A WOMAN OF
ACT III.
HESTER
Do you like him going away with Lord Illingworth? Of course there is position, no doubt, and money, but position and money are not everything, are they?
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
They are nothing; they bring misery.
HESTER
Then why do you let your son go with him?
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
He wishes it himself.
HESTER
But if you asked him he would stay, would he not?
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
He has set his heart on going.
HESTER
He couldn't refuse you anything. He loves you too much. Ask him to stay. Let me send him in to you. He is on the terrace at this moment with Lord Illing-
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