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Dorian's attempt at reform from "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Dorian Gray tells Lord Henry that he has begun a good action: he spared a young country girl, Hetty Merton, from being seduced and abandoned by him.

several weeks after the murder, during the following spring

Dorian's attempt at reform

Dorian Gray tells Lord Henry that he has begun a good action: he spared a young country girl, Hetty Merton, from being seduced and abandoned by him. He believes this act of renunciation might signal a change in his soul. Lord Henry mocks his sentimentality, but Dorian is determined to be good.