A WOMAN OF
ACT IV.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
I will keep it now. And that will show you that I love my son, at least as much as you love him. For when I marry you, Rachel, there are some ambitions I shall have to surrender. High ambitions too, if any ambition is high.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
I decline to marry you, Lord Illingworth.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
Are you serious?
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Yes.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
Do tell me your reasons. They would interest me enormously.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
I have already explained them to my son.
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