Wilde had told them that there was something beautiful and charming about youth which led him to make these acquaintances.
That was a travesty of the facts.

Mr.Wilde preferred to know nothing of these young men and their antecedents.