"You cannot see him," he
said.
"Why not I, as well as you?"
"If you do not understand, I cannot tell you. But you must not see
him;--and you shall not."
"Who will hinder me?"
"If you put me to it, I will see that you are hindered. What is the
man to you that you should run the risk of evil tongues, for the sake
of visiting him in gaol? You cannot save his life,--though it may be
that you might endanger it."
"Oswald," she said very slowly, "I do not know that I am in any way
under your charge, or bound to submit to your orders."
"You are my sister."
"And I have loved you as a sister. How should it be possible that my
seeing him should endanger his life?"
"It will make people think that the things are true which have been
said."
"And will they hang him because I love him? I do love him. Violet
knows how well I have always loved him." Lord Chiltern turned his
angry face upon his wife. Lady Chiltern put her arm round her
sister-in-law's waist, and whispered some words into her ear. "What
is that to me?" continued the half-frantic woman.
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