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They got up and put on their coats, sipping their coffee standing. Hallward was silent and preoccupied. There was a gloom over him. He could not bear this marriage, and yet it seemed to him to be better than many other things that might have happened.
From SANNA 32: This would seem to be the jealous reaction of a hypothetical lover when told about the engagement of his beloved with another person. Instead of being sincerely happy for his friend’s love for a woman and his future marriage with her, Basil is actually preoccupied with his own place in Dorian’s life, and with the possibility of his love being reciprocated. It is indeed love that he feels toward the young and fascinating man.
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