Page:Wilde - A Woman of no Importance, 1909.djvu/54

RhACT I. MRS. ALLONBY You enjoy country life, Miss Worsley?

HESTER Very much indeed.

MRS. ALLONBY Don't find yourself longing for a London dinner-party?

HESTER I dislike London dinner-parties.

MRS. ALLONBY I adore them. The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk.

HESTER I think the stupid people talk a great deal.

MRS. ALLONBY Ah, I never listen!

LORD ILLINGWORTH My dear boy, if I didn't like you I wouldn't have made you the offer. It is 36