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ACT III.
give anything to be just like Lord Illingworth.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
I would sooner see you dead.
GERALD
Mother, what is your objection to Lord Illingworth? Tell me—tell me right out. What is it?
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
He is a bad man.
GERALD
In what way bad? I don't understand what you mean.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
I will tell you.
GERALD
I suppose you think him bad, because he doesn't believe the same things as you do. Well, men are different from women, mother. It is natural that they should have different views.
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