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ACT I.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
I assure you I have not thought of Lady Stutfield for the last quarter of an hour.
MRS. ALLONBY
Is she such a mystery?
LORD ILLINGWORTH
She is more than a mystery—she is a mood.
MRS. ALLONBY
Moods don't last.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
It is their chief charm.
[Enter HESTER and GERALD.]
GERALD
Lord Illingworth, every one has been congratulating me, Lady Hunstanton and Lady Caroline, and . . . every one. I hope I shall make a good secretary.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
You will be the pattern secretary, Gerald. [Talks to him.]
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