CHAPTER XXVI. AMONG FRIENDS.

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_Whistler's Friends in Tite Street--Sir Rennell Rodd's Reminiscences--Oscar Wilde--Reasons for the Friendship and for its short Duration--The Followers--Their Devotion and their Absurdities--Mr. Harper Pennington's Reminiscences of Whistler in London_