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ACT III.
GERALD
But you don't call yourself old, Lord Illingworth?
LORD ILLINGWORTH
I am old enough to be your father, Gerald.
GERALD
I don't remember my father; he died years ago.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
So Lady Hunstanton told me.
GERALD
It is very curious, my mother never talks to me about my father. I sometimes think she must have married beneath her.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
[Winces slightly.] Really? [Goes over and puts his hand on GERALD'S shoulder.] You have missed not having a father, I suppose, Gerald?
GERALD
Oh, no; my mother has been so good
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