A WOMAN OF
ACT II.
had one husband as yet. I suppose you look upon me as quite an amateur.
LADY CAROLINE
With your views on life I wonder you married at all.
MRS. ALLONBY
So do I.
LADY HUNSTANTON
My dear child, I believe you are really very happy in your married life, but that you like to hide your happiness from others.
MRS. ALLONBY
I assure you I was horribly deceived in Ernest.
LADY HUNSTANTON
Oh, I hope not, dear. I knew his mother quite well. She was a Stratton, Caroline, one of Lord Crowland's daughters.
LADY CAROLINE
Victoria Stratton? I remember her
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