“ Men always look so silly when they are caught. And they are always being caught. ”
Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband (1895). copy citation
Author | Oscar Wilde |
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Source | An Ideal Husband |
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Date | 1895 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/885/885-h/885-h.htm |
Context
“We have had no complaints about them, madam, as yet.
[Passes into the drawing-room and begins to light the candles.]
mrs. cheveley. [To herself.] I wonder what woman he is waiting for to-night. It will be delightful to catch him. Men always look so silly when they are caught. And they are always being caught. [Looks about room and approaches the writing-table.] What a very interesting room! What a very interesting picture! Wonder what his correspondence is like. [Takes up letters.] Oh, what a very uninteresting correspondence!”
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