A WOMAN OF
ACT II.
MRS. ALLONBY
Oh, Puritanism, of course.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
I am going to convert her, am I not? How long do you give me?
MRS. ALLONBY
A week.
LORD ILLINGWORTH
A week is more than enough. [Enter GERALD and LORD ALFRED.]
GERALD
[Going to MRS. ARBUTHNOT.] Dear mother!
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Gerald, I don't feel at all well. See me home, Gerald. I shouldn't have come.
GERALD
I am so sorry, mother. Certainly. But you must know Lord Illingworth first. [Goes across room.]
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Not to-night, Gerald.
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