lady chiltern. Good-night, dear! [To lord goring.] You saw whom Lady Markby brought here to-night?
lord goring. Yes. It was an unpleasant surprise. What did she come here for?
lady chiltern. Apparently to try and lure Robert to uphold some fraudulent scheme in which she is interested. The Argentine Canal, in fact.
lord goring. She has mistaken her man, hasn’t she?
lady chiltern. She is incapable of understanding an upright nature like my husband’s!
lord goring. Yes. I should fancy she came to grief if she tried to get Robert into her toils. It is extraordinary what astounding mistakes clever women make.
lady chiltern. I don’t call women of that kind clever. I call them stupid!
lord goring. Same thing often. Good-night, Lady Chiltern!
lady chiltern. Good-night!
[Enter sir robert chiltern.]