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Shaw more immediately successful, and not traceable to any obvious influence, English or foreign, came the comedies of Oscar Wilde. For a parallel to their pure delight and high spirits, and to the exquisite wit and artifice with which they were constructed, one would have to go back to the dramatists of the Restoration.
"Nothing said by Wood should be believed, as he belongs to the vilest class of criminals; the strength of the accusation depends solely upon the character of the original introduction of Wood to Wilde as illustrated and fortified by the story with regard to the letters and their burning." A pyramid of guilt carefully balanced on its apex! If the foolish Judge had only read his Shakespeare!
Is that not just to you? In short, I am not as your other admirers, and the variation in the species has lost the charm of novelty. Believe me that I am honest to-day, at least; indeed, I think you will understand. Only the college boy who feeds on Oscar Wilde and sentimental pessimism has that disease of indifference with which you crudely charge me.
Instead he had sat contemplating Friday so long that his secretary tapped her foot in impatience. "Are you really lazy?" she asked, "Or are you just pretending to be?" "I am really lazy. All truly gifted people are. You know what Wilde says, 'Real industry is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do." The prompt, "Who is Wilde?" of the secretary did not disconcert him.
'And how many did you paint in four hours, Jimmy? he asked, with his most magnificent air of patronage. 'I'm not sure, said the irrepressible Jimmy, quite gravely, 'but I think four or five hundred." A London visitor at the Lambs Club recounted a new version of the notable enmity which followed the friendship that had existed between Whistler and Wilde.
After lasting all day the case was adjourned till the following Thursday. Mr. Travers Humphreys applied for bail for Mr. Wilde, on the ground that he knew the warrant against him was being applied for on Friday afternoon, but he made no attempt to leave London. Sir John Bridge refused bail.
If she chooses to disgrace herself, it is not my affair, but as her object in insulting me is in the hope of extorting money for which she has several times applied to Sir William Wilde with threats of more annoyance if not given, I think it right to inform you, as no threat of additional insult shall ever extort money from our hands.
The house at Tite Street seemed deserted. For some time no one answered my knocking and ringing, and then a man-servant simply told me that Mr. Wilde was not in: he did not know whether Mr. Wilde was expected back or not; did not think he was coming back. I turned and went home. I thought Oscar would probably say to me again: "I can do nothing, Frank, nothing."
Wilde's window." "Oh, hell!" he began impatiently, "that man is stark mad! I don't understand why you " He saw how annoyed I felt by this outburst, and begged my pardon. "Really, old chap," he said, "I don't mean to run down a man you like, but for the life of me I can't see what the deuce you find in common with Mr. Wilde.
Suddenly the hostess drew his attention to a lamp the shade of which was smouldering. "Please put it out, Mr. Wilde," she said, "it's smoking." Oscar turned to do as he was told with the remark: "Happy lamp!" The delightful impertinence had an extraordinary success.
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