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1  A tattered lace handkerchief twitched in her fingers.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
2  A spotted handkerchief had been placed over the face.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
3  "Good night," answered the young man, passing up the steps and wiping his parched mouth with a handkerchief.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16
4  Yes," he continued, turning round and taking his handkerchief out of his pocket; "his painting had quite gone off.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19
5  He felt that his could not be the hand to take the handkerchief away, and called out to one of the farm-servants to come to him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 18
6  It was with a renewed feeling of disappointment that she waved the tattered lace handkerchief from the window, as her son drove away.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 5
7  There was a wild recklessness of gaiety in his manner as he sat at table, but now and then a thrill of terror ran through him when he remembered that, pressed against the window of the conservatory, like a white handkerchief, he had seen the face of James Vane watching him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 17