Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde

Book Excerpt: ...hat Lord Illingworth is aiming at. I heard that he was offered Vienna. But that may not be true. LADY CAROLINE. I don't think that England should be represented abroad by an unmarried man, Jane. It might lead to complications. LADY HUNSTANTON. You are too nervous, Caroline. Believe me, you are too nervous. Besides, Lord Illingworth may marry any day. I was in hopes he would have married lady Kelso. But I believe he said her family was too large. Or was it her feet? I forget which. I regret it very much. She was made to be an ambassador's wife. LADY CAROLINE. She certainly has a wonderful faculty of remembering people's names, and forgetting their faces. LADY HUNSTANTON. Well, that is very natural, Caroline, is it not? [To Footman.] Tell Henry to wait for an answer. I have written a line to your dear mother, Gerald, to tell her your good news, and to say she really must come to dinner.[Exit Footman.]GERALD. That is awfully kind of you, Lady Hunstanton. [To HESTER.] Will...