Mr.Carson wished to draw the attention of the jury to the fact that all these men with whom Mr.Wilde went about were discharged servants and grooms, and that they were all about the same age.

He asked the jury also to note that Taylor, who was the pivot of the whole case, had not yet been put in the box.

Why not?
He pointed out to the jury that the very same idea that was set forth in "The Priest and the Acolyte" was contained in Oscar Wilde's letters to Lord Alfred Douglas, and the same idea was to be found in Lord Alfred Douglas' poem, "The Two Loves,"[15] which was published in _The Chameleon_.

He went on to say that when, in the story of "The Priest and the Acolyte," the boy was discovered in the priest's bed,[16] the priest made the same defence as Mr.Wilde had made, that the world does not understand the beauty of this love.

The same idea was found again in "Dorian Gray," and he read two or three passages from the book in support of this statement.