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RhACT I. LORD ILLINGWORTH I assure you I have not thought of Lady Stutfield for the last quarter of an hour.

MRS. ALLONBY Is she such a mystery?

LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery—she is a mood.

MRS. ALLONBY Moods don't last.

LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.

[Enter HESTER and GERALD.]

GERALD Lord Illingworth, every one has been congratulating me, Lady Hunstanton and Lady Caroline, and. . . every one. I hope I shall make a good secretary.

LORD ILLINGWORTH You will be the pattern secretary, Gerald. [Talks to him.] 35