SECOND ACT
SCENE
Drawing-room at Hunstanton, after dinner, lamps lit.
Door L.C. Door R.C.
[Ladies seated on sofas.]
MRS. ALLONBY
What a comfort it is to have got rid of the men for a little!
LADY STUTFIELD
Yes; men persecute us dreadfully, don't they?
MRS. ALLONBY
Persecute us? I wish they did.
LADY HUNSTANTON
My dear!
MRS. ALLONBY
The annoying thing is that the wretches can be perfectly happy without us. That
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