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ACT II.
perfectly. A silly fair-haired woman with no chin.
MRS. ALLONBY
Ah, Ernest has a chin. He has a very strong chin, a square chin. Ernest's chin is far too square.
LADY STUTFIELD
But do you really think a man's chin can be too square? I think a man should look very, very strong, and that his chin should be quite, quite square.
MRS. ALLONBY
Then you should certainly know Ernest, Lady Stutfield. It is only fair to tell you beforehand he has got no conversation at all.
LADY STUTFIELD
I adore silent men.
MRS. ALLONBY
Oh, Ernest isn't silent. He talks the whole time. But he has got no conversation. What he talks about I don't know. I haven't listened to him for years.
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