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RhACT 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. 84