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I have been out of England for so long.<\/span><\/p>\n LADY CHILTERN:<\/b> We were at school together, Mrs Cheveley.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n MRS CHEVELEY:<\/b> (superciliously)<\/span><\/i> Indeed? I have forgotten all about my\u00a0<\/span>school days. I have a vague recollection that they were\u00a0<\/span>detestable.<\/span><\/p>\n LADY CHILTERN:<\/b> (coldly)<\/span><\/i> I am not surprised!<\/span><\/p>\n MRS CHEVELEY:<\/b> Do you know, I am quite looking forward to meeting your\u00a0<\/span>clever husband, Lady Chiltern. Since he has been at the\u00a0<\/span>Foreign Office he has been so much talked of in Vienna.\u00a0<\/span>They actually succeed in spelling his name right in the\u00a0<\/span>newspapers. 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