A WOMAN OF
ACT II.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Lady Cecilia?
LADY HUNSTANTON
Lord Illingworth's mother, dear Mrs. Arbuthnot, was one of the Duchess of Jerningham's pretty daughters, and she married Sir Thomas Harford, who wasn't considered a very good match for her at the time, though he was said to be the handsomest man in London. I knew them all quite intimately, and both the sons, Arthur and George.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
It was the eldest son who succeeded, of course, Lady Hunstanton?
LADY HUNSTANTON
No, dear, he was killed in the hunting field. Or was it fishing, Caroline? I forget. But George came in for everything. I always tell him that no younger son has ever had such good luck as he has had.
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
Lady Hunstanton, I want to speak to
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