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ACT I.
because I like you so much that I want to have you with me. [Exit HESTER with GERALD.]
Charming fellow, Gerald Arbuthnot!
MRS. ALLONBY
He is very nice; very nice indeed. But I can't stand the American young lady.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
Why?
MRS. ALLONBY
She told me yesterday, and in quite a loud voice too, that she was only eighteen. It was most annoying.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.
MRS. ALLONBY
She is a Puritan besides
LORD ILLINGWORTH
Ah, that is inexcusable. I don't mind
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