A WOMAN OF
ACT II.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
What nonsense, Rachel!
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Do you think I would allow my son
LORD ILLINGWORTH
Our son.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
My son [LORD ILLINGWORTH shrugs his shoulders]—to go away with the man who spoiled my youth, who ruined my life, who has tainted every moment of my days? You don't realise what my past has been in suffering and in shame.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
My dear Rachel, I must candidly say that I think Gerald's future considerably more important than your past.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Gerald cannot separate his future from my past.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
That is exactly what he should do. That
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