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Original paragraph in
The Mataura Ensign - Friday, April 12, 1895
The Mataura Ensign - Friday, April 12, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Daily Telegraph - Wednesday, April 10, 1895
The Daily Telegraph - Wednesday, April 10, 1895
Difference
Oscar Wilde, in his letter to the press explaining his reason for abandoning the case, states that he is willing to bear ignominy in
order to avoid calling Lord Douglas to give evidence against his father, but says the son was eager and quite willing to enter the witness-box.
Although Wilde's name has been removed from the playbills, companies continue to play his pieces for the present. Wilde, in his letter
to the Press explaining his reason for abandoning the case, states that he is willing to bear ignominy in order to avoid calling Lord Alfred Douglas to
give evidence against his father, but says the son was eager and quite willing to enter the box.