A WOMAN OF
ACT II.
MRS. ALLONBY
I am sure of it.
LADY STUTFIELD
How very, very horrid of them! Shall we go on to the terrace?
MRS. ALLONBY
Oh, anything to get away from the dowagers and the dowdies. [Rises and goes with LADY STUTFIELD to door L.C.] We are only going to look at the stars, Lady Hunstanton.
LADY HUNSTANTON
You will find a great many, dear, a great many. But don't catch cold. [To MRS. ARBUTHNOT.] We shall all miss Gerald so much, dear Mrs. Arbuthnot.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
But has Lord Illingworth really offered to make Gerald his secretary?
LADY HUNSTANTON
Oh, yes! He has been most charming about it. He has the highest possible
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