"I partook - nothing like the scale he did, and it was largely as a result of his generosity. Or his desire to co-opt me in his scheme so I could not then disapprove of him! One or the other, or both. ..."
Excerpt from "My Dear Boy" sketch that never made it into the final version:
Stephen (to Hugh): "...You have the bluest eyes, has anyone ever told you that? It was for eyes of such a hyacinthine blue that Apollo languished long ago on sunbleached Delos."