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RhACT III. give anything to be just like Lord Illingworth.

MRS. ARBUTHNOT I would sooner see you dead.

GERALD Mother, what is your objection to Lord Illingworth? Tell me—tell me right out. What is it?

MRS. ARBUTHNOT He is a bad man.

GERALD In what way bad? I don't understand what you mean.

MRS. ARBUTHNOT I will tell you.

GERALD I suppose you think him bad, because he doesn't believe the same things as you do. Well, men are different from women, mother. It is natural that they should have different views. 139