A WOMAN OF
ACT II.
LADY HUNSTANTON
Ah, of course. You will have a great deal to say to her, and she will have a great deal to thank you for. It is not every son who gets such an offer, Mrs. Arbuthnot. But I know you appreciate that, dear.
LADY CAROLINE
John!
LADY HUNSTANTON
Now, don't keep Mrs. Arbuthnot too long, Lord Illingworth. We can't spare her. [Exit following the other guests. Sound of violin heard from music-room.]
LORD ILLINGWORTH
So that is our son, Rachel! Well, I am very proud of him. He is a Harford, every inch of him. By the way, why Arbuthnot, Rachel?
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
One name is as good as another, when one has no right to any name.
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