Chapters 7–8: Basil is shocked by Dorian’s apparent
indifference to Sibyl’s death. He wants to see the picture
but Dorian refuses and tells him the picture has changed
and has a life of its own. Dorian also refuses to sit for Basil
for another painting. They argue and Dorian says that
Basil has taught him to love only his own beauty. Dorian
decides to hide the picture away in the old schoolroom so
that nobody would ever see it again and discover his secret.