Oscar, of course, had deceived Harris about the whole matter--as far as I could make out the story--Harris wrote the play under the impression that only Sedger had to be bought off at L100, which Oscar had received in advance for the commission; whereas Kyrle Bellew, Louis Nethersole, Ada Rehan, and even Smithers, had all given Oscar L100 on different occasions, and all threatened Harris with proceedings--Harris, therefore, only gave Oscar L50 on account,[59] as he was obliged to square these people first--hence Oscar's grievance.
When I pointed out to him that he was in a much better position than formerly, because Harris, at any rate, would eventually pay off the people who had advanced money and that Oscar would eventually get something himself, he replied in the characteristic way, "Frank has deprived me of my only source of income by taking a play on which I could always have raised L100." I continued to see Oscar every day until I left Paris.

Reggie and myself sometimes dined or lunched in his bedroom, when he was always very talkative, although he looked very ill.

On October 25th, my brother Aleck came to see him, when Oscar was in particularly good form.

His sister-in-law, Mrs.Willie, and her husband, Texeira, were then passing through Paris on their honeymoon, and came at the same time.

On this occasion he said he was "dying above his means" ...