Lord Illingworth. Its comedy also, sometimes. But what is the mysterious reason why you will always like me?
Mrs. Allonby. It is that you have never made love to me.
Lord Illingworth. I have never done anything else.
Mrs. Allonby. Really? I have not noticed it.
Lord Illingworth. How fortunate! It might have been a tragedy for both of us.
Mrs. Allonby. We should each have survived.
Lord Illingworth. One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation.
Mrs. Allonby. Have you tried a good reputation?
Lord Illingworth. It is one of the many annoyances to which I have never been subjected.
Mrs. Allonby. It may come.