Perfectly horrid! Never speak to one of them. Got nice neighbours in your part of Shropshire? When one is in the country one amuses other people. JACK: When one is in town one amuses oneself. Oh, pleasure, pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere? Eating as usual, I see, Algy!ĪLGERNON: I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock. How are you, my dear Ernest? What brings you up to town?

Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility. Lane's views on marriage seem somewhat lax. No, sir it is not a very interesting subject. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young woman.ĪLGERNON: I don't know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. Good Heavens! Is marriage so demoralizing as that? I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a firstrate brand. I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed. I keep science for Life.Īnd, speaking of the science of Life, have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell?ĪLGERNON: Oh!…by the way, Lane, I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I don't play accurately-anyone can play accurately-but I play with wonderful expression. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished.

Morning-room in ALGERNON's flat in Half-Moon Street.

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