The Importance of Being Earnest Page #2

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Child, you know how

anxious your guardian is...

that you should improve

yourself in every way.

Dear Uncle Jack

is so very serious.

Sometimes I think he is so

serious he cannot be quite well.

Cecily, I'm surprised at you.

Mr. Worthing has many

troubles in his life.

You must remember

his constant anxiety...

about that unfortunate

young man, his brother.

I wish Uncle Jack would allow

that unfortunate young man...

his brother,

to come down here sometimes.

We might have a good influence

over him, Miss Prism.

I'm not sure that I would

desire to reclaim him.

I'm not in favour

of this modern mania...

for turning bad people

into good people...

at a moment's notice.

Cecily?

Do your work, child.

He, she, it praises.

"Bunburyist"?

What on earth do you mean

by a "Bunburyist"?

You have invented

a very useful younger brother...

called Ernest in order

that you may be able...

to come up to town

as often as you like.

I have invented...

an invaluable permanent

invalid called Bunbury...

in order that I may

be able to go down...

to the country

as often as I choose.

If it wasn't for Bunbury's

extraordinary bad health...

for instance, I wouldn't

be able to dine with you...

at the Savoy tonight,

for I've had an appointment...

with Aunt Augusta

for more than a week.

I haven't asked you to dine

with me anywhere tonight.

I know.

You're absurdly careless...

about giving out invitations.

Don't touch

the cucumber sandwiches.

They were ordered

especially for Aunt Augusta.

You've been eating them

all the time.

Well, that is quite

a different matter.

She is my aunt.

That must be her.

Only relatives

or creditors ever ring...

in that Wagnerian manner.

Now, if I manage to get her

out of the way for 10 minutes...

so that you may have

an opportunity...

for proposing to Gwendolen...

may I dine with you

at the Savoy tonight?

Lady Bracknell

and Miss Fairfax.

Good afternoon, dear Algy.

I hope you are

behaving very well.

I'm feeling very well,

Aunt Augusta.

That's not quite

the same thing.

In fact, the two things

rarely go together.

Lady Bracknell, I--

Oh, goodness, you are smart.

I'm always smart.

Am I not, Mr. Worthing?

You are quite perfect,

Miss Fairfax.

I hope I am not that.

It would leave no room

for development...

and I intend to develop

in many directions.

I'm sorry if

we're a little late, Algy.

I was obliged to call

on dear Lady Harbury.

I had not been there since

her poor husband's death.

I never saw a woman so altered.

She looks quite

twenty years younger.

And now I'll have a cup

of tea and one of those...

nice cucumber sandwiches

you promised me.

Certainly, Aunt Augusta.

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