:22:00
and that to realise
through pleasure
:22:02
is finer than to realise
through pain.
:22:04
I am, on this point,
:22:05
entirely on the side
of the Ancients. The Greeks.
:22:10
How long have you known
Alfred Taylor?
:22:13
About two years.
:22:15
Two and a half years.
:22:17
Is he an intimate
friend of yours?
:22:19
I wouldn't call him
that, no.
:22:20
But you went often
to his rooms.
:22:23
About seven or eight
times, perhaps.
:22:25
Did you know Mr Taylor
:22:27
kept ladies' dresses
in his rooms?
:22:31
No.
:22:32
Did you know
he was notorious
:22:34
for introducing young men
to older men?
:22:37
I never heard it in my life.
:22:39
Has he introduced
young men to you?
:22:43
Yes.
:22:44
How many
young men?
:22:47
About five.
:22:49
What were their occupations?
:22:52
I really don't know.
:22:53
Oh, well, let me
tell you, Mr Wilde.
:22:56
You met a man
called Charles Parker there,
:22:59
I believe.
:23:00
Yes.
:23:01
Charles Parker is...
:23:03
a gentleman's valet.
:23:06
You met his brother
there too, I believe.
:23:09
- Yes.
- He is a groom.
:23:13
I didn't care tuppence
what they were.
:23:15
I liked them.
:23:17
I have a passion
to civilise the community.
:23:20
I recognise no social
distinctions at all,
:23:22
of any kind.
:23:24
To me youth,
the mere fact of youth
:23:26
is so wonderful,
:23:28
that I would sooner talk
to a young man for half an hour
:23:31
than... well, than be
cross-examined in court.
:23:34
Do I understand that...
:23:36
even a young boy you might
pick up on the street
:23:39
would be a pleasing companion?
:23:41
I would talk to a street Arab
with pleasure.
:23:43
If he would talk to me.
:23:45
- And take him to your rooms?
- Yes.
:23:47
And then commit
improprieties with him!
:23:51
Certainly not.
:23:54
Certainly not.
:23:55
You withdraw your libel action
:23:57
against Lord Queensberry.
:23:59
Well and good.