He was as venomous as possible.

"When he went to America," he said, "he told Wilde that he wanted to get away from mixing with him (Wilde) and Douglas." Charlie Parker next repeated his disgusting testimony with ineffable impudence and a certain exultation.

Bestial ignominy could go no lower; he admitted that since the former trial he had been kept at the expense of the prosecution.

After this confession the case was adjourned and we came out of court.
When I reached Fleet Street I was astonished to hear that there had been a row that same afternoon in Piccadilly between Lord Douglas of Hawick and his father, the Marquis of Queensberry.

Lord Queensberry, it appears, had been writing disgusting letters about the Wilde case to Lord Douglas's wife.