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RhACT II. LORD ILLINGWORTH What nonsense, Rachel!

MRS. ARBUTHNOT Do you think I would allow my son

LORD ILLINGWORTH Our son.

MRS. ARBUTHNOT My son [LORD ILLINGWORTH shrugs his shoulders]—to go away with the man who spoiled my youth, who ruined my life, who has tainted every moment of my days? You don't realise what my past has been in suffering and in shame.

LORD ILLINGWORTH My dear Rachel, I must candidly say that I think Gerald's future considerably more important than your past.

MRS. ARBUTHNOT Gerald cannot separate his future from my past.

LORD ILLINGWORTH That is exactly what he should do. That 94