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ACT IV.
LADY HUNSTANTON
She is quite incorrigible, Gerald, isn't she? By-the-by, Gerald, I hope your dear mother will come and see me more often now. You and Lord Illingworth start almost immediately, don't you?
GERALD
I have given up my intention of being Lord Illingworth's secretary.
LADY HUNSTANTON
Surely not, Gerald! It would be most unwise of you. What reason can you have?
GERALD
I don't think I should be suitable for the post.
MRS. ALLONBY
I wish Lord Illingworth would ask me to be his secretary. But he says I am not serious enough.
LADY HUNSTANTON
My dear, you really mustn't talk like that in this house. Mrs. Arbuthnot doesn't
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