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RhACT I. because I like you so much that I want to have you with me.

Charming fellow, Gerald Arbuthnot!

MRS. ALLONBY He is very nice; very nice indeed. But I can't stand the American young lady.

LORD ILLINGWORTH Why?

MRS. ALLONBY She told me yesterday, and in quite a loud voice too, that she was only eighteen. It was most annoying.

LORD ILLINGWORTH One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.

MRS. ALLONBY She is a Puritan besides

LORD ILLINGWORTH Ah, that is inexcusable. I don't mind 37