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RhACT III. GERALD But you don't call yourself old, Lord Illingworth?

LORD ILLINGWORTH I am old enough to be your father, Gerald.

GERALD I don't remember my father; he died years ago.

LORD ILLINGWORTH So Lady Hunstanton told me.

GERALD It is very curious, my mother never talks to me about my father. I sometimes think she must have married beneath her.

LORD ILLINGWORTH [Winces slightly.] Really? [Goes over and puts his hand on GERALD'S shoulder.] You have missed not having a father, I suppose, Gerald?

GERALD Oh, no; my mother has been so good 107