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; Mrs. Arbuthnot: Apparently a respectable widow who does good work among the poor and is a regular churchgoer.

She declines invitations to dinner parties and other social amusements, although she does visit the upper class characters at Lady Hunstanton's, since they all appear to know her and her son, Gerald.

However, the audience soon realise that she has a secret past with Lord Illingworth who is the father of her son, Gerald.