A WOMAN OF
ACT II.
all. You'll thank Lord Illingworth, mother, won't you?
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Lord Illingworth is very good, I am sure, to interest himself in you for the moment.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
[Putting his hand on GERALD'S shoulder.] Oh, Gerald and I are great friends already, Mrs. . . . Arbuthnot.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
There can be nothing in common between you and my son, Lord Illingworth.
GERALD
Dear mother, how can you say so? Of course Lord Illingworth is awfully clever and that sort of thing. There is nothing Lord Illingworth doesn't know.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
My dear boy!
GERALD
He knows more about life than any one I have ever met. I feel an awful duffer
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