The Last Experiment in Goodness

Arwy Official

Dorian's attempt at goodness began, like many of his experiments, with self-observation. He had spared Hetty Merton, the village girl whose innocence attracted him. Once he might have pursued, dazzled, and abandoned her, leaving another small tragedy to disappear beneath his larger ones. Instead he left her untouched. On the journey back to London, he admired himself for it. The feeling was almost clean. He imagined …