They knowtheir power and use it.
He is askedeverywhere. LORD ILLINGWORTH. And danger has become so rare in modern life. Lady Pagden sent her tome. [They rise andproceed to go off. He has one of the most beautiful natures I have ever comeacross. I amafraid some of this clever talk may have shocked her a little. MRS. ALLONBY. They havetheir mothers and their manners. LADY CAROLINE. She reads a good deal, I suppose? My son [LORD ILLINGWORTH shrugs his shoulders] -to go away with the man who spoiled my youth, who ruined my life,who has tainted every moment of my days? If we ask him a question about anything, he shouldgive us an answer all about ourselves. But Lord Illingworth doesn't seem to mindthat. Oh! GERALD. I was only twenty-two.I was twenty-one, I believe, when the whole thing began in yourfather's garden. But that is not myfault. I expect they are saying the most dreadful things aboutus. [To DOCTOR DAUBENY.] LADY STUTFIELD.
LADY CAROLINE. MRS. ARBUTHNOT. I see that. Sound of violin heard frommusic-room.]. I think they are the only people who should. Butgood women have such limited views of life, their horizon is sosmall, their interests are so petty, aren't they? But youth is the Lord ofLife. Might I see him? Mrs. Allonby: unglücklich verheiratet und etwa 40 Jahre alt. GERALD. [Going over to her.] MRS. ALLONBY. LADY HUNSTANTON. Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890), Das Bildnis des Herrn W. H. (The Portrait of Mr. W. H., 1889) |, Ravenna (1878) | KELVIL. LADY STUTFIELD. She is one of the good, sweet, simplepeople you told us we never admitted into society.
Do you know, I don't believe in the existence ofPuritan women?
GERALD. Gerald Arbuthnot has told us of his good fortune; itis really most kind of you. Oh, yes, she's always going to church. Ofcourse, I have had so few advantages.
How very, very horrid of them!
Oh, your English society seems to meshallow, selfish, foolish. Oh, I hope not, dear. They are uninteresting then. Many people prefer to read off-line or to print out text and read from the real printed page. He knows more about life than any one I have ever met. To be in it is merely a bore. I was bored to death. You'll come too, dear Mrs.Arbuthnot, won't you? You don't realise what mypast has been in suffering and in shame. [MRS. ARBUTHNOT enters from terrace behind in a cloak with a laceveil over her head. [Rings bell.] [Takes coffee from Servant.] You have no country houses, I am told, in America? LADY CAROLINE. Leave me the little vineyard of my life;leave me the walled-in garden and the well of water; the ewe-lambGod sent me, in pity or in wrath, oh! It is a privilege to meet him. LADY STUTFIELD. In my young days, Miss Worsley, one never met any one insociety who worked for their living. Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, andearnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomesa bore. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg.
A mother's love is very touching, of course, butit is often curiously selfish. What excuse can yougive to him for making him decline such an offer as mine? As far as I can see, he is to do nothing but paybills and compliments. Lord Illingworth, of course, is aman of high distinction. MRS. ARBUTHNOT. No one ever hadsuch a mother as I have had. LORD ILLINGWORTH. There are far more things forbidden tous than are forbidden to them. I am sure she would, Lady Hunstanton, if she knewLord Illingworth had made me such an offer. LORD ILLINGWORTH. That istheir clumsy vanity. Gerald cannot separate his future from my past. Oh, women have become so highly educated, Jane,that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.They apparently are getting remarkably rare. LORD ILLINGWORTH. It is the one subject of really national importance… LADY CAROLINE. GERALD. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, … MRS. ARBUTHNOT.
[Refuses coffee.] And till you count what is a shame in a woman tobe an infamy in a man, you will always be unjust, and Right, thatpillar of fire, and Wrong, that pillar of cloud, will be made dimto your eyes, or be not seen at all, or if seen, not regarded. Whatever it is, I need not say Iwill not repeat it. MRS. ALLONBY. But you must know LordIllingworth first. [Sits down besideLADY STUTFIELD.]. Sphinxes without secrets. MRS. ARBUTHNOT.
Previews available in: She dresses exceedingly well. What a bore it is the men staying so long afterdinner! It is the people whodon't know how to play with it who get burned up. . You may have some other reason you don't wish meto hear. You have been quite happy, you have neverthought of us.
But you don't call yourself old, Lord Illingworth? I quite forget what Lord HenryWeston said of you - but it was most complimentary, and you knowwhat an authority he is on beauty.
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