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RhACT IV. MRS. ARBUTHNOT What do you mean?

LORD ILLINGWORTH What letter is this? [Takes up letter.]

MRS. ARBUTHNOT That—is nothing. Give it to me.

LORD ILLINGWORTH It is addressed to me.

MRS. ARBUTHNOT You are not to open it. I forbid you to open it.

LORD ILLINGWORTH And in Gerald's handwriting.

MRS. ARBUTHNOT It was not to have been sent. It is a letter he wrote to you this morning, before he saw me. But he is sorry now he wrote it, very sorry. You are not to open it. Give it to me.

LORD ILLINGWORTH It belongs to me. [Opens it, sits down and reads it slowly. MRS. ARBUTHNOT 182