A WOMAN OF
ACT IV.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
What do you mean?
LORD ILLINGWORTH
What letter is this? [Takes up letter.]
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
That—is nothing. Give it to me.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
It is addressed to me.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
You are not to open it. I forbid you to open it.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
And in Gerald's handwriting.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
It was not to have been sent. It is a letter he wrote to you this morning, before he saw me. But he is sorry now he wrote it, very sorry. You are not to open it. Give it to me.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
It belongs to me. [Opens it, sits down and reads it slowly. MRS. ARBUTHNOT
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