mabel chiltern. I know. And I think you might have mentioned it before. I am sure I have given you heaps of opportunities.
lord goring. Mabel, do be serious. Please be serious.
mabel chiltern. Ah! that is the sort of thing a man always says to a girl before he has been married to her. He never says it afterwards.
lord goring. [ Taking hold of her hand.] Mabel, I have told you that I love you. Can’t you love me a little in return?
mabel chiltern. You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about . . . anything, which you don’t, you would know that I adore you. Every one in London knows it except you. It is a public scandal the way I adore you. I have been going about for the last six months telling the whole of society that I adore you. I wonder you consent to have anything to
