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ACT IV.
is the most sympathetic of husbands. Quite a model. Good-bye, Gerald, give my fondest love to your mother.
MRS. ALLONBY
Good-bye, Mr. Arbuthnot.
GERALD
Good-bye. [Exit LADY HUNSTANTON and MRS. ALLONBY. GERALD sits down and reads over his letter.]
GERALD
What name can I sign? I, who have no right to any name. [Signs name, puts letter into envelope, addresses it, and is about to seal it, when door L.C. opens and MRS. ARBUTHNOT enters. GERALD lays down sealing-wax. Mother and son look at each other.]
LADY HUNSTANTON
[Through French window at the back.] Good-bye again, Gerald. We are taking the short cut across your pretty garden.
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