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Cecily. Are you called Algernon?
Algernon. I cannot deny it.
Cecily. Oh!
Gwendolen. Is your name really John?
Jack. [Standing rather proudly.] I could deny it if I liked. I could deny
anything if I liked. But my name certainly is John. It has been John for years.
Cecily. [To Gwendolen.] A gross deception has been practised on both of
us.
Gwendolen. My poor wounded Cecily!
Cecily. My sweet wronged Gwendolen!
Gwendolen. [Slowly and seriously.] You will call me sister, will you
not? [They embrace. Jack and Algernon groan and walk up and down.]
Cecily. [Rather brightly.] There is just one question I would like to be
allowed to ask my guardian.
Gwendolen. An admirable idea! Mr. Worthing, there is just one question I
would like to be permitted to put to you. Where is your brother Ernest? We
are both engaged to be married to your brother Ernest, so it is a matter of
some importance to us to know where your brother Ernest is at present.
Jack. [Slowly and hesitatingly.] Gwendolen—Cecily—it is very painful for
me to be forced to speak the truth. It is the first time in my life that I have
ever been reduced to such a painful position, and I am really quite
inexperienced in doing anything of the kind. However, I will tell you quite
frankly that I have no brother Ernest. I have no brother at all. I never had a
brother in my life, and I certainly have not the smallest intention of ever
having one in the future.
Cecily. [Surprised.] No brother at all?
Jack. [Cheerily.] None!
Gwendolen. [Severely.] Had you never a brother of any kind?
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Jack. [Pleasantly.] Never. Not even of an kind.
Gwendolen. I am afraid it is quite clear, Cecily, that neither of us is engaged
to be married to any one.
Cecily. It is not a very pleasant position for a young girl suddenly to find
herself in. Is it?
Gwendolen. Let us go into the house. They will hardly venture to come
after us there.
Cecily. No, men are so cowardly, aren’t they?
[They retire into the house with scornful looks.]
Jack. This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose?
Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful
Bunbury I have ever had in my life.
Jack. Well, you’ve no right whatsoever to Bunbury here.
Algernon. That is absurd. One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one
chooses. Every serious Bunburyist knows that.
Jack. Serious Bunburyist! Good heavens!
Algernon. Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have
any amusement in life. I happen to be serious about Bunburying. What on
earth you are serious about I haven’t got the remotest idea. About
everything, I should fancy. You have such an absolutely trivial nature.
Jack. Well, the only small satisfaction I have in the whole of this wretched
business is that your friend Bunbury is quite exploded. You won’t be able to
run down to the country quite so often as you used to do, dear Algy. And a
very good thing too.
Algernon. Your brother is a little off colour, isn’t he, dear Jack? You won’t
be able to disappear to London quite so frequently as your wicked custom
was. And not a bad thing either.
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Jack. As for your conduct towards Miss Cardew, I must say that your taking
in a sweet, simple, innocent girl like that is quite inexcusable. To say nothing
of the fact that she is my ward.
Algernon. I can see no possible defence at all for your deceiving a brilliant,
clever, thoroughly experienced young lady like Miss Fairfax. To say nothing
of the fact that she is my cousin.
Jack. I wanted to be engaged to Gwendolen, that is all. I love her.
Algernon. Well, I simply wanted to be engaged to Cecily. I adore her.
Jack. There is certainly no chance of your marrying Miss Cardew.
Algernon. I don’t think there is much likelihood, Jack, of you and Miss
Fairfax being united.
Jack. Well, that is no business of yours.
Algernon. If it was my business, I wouldn’t talk about it. [Begins to eat
muffins.] It is very vulgar to talk about one’s business. Only people like
stock-brokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.
Jack. How can you sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this
horrible trouble, I can’t make out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless.
Algernon. Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would
probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is
the only way to eat them.
Jack. I say it’s perfectly heartless your eating muffins at all, under the
circumstances.
Algernon. When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles
me. Indeed, when I am in really great trouble, as any one who knows me
intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the
present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am
particularly fond of muffins. [Rising.]
Jack. [Rising.] Well, that is no reason why you should eat them all in that
greedy way. [Takes muffins from Algernon.]
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Algernon. [Offering tea-cake.] I wish you would have tea-cake instead. I
don’t like tea-cake.
Jack. Good heavens! I suppose a man may eat his own muffins in his own
garden.
Algernon. But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins.
Jack. I said it was perfectly heartless of you, under the circumstances. That
is a very different thing.
Algernon. That may be. But the muffins are the same. [He seizes the
muffin-dish from Jack.]
Jack. Algy, I wish to goodness you would go.
Algernon. You can’t possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It’s
absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except
vegetarians and people like that. Besides I have just made arrangements
with Dr. Chasuble to be christened at a quarter to six under the name of
Ernest.
Jack. My dear fellow, the sooner you give up that nonsense the better. I
made arrangements this morning with Dr. Chasuble to be christened myself
at 5.30, and I naturally will take the name of Ernest. Gwendolen would wish
it. We can’t both be christened Ernest. It’s absurd. Besides, I have a perfect
right to be christened if I like. There is no evidence at all that I have ever
been christened by anybody. I should think it extremely probable I never
was, and so does Dr. Chasuble. It is entirely different in your case. You have
been christened already.
Algernon. Yes, but I have not been christened for years.
Jack. Yes, but you have been christened. That is the important thing.
Algernon. Quite so. So I know my constitution can stand it. If you are not
quite sure about your ever having been christened, I must say I think it
rather dangerous your venturing on it now. It might make you very
unwell. You can hardly have forgotten that some one very closely
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connected with you was very nearly carried off this week in Paris by a severe
chill.
Jack. Yes, but you said yourself that a severe chill was not hereditary.
Algernon. It usen’t to be, I know—but I daresay it is now. Science is always
making wonderful improvements in things.
Jack. [Picking up the muffin-dish.] Oh, that is nonsense; you are always
talking nonsense.
Algernon. Jack, you are at the muffins again! I wish you wouldn’t. There
are only two left. [Takes them.] I told you I was particularly fond of muffins.
Jack. But I hate tea-cake.
Algernon. Why on earth then do you allow tea-cake to be served up for
your guests? What ideas you have of hospitality!
Jack. Algernon! I have already told you to go. I don’t want you here. Why
don’t you go!
Algernon. I haven’t quite finished my tea yet! and there is still one muffin
left. [Jack groans, and sinks into a chair. Algernon still continues eating.]
Lighting cues:
- The lights may dim or change to a softer, more romantic hue when Cecily and Gwendolen embrace.
- The lights may brighten or become harsher when the characters argue or become angry with each other.
Sound cues:
- Groans and walking sounds of Jack and Algernon as they walk up and down
- Scornful looks may be accompanied by a sound effect such as a scoff or a scoffing laugh
Clothes mentioned:
- None mentioned in the scene.
Lighting cues: The scene does not mention any specific lighting cues.
Sound cues: The scene does not mention any specific sound cues.
Clothes mentioned:
- Cecily's clothes
- Gwendolen's clothes
- Jack's clothes
- Algernon's clothes
In this scene, there are no lighting cues or sound cues mentioned. The focus is primarily on the dialogue and actions of the characters.
As for the clothes mentioned in the scene, there is no explicit mention of specific clothing items. The scene is more focused on the conversation and the characters' relationships rather than their attire.