Bosie has insisted on stopping here for sandwiches. He is quite like a narcissus — so white and gold. I will come either Wednesday or Thursday night to your rooms. Send me a line. Bosie is so tired: he lies like a hyacinth on the sofa, and I worship him. (letter from Oscar Wilde, 1892 – quoted from Love in a dark time by Colm Toibin)

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