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Lady Windermere is distressed at being forced to host a party at which her husband's purported lover is present. Lord Darlington recognizes her distress and takes her aside to comfort her. However, he is also desperately in love with Lady Windermere and takes the opportunity to declare his love for her. She is left confused, torn between her love for her husband and her desire to escape the horrible situation she finds herself in.
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Lady Windermere. Yes. Her coming here is monstrous, unbearable. I know now what you meant to-day at tea-time. Why didn’t you tell me right out? You should have!
Lord Darlington. I couldn’t! A man can’t tell these things about another man! But if I had known he was going to make you ask her here to-night, I think I would have told you. That insult, at any
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