SCENE - Same as in Act I.
LADY WINDERMERE
[Lying on sofa.] How can I tell him? I can’t tell him. It would kill me. I wonder what happened after I escaped from that horrible room. Perhaps she told them the true reason of her being there, and the real meaning of that - fatal fan of mine. Oh, if he knows - how can I look him in the face again? He would never forgive me. [Touches bell.] How securely one thinks one lives - out of reach of temptation, sin, folly. And then suddenly - Oh! Life is terrible. It rules us, we do not rule it.
[Enter ROSALIE R.]
ROSALIE
Did your ladyship ring for me?
LADY WINDERMERE
Yes. Have you found out at what time Lord Windermere came in last night?
ROSALIE
His lordship did not come in till five o’clock.
LADY WINDERMERE
Five o’clock? He knocked at my door this morning, didn’t he?
ROSALIE
Yes, my lady - at half-past nine. I told him your ladyship was not awake yet.
LADY WINDERMERE
Did he say anything?
ROSALIE
Something about your ladyship’s fan. I didn’t quite catch what his lordship said. Has the fan been lost, my lady? I can’t find it, and Parker says it was not left in any of the rooms. He has looked in all of them and on the terrace as well.
LADY WINDERMERE
[Lying on sofa.] How can I tell him? I can’t tell him. It would kill me. I wonder what happened after I escaped from that horrible room. Perhaps she told them the true reason of her being there, and the real meaning of that - fatal fan of mine. Oh, if he knows - how can I look him in the face again? He would never forgive me. [Touches bell.] How securely one thinks one lives - out of reach of temptation, sin, folly. And then suddenly - Oh! Life is terrible. It rules us, we do not rule it.
[Enter ROSALIE R.]
ROSALIE
Did your ladyship ring for me?
LADY WINDERMERE
Yes. Have you found out at what time Lord Windermere came in last night?
ROSALIE
His lordship did not come in till five o’clock.
LADY WINDERMERE
Five o’clock? He knocked at my door this morning, didn’t he?
ROSALIE
Yes, my lady - at half-past nine. I told him your ladyship was not awake yet.
LADY WINDERMERE
Did he say anything?
ROSALIE
Something about your ladyship’s fan. I didn’t quite catch what his lordship said. Has the fan been lost, my lady? I can’t find it, and Parker says it was not left in any of the rooms. He has looked in all of them and on the terrace as well.
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