A WOMAN OF
ACT III.
LADY HUNSTANTON
[Sitting down.] We came to inquire for your dear mother, Gerald. I hope she is better?
GERALD
My mother has not come down yet, Lady Hunstanton.
LADY HUNSTANTON
Ah, I am afraid the heat was too much for her last night. I think there must have been thunder in the air. Or perhaps it was the music. Music makes one feel so romantic—at least it always gets on one's nerves.
MRS. ALLONBY
It's the same thing, nowadays.
LADY HUNSTANTON
I am so glad I don't know what you mean, dear. I am afraid you mean something wrong. Ah, I see you're examining Mrs. Arbuthnot's pretty room. Isn't it nice and old-fashioned?
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