Readers may judge from the comparison how far my general story is worthy of credence.

In the Introduction to his playlet, "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets," Shaw writes: "Yet he (Harris) knows the taste and the value of humour.

He was one of the few men of letters who really appreciated Oscar Wilde, though he did not rally fiercely to Wilde's side until the world deserted Oscar in his ruin.

I myself was present at a curious meeting between the two when Harris on the eve of the Queensberry trial prophesied to Wilde with miraculous precision exactly what immediately afterwards happened to him and warned him to leave the country.

It was the first time within my knowledge that such a forecast proved true.