But, except to echo Wilde once or twice, he said nothing.[8] You are right in effect, because it was evident that Wilde was in his hands, and was really echoing him.

But Wilde automatically kept the prompter off the stage and himself in the middle of it.
[Footnote 7: This is an inimitable picture, but Shaw's fine sense of comedy has misled him.

The scene took place absolutely as I recorded it.

Douglas went out first saying--"Your telling him to run away shows that you are no friend of Oscar's." Then Oscar got up to follow him.
He said good-bye to Shaw, adding a courteous word or two.

As he turned to the door I got up and said:--"I hope you do not doubt my friendship; you have no reason to." "I do not think this is friendly of you, Frank," he said, and went on out.] [Footnote 8: I am sure Douglas took the initiative and walked out first.
_I have no doubt you are right, and that my vision of the exit is really a reminiscence of the entrance.