[Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) by Frank Harris]@TWC D-Link bookOscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2) CHAPTER XV 40/44
But that can't be helped now.
Don't believe that it's even difficult to get away; it's easy.
I don't propose to go by Folkestone or Dover." "But, Frank, what about the people who have stood bail for me? I couldn't leave them to suffer; they would lose their thousands." "I shan't let them lose," I replied, "I am quite willing to take half on my own shoulders at once and you can pay the other thousand or so within a very short time by writing a couple of plays.
American papers would be only too glad to pay you for an interview.
The story of your escape would be worth a thousand pounds; they would give you almost any price for it. "Leave everything to me, but in the meantime I want you to get out in the air as much as possible.
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