A WOMAN OF
ACT I.
MRS. ALLONBY
You enjoy country life, Miss Worsley?
HESTER
Very much indeed.
MRS. ALLONBY
Don't find yourself longing for a London dinner-party?
HESTER
I dislike London dinner-parties.
MRS. ALLONBY
I adore them. The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk.
HESTER
I think the stupid people talk a great deal.
MRS. ALLONBY
Ah, I never listen!
LORD ILLINGWORTH
My dear boy, if I didn't like you I wouldn't have made you the offer. It is
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