A cry of joy broke from his lips. The man who had been shot in the thicket was James Vane. He stood there for some minutes looking at the dead body. As he rode home, his eyes were full of tears, for he knew he was safe.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 18. The chapter ends with huge relief for Dorian, who has been panic-stricken over James Vane’s threat of revenge against him for Sibyl’s suicide. The man killed in the earlier shooting accident is Vane, Dorian is now safe.