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Importance Of Being Earnest The
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"The Importance of Being Earnest." |
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Eating as usual, I see, Algy. |
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I believe it is usual in good society... |
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to take some slight refreshment |
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And what brings you to London, |
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Oh, pleasure, pleasure. |
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Where have you been |
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- In the country. |
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When one is in town, |
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When one is in the country, |
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And who are the people you amuse? |
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Oh, neighbors, neighbors. |
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Got nice neighbors |
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Perfectly horrid. |
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How immensely |
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- Shropshire is your county, is it not? |
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By the way, |
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She is. In fact, she's having tea |
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- How perfectly delightful. |
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Oh. |
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You know, the way |
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is almost as bad as the way |
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I am in love with Gwendolen. |
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I have come up to town |
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I thought you had come up on pleasure. |
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How utterly unromantic you are. |
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I really don't see anything |
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It's very romantic to be in love, |
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but there's nothing romantic |
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Why, one may be accepted. |
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One usually is, I believe, |
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The very essence of romance |
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If ever I get married, I shall |
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I have no doubt about that, |
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The divorce court was specially |
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Divorces are made in heaven. |
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Yes, Algy? |
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Oh, well, there's no use |
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Or, indeed, your speculating |
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Why on earth do you say that? |
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In the first place, girls never marry |
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- Ah! That is nonsense. |
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It accounts for the extraordinary number |
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Second place, |
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Your consent? |
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My dear fellow, |
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and before I allow you to marry her, |
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you will have to clear up |
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Cecily? What on earth |
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What you mean, Algy, |
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I don't know anyone |
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Do you mean to say that you've had |
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I've been writing frantic letters |
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I was very nearly offering |
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I wish you would offer one. I happen |
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It's no good offering a large reward |
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I think that's rather mean of you, |
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However, it makes no matter, |
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for now that I look at the inscription, |
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Well, of course it's mine! |
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You have no right whatsoever |
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It is a very ungentlemanly thing |
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It's absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule |
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More than half of modern culture |
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I'm quite aware of the fact, |
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It isn't the sort of thing |
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- I simply want my cigarette case back. |
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But this isn't your cigarette case. |
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This cigarette case is a present |
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You said that you didn't know |
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- Well, if you want to know, |
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Cecily happens to be my aunt. |
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- Your aunt? |
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Charming old lady she is too. |
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But why does she call herself Cecily... |
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if she's your aunt |
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"From little Cecily, |
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Well, well, my dear fellow, |
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Some aunts are tall. |
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That is surely a matter that an aunt |
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For heaven's sake, |
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Yes, but why does your aunt |
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"From little Cecily, with her fondest |
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There's no objection, I admit, |
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but why an aunt, no matter |
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should call her own nephew her uncle |
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Besides, your name isnt Jack at all. |
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It isn't Ernest. It's Jack. |
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You have always told me |
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You are the most earnest-looking person |
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It's absolutely absurd |
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Why, it's on your cards. |
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"Mr. Ernest Worthing, |
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I shall keep this as a proof |
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if ever you attempt to deny the fact |
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Well, my name is Ernest in town |
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and the cigarette case |
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Yes, but that doesn't account for |
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who lives in Tunbridge Wells, |
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Come on, old boy, much better |
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My dear Algy, |
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I may mention that |
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and now I am quite sure, |
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that you are a confirmed |
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Bunburyist? |
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What on earth do you mean |
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I will reveal to you the meaning |
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when you are kind enough |
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why you are Ernest in town |
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- Well, produce my cigarette case first. |
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Now produce your explanation, |
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and pray make it improbable. |
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There's nothing improbable |
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Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who |
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made me, in his will, |
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Miss Cecily Cardew. |
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Cecily, who addresses me as uncle |
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which you could not possibly |
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lives at my place in the country under |
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Miss Prism. |
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Where is that place |
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That is nothing to you, dear boy. |
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I may tell you candidly |
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I suspected that. |
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I have Bunburyed all over Shropshire |
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When one is placed |
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one has to adopt a very high |
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It is one's duty to do so. |
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And as a high moral tone can hardly |
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to either one's health |
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in order to get up to town, |
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to have a younger brother |
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who lives here in the Albany and who |
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- That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth. |
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What you really are is a Bunburyist. |
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I was perfectly right in saying |
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You one are of the most advanced |
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What on earth do you mean? |
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You have invented a very useful |
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in order that you may be able to come |
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I have invented an invaluable |
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in order that I may be able to go down |
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Bunbury really is invaluable. |
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It if wasn't for Bunbury's extraordinary |
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I wouldn't be able to dine |
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for I have really been engaged to dine |
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I haven't asked you to dine |
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I know. You are absurdly careless |
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It's very foolish of you. |
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Nothing annoys people more |
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- Algy! |
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Seton! |
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Sir? |
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Seton, I shall require a fresh gardenia |
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- Very good, sir. |
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Ethel, come here! |
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Thank you, governor. |
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Giddap now! |
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Did you hear |
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I didn't think it polite |
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Sorry about that, for your sake. |
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I don't sing in tune... |
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but I sing with wonderful feeling. |
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Yes, sir. |
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You have got the cucumber sandwiches |
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- Yes, sir. |
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- Excuse me, sir. |
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- Have Lady Bracknell |
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- Mr. Ernest Worthing. |
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No, you're absurdly careless |
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Cucumber sandwiches? Why such |
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Don't you touch them! They're ordered |
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- Well, you're eating them. |
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Have some bread and butter. |
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The bread and butter |
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Gwendolen is devoted |
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And very good bread and butter |
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My dear fellow, you needn't eat it |
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You behave exactly as if |
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You are not married to her already, |
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- Now, Algy... |
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That must be Aunt Augusta. |
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Only relatives or creditors |
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If I can get her out of the way |
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in order that you may have the |
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may I dine with you |
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- I suppose so, if you want to. |
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I hate people who are not serious |
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Lady Bracknell and Miss Fairfax. |
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Good afternoon, dear Algernon. |
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I hope you're behaving very well. |
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- I'm feeling very well, Aunt Augusta. |
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In fact, the two things |
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Oh. How do you do, |
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- Dear me, Gwendolen, you are smart. |
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- Aren't I, Mr. Worthing? |
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Oh, I hope I am not that. |
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It would leave no room |
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and I intend to develop |
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Gwendolen? |
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Won't you come |
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Thank you, Mama. |
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I'm sorry if we are |
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I was obliged to call |
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I hadn't been there |
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I never saw a woman so altered. |
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She looks quite 20 years younger. |
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And now I'll have a cup of tea... |
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and one of those nice cucumber |
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Certainly, Aunt Augusta. |
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Good heavens, Lane! |
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I ordered them specially. |
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There were no cucumbers in the market |
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No cucumbers? |
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No, sir. |
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Thank you, Lane. |
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I'm greatly distressed, |
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about there being no cucumbers, |
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Well, it really makes no matter, |
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I had some crumpets |
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who seems to me to be living |
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I hear her hair has turned |
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Well, it certainly |
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From what cause, |
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Uh, forgive me, Aunt Augusta, |
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I shall have to give up the pleasure |
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Oh, I hope not, Algernon. |
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Well, the fact is, I have just had |
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that my poor friend Bunbury |
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They think I should be with him. |
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Well, I must say, |
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if you would ask |
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not to have a relapse on Saturday, |
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for I rely on you to arrange |
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It is my last reception, |
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that will encourage conversation, |
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particularly at the end |
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when everybody has practically said |
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which, in most cases, |
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I will speak to Bunbury, |
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and I think I can promise you |
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Of course, the music is |
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but I will run over the program |
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if you'll come into the other room. |
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Thank you, Algernon. |
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I'm sure the program |
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after a few expurgations. |
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French songs |
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People always seem to think |
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and either look shocked, |
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or laugh, which is worse. |
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Now, German sounds a thoroughly |
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and, indeed, I believe, is so. |
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Gwendolen, you will accompany me. |
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Certainly, Mama. |
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Well, here is the program |
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Charming day it has been, |
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Pray don't talk to me |
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Whenever people talk to me |
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I always feel quite certain |
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and that makes me so nervous. |
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I do mean something else. |
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I thought so. |
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I would like to be allowed to take |
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I would certainly advise you |
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Mama has a way of coming back |
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that I have often had |
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Miss Fairfax, ever since I met you, |
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more than any girl I have every met |
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Yes, I am quite aware of the fact, |
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and I often wish that, in public at any |
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For me you have always had |
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Even before I met you, |
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We live, as I hope you know, |
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in an age of ideals, |
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and my ideal has always been |
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There is something in that name |
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The moment Algernon first mentioned |
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I knew I was destined to love you. |
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But you... |
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You really love me, |
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Passionately. |
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Darling, it... |
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You don't know how happy |
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My own Ernest! |
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But you don't mean to say you couldn't |
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But your name is Ernest. |
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Yes, I know it is, but... |
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Supposing it was something else? |
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Do you mean to say |
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Ah, this is clearly |
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and, like most metaphysical |
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has very little reference at all... |
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to the actual facts |
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Well, personally, darling, |
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I don't much care |
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I really don't think |
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It suits you perfectly. |
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It has music of its own. |
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It... It produces vibrations. |
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Well, I must say, Gwendolen, |
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I think there are lots |
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I think, um, Jack, for instance, |
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Jack? Oh, no. |
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There's very little music in the name |
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I have known several Jacks, |
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and they all, without exception, |
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Besides, Jack is a notorious |
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and I pity any woman |
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No, the only really safe name |
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Gwendolen, I... |
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I mean, we must |
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Married, Mr. Worthing? |
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Well, surely. |
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You know that I love you, and you have |
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that you are not |
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I adore you, but you haven't |
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Well, |
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I think it would be |
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And to spare you any possible |
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I think it only fair to tell you |
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that I'm fully determined |
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Gwendolen. |
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Yes, Mr. Worthing? |
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Well, you know |
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Yes, but you don't say it. |
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Gwendolen, will you marry me? |
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Of course I will, darling. |
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How long you've been about it! |
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I'm afraid you've had |
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My own one, I've never loved |
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Yes, but men often propose |
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I know my brother does. |
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What wonderfully blue eyes |
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They're quite, quite blue. |
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I hope you will always |
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especially when there are |
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Mr. Worthing. |
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Rise, sir, from this |
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It is most indecorous. |
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Mama, I must beg you to retire. |
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Besides, Mr. Worthing has not |
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Finished what, may I ask? |
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I am engaged to Mr. Worthing, Mama. |
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Pardon me? |
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When you do become |
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I or your father, |
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will inform you of the fact. |
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An engagement should come |
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pleasant or unpleasant |
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'Tis hardly a matter that she could |
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And now I have a few questions |
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While I am making these inquiries, |
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you, Gwendolen, will wait for me |
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- Mama. |
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Gwendolen, the carriage. |
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Yes, Mama. |
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You can take a seat, |
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Thank you, Lady Bracknell. |
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I feel bound to tell you... |
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that you are not down on my list |
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though I have the same list |
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We work together, in fact. |
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But I am quite ready |
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should your answers be what |
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Do you smoke? |
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Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. |
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I'm glad to hear it. |
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A man should have |
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I have always been of opinion |
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should either know everything |
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Which do you know? |
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- I know nothing, Lady Bracknell. |
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I do not approve of anything |
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Ignorance is like |
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Touch it and the bloom is gone. |
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The whole theory of modern education |
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Fortunately, in England at any rate, |
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What is your income? |
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Between 7,000 and 8,000 a year. |
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In land or in investments? |
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- In investments, chiefly. |
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What between the duties expected |
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and the duties exacted from one |
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land has ceased to be |
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It gives one position |
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That's all that can be said |
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I have a country house with some land, |
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About 1,500 acres, I believe, |
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but I don't depend on that |
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In fact, as far as I can make out, |
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the poachers are the only people |
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You have a town house, I hope. |
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A girl with a simple, unspoiled |
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can hardly be expected |
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Well, I own a house |
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but it is let by the year |
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Lady Bloxham? |
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No, I don't know her. |
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Oh, she goes about very little. |
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She's a lady considerably |
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Ah, nowadays that is no guarantee... |
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of respectability of character. |
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What are your politics? |
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Well, I am afraid |
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I am a liberal. |
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Oh, they count as Tories. |
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They dine with us |
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Now to minor matters. |
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Are your parents living? |
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I have lost both my parents. |
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To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, |
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To lose both |
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Who was your father? |
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Well, I'm afraid I really don't know. |
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The fact is, Lady Bracknell, |
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It would be nearer the truth |
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I don't actually know |
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I was... |
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Well, I was found. |
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Found? |
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The late Mr. Thomas Cardew, |
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an old gentleman of most charitable |
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found me and gave me |
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because he happened to have |
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in his pocket at the time. |
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Worthing is a place in Sussex. |
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And where did |
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who had a first-class ticket |
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find you? |
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In a handbag. |
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A handbag? |
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Yes, Lady Bracknell, |
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A somewhat large |
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with handles to it. |
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An ordinary handbag, in fact. |
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In what locality... |
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did this Mr. James |
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come across this ordinary handbag? |
| 00:26:22 |
In the cloakroom at Victoria Station. |
| 00:26:25 |
The cloakroom |
| 00:26:29 |
Yes, the Brighton line. |
| 00:26:32 |
The line is immaterial. |
| 00:26:38 |
Mr. Worthing, |
| 00:26:41 |
I confess I feel somewhat bewildered |
| 00:26:46 |
To be born or, at any rate, bred |
| 00:26:50 |
whether it had handles or not, |
| 00:26:53 |
seems to me to display contempt for |
| 00:26:58 |
that reminds one of the worst |
| 00:27:02 |
and I presume you know what |
| 00:27:07 |
Well, may I ask, then, |
| 00:27:10 |
I need hardly say |
| 00:27:12 |
to ensure Gwendolen's happiness. |
| 00:27:14 |
I would strongly advise you, |
| 00:27:17 |
to try and acquire some relations |
| 00:27:21 |
and to make a definite effort |
| 00:27:24 |
at any rate one parent |
| 00:27:27 |
before the season is quite over. |
| 00:27:31 |
Well, I really don't see how I can |
| 00:27:34 |
I can produce the handbag at any moment. |
| 00:27:37 |
I really think that ought to satisfy you, |
| 00:27:39 |
Me, sir? |
| 00:27:42 |
You can hardly imagine |
| 00:27:45 |
would dream of allowing |
| 00:27:48 |
a girl brought up |
| 00:27:51 |
to marry into a cloakroom... |
| 00:27:54 |
and form an alliance |
| 00:27:58 |
Good morning, Mr. Worthing. |
| 00:28:02 |
Good morning, Lady Bracknell. |
| 00:28:19 |
Algy, for heaven's sake, |
| 00:28:24 |
- Didn't it go off all right, old boy? |
| 00:28:27 |
- Do you mean Gwendolen refused you? |
| 00:28:30 |
As far as she's concerned, |
| 00:28:32 |
Her mother is an absolute gorgon! |
| 00:28:36 |
I don't really know what a gorgon is, |
| 00:28:39 |
In any case, she's a monster without |
| 00:28:44 |
Algy, you don't suppose |
| 00:28:47 |
will become like her mother |
| 00:28:52 |
All women become like their mothers. |
| 00:28:55 |
- No man does. That's his. |
| 00:28:59 |
It's perfectly phrased |
| 00:29:02 |
as any observation |
| 00:29:05 |
By the way, did you tell |
| 00:29:07 |
about your being Ernest in town |
| 00:29:09 |
My dear fellow, the truth |
| 00:29:12 |
one tells to a nice, sweet, |
| 00:29:15 |
Besides, before the end of the week, |
| 00:29:19 |
My poor brother Ernest |
| 00:29:22 |
quite suddenly in Paris |
| 00:29:26 |
I thought you said that your ward |
| 00:29:29 |
in your poor brother Ernest. |
| 00:29:31 |
Won't she feel his loss a good deal? |
| 00:29:33 |
Oh, Cecily isn't a silly romantic girl, |
| 00:29:36 |
She's got a capital appetite, |
| 00:29:38 |
and pays no attention at all |
| 00:29:41 |
I should rather like to see Cecily. |
| 00:29:43 |
I shall take very good care |
| 00:29:46 |
She is excessively pretty |
| 00:29:48 |
Have you told Gwendolen |
| 00:29:51 |
Oh, one doesn't blurt |
| 00:29:55 |
Cecily and Gwendolen are |
| 00:29:57 |
I'll bet you that half an hour after |
| 00:30:01 |
Hmm. Women only do that... |
| 00:30:03 |
when they've called each other |
| 00:30:06 |
- Miss Fairfax. |
| 00:30:10 |
Algy, kindly turn your back. |
| 00:30:12 |
I have something very particular |
| 00:30:14 |
Really, Gwendolen, I don't think |
| 00:30:16 |
- Ernest, we may never be married. |
| 00:30:19 |
From the expression on Mama's face, |
| 00:30:21 |
But although she may prevent us |
| 00:30:24 |
nothing she can possibly do |
| 00:30:29 |
Your... Your Christian name has |
| 00:30:33 |
The simplicity of your character... |
| 00:30:35 |
makes you exquisitely |
| 00:30:38 |
Your town address I have. |
| 00:30:42 |
The Manor House, |
| 00:30:45 |
There is a good postal service, |
| 00:30:47 |
It may be necessary |
| 00:30:50 |
The Manor House, Woolton, |
| 00:30:54 |
Hertfordshire. |
| 00:30:58 |
My own one. |
| 00:31:04 |
- Cecily. |
| 00:31:11 |
Oh, dear! |
| 00:31:15 |
Cecily! |
| 00:31:18 |
Come here at once, child. |
| 00:31:26 |
We should have been at our labors |
| 00:31:29 |
Unfortunately, I was detained |
| 00:31:33 |
Oh, well, never mind about that. |
| 00:31:35 |
Your German grammar |
| 00:31:39 |
- Oh. |
| 00:31:42 |
It isn't at all a becoming language. |
| 00:31:45 |
I know perfectly well that I look |
| 00:31:49 |
Oh, child, you know how anxious |
| 00:31:51 |
that you should improve yourself |
| 00:31:54 |
He laid particular stress on your German |
| 00:31:58 |
Indeed, he always lays stress on your |
| 00:32:02 |
We will repeat yesterday's lesson. |
| 00:32:06 |
Dear Uncle Jack. |
| 00:32:09 |
Sometimes he is so serious |
| 00:32:13 |
Your guardian enjoys |
| 00:32:15 |
and his gravity of demeanor... |
| 00:32:18 |
His gravity of demeanor |
| 00:32:21 |
in one so comparatively |
| 00:32:24 |
I know no one who has a higher sense |
| 00:32:28 |
I suppose that is why he often looks a |
| 00:32:31 |
Cecily, I'm surprised at you! |
| 00:32:33 |
Mr. Worthing has |
| 00:32:36 |
Idle merriment and triviality would be |
| 00:32:40 |
You must remember his constant anxiety |
| 00:32:45 |
his brother Ernest. |
| 00:32:47 |
Oh, I... I wish Uncle Jack |
| 00:32:50 |
that unfortunate young man, |
| 00:32:54 |
- to come down here sometimes. |
| 00:33:02 |
Diminutives are always neuter. |
| 00:33:04 |
That is, they belong to neither sex, |
| 00:33:07 |
even when appearances |
| 00:33:10 |
As for example, |
| 00:33:14 |
das Mädchen, the young girl. |
| 00:33:17 |
Put away your diary, Cecily. |
| 00:33:19 |
I really don't see why |
| 00:33:23 |
I keep a diary... |
| 00:33:25 |
in order to enter |
| 00:33:30 |
If I didn't write them down, I should |
| 00:33:33 |
Memory, my dear Cecily, is the diary |
| 00:33:38 |
Yes, but it usually chronicles |
| 00:33:41 |
and couldn't possibly have happened. |
| 00:33:43 |
I believe that memory is responsible... |
| 00:33:46 |
for nearly all the three-volume novels |
| 00:33:48 |
Oh, do not speak slightingly |
| 00:33:52 |
I wrote one myself in earlier days. |
| 00:33:55 |
Did you really, Miss Prism? |
| 00:33:58 |
Oh, how wonderfully clever you are! |
| 00:34:02 |
I hope it did not end happily. |
| 00:34:07 |
The good ended happily |
| 00:34:11 |
That is what fiction means. |
| 00:34:13 |
I suppose so. |
| 00:34:16 |
Alas, no. The manuscript |
| 00:34:20 |
- Oh! |
| 00:34:22 |
in the sense of lost or mislaid. |
| 00:34:25 |
Now to your work, child. |
| 00:34:27 |
These speculations are profitless. |
| 00:34:30 |
But I see dear Dr. Chasuble |
| 00:34:34 |
Oh, really? |
| 00:34:36 |
Ah! And... And how are we |
| 00:34:41 |
Miss Prism, you are, I trust, well? |
| 00:34:43 |
Dr. Chasuble, |
| 00:34:45 |
Miss Prism has just been complaining |
| 00:34:48 |
- Oh! |
| 00:34:51 |
to go for a short stroll |
| 00:34:54 |
Cecily, I have not mentioned |
| 00:34:57 |
No, I know that, dear Miss Prism, |
| 00:34:59 |
but I felt instinctively |
| 00:35:02 |
Indeed, I was thinking about that, |
| 00:35:04 |
and not about my German lesson, |
| 00:35:07 |
I hope, Cecily, |
| 00:35:09 |
- Oh, I'm afraid I am. |
| 00:35:13 |
Were I fortunate enough |
| 00:35:16 |
I would hang upon her lips. |
| 00:35:18 |
- Oh! |
| 00:35:21 |
My metaphor was drawn from bees. |
| 00:35:23 |
Mr. Worthing, I suppose, |
| 00:35:27 |
We do not expect him |
| 00:35:29 |
Ah, yes, he usually likes |
| 00:35:32 |
He is not one of those |
| 00:35:36 |
as, by all accounts, that unfortunate |
| 00:35:39 |
I must not disturb |
| 00:35:44 |
Egeria? My name is Laetitia, |
| 00:35:47 |
Ah! Laetitia, the Latin for "joy." |
| 00:35:53 |
Yes... |
| 00:35:55 |
I shall, uh, I shall see you both, |
| 00:35:59 |
I think, dear Doctor, I will have |
| 00:36:01 |
I find I have a headache after all, |
| 00:36:05 |
Oh, Cecily, you will read your |
| 00:36:09 |
The chapter on the fall of the rupee |
| 00:36:12 |
It is somewhat too sensational. |
| 00:36:14 |
Even these metallic problems |
| 00:36:23 |
Horrid political economy, |
| 00:36:26 |
horrid, horrid German! |
| 00:36:33 |
You are too much alone, |
| 00:36:37 |
- You should get married. |
| 00:36:41 |
You do not seem to realize, |
| 00:36:43 |
that by persistently remaining single, |
| 00:36:46 |
into a permanent public temptation. |
| 00:36:48 |
Oh! |
| 00:36:50 |
A man should be more careful... |
| 00:36:52 |
or he may lead |
| 00:36:56 |
But is a man not equally attractive |
| 00:36:59 |
Oh, no married man is ever attractive, |
| 00:37:03 |
And often, I've been told, |
| 00:37:05 |
Oh, doesn't that depend upon the |
| 00:37:10 |
Maturity can always be depended on. |
| 00:37:13 |
Ripeness can be trusted. |
| 00:37:16 |
- Young women are green. |
| 00:37:18 |
I spoke horticulturally. |
| 00:37:22 |
Fruits, yes. |
| 00:37:26 |
Mr. Ernest Worthing has just |
| 00:37:31 |
He's brought his luggage with him. |
| 00:37:35 |
"Mr. Ernest Worthing, |
| 00:37:40 |
Uncle Jacks brother? |
| 00:37:44 |
Did you tell him |
| 00:37:47 |
Yes, miss. He seemed |
| 00:37:51 |
He said he would like to speak to you |
| 00:37:55 |
I've left him in the morning room. |
| 00:37:58 |
Thank you, Merriman. |
| 00:38:06 |
I've never met |
| 00:38:09 |
I feel rather frightened. |
| 00:38:11 |
I'm so afraid he'll look |
| 00:38:28 |
He does. |
| 00:38:29 |
You are my little cousin Cecily, |
| 00:38:34 |
You are under some |
| 00:38:38 |
I am not little. In fact, I believe that |
| 00:38:43 |
But I am your cousin Cecily. |
| 00:38:46 |
You, I see from your card, |
| 00:38:50 |
my cousin Ernest. |
| 00:38:52 |
My wicked cousin Ernest. |
| 00:38:55 |
Oh, I am not really wicked at all, |
| 00:38:58 |
You mustn't think I'm wicked. |
| 00:39:01 |
If you are not, then you have |
| 00:39:05 |
in a very inexcusable manner. |
| 00:39:08 |
I hope you have not been leading |
| 00:39:12 |
pretending to be wicked |
| 00:39:17 |
That would be hypocrisy. |
| 00:39:21 |
Of course, I... |
| 00:39:25 |
I'm glad to hear it. |
| 00:39:27 |
In fact, now you mention |
| 00:39:29 |
I really have been very bad |
| 00:39:32 |
I don't think you should be |
| 00:39:36 |
though I'm sure |
| 00:39:38 |
It's much pleasanter |
| 00:39:41 |
I can't understand |
| 00:39:43 |
Uncle Jack won't be back |
| 00:39:46 |
That is a great disappointment. |
| 00:39:48 |
I'm obliged to go up |
| 00:39:50 |
I have a business appointment |
| 00:39:54 |
to miss. |
| 00:39:56 |
Couldn't you miss it |
| 00:39:58 |
No, the appointment is in London. |
| 00:40:03 |
Well, I know, of course, |
| 00:40:07 |
not to keep |
| 00:40:11 |
Still, I think you had better wait |
| 00:40:14 |
I know he wants to speak to you |
| 00:40:17 |
My what? |
| 00:40:21 |
About your emigrating. |
| 00:40:23 |
I certainly wouldn't allow Jack |
| 00:40:26 |
He has got absolutely no taste |
| 00:40:29 |
I don't think |
| 00:40:32 |
Uncle Jack is sending you |
| 00:40:34 |
Australia? |
| 00:40:38 |
He said at dinner on Wednesday |
| 00:40:41 |
between this world, |
| 00:40:44 |
and Australia. |
| 00:40:46 |
Oh. Well, the reports I have |
| 00:40:49 |
are not particularly encouraging. |
| 00:40:52 |
This world is good enough |
| 00:40:55 |
Yes. But are you |
| 00:40:59 |
Well, no, I am not that. |
| 00:41:01 |
That is why I would like you |
| 00:41:03 |
You might make that your mission, |
| 00:41:07 |
I am afraid I have |
| 00:41:10 |
Well, would you mind |
| 00:41:13 |
It is rather romantic of you, |
| 00:41:17 |
I will. |
| 00:41:21 |
- I feel better already. |
| 00:41:25 |
- That's because I'm hungry. |
| 00:41:29 |
I should have remembered that when one |
| 00:41:32 |
one requires regular |
| 00:41:35 |
Might I have a buttonhole first? |
| 00:41:37 |
L-I never have any appetite |
| 00:41:41 |
A Marechale Niel? |
| 00:41:45 |
- No, I would sooner have a pink rose. |
| 00:41:48 |
Because you are like a pink rose, |
| 00:41:53 |
I don't think it can be right |
| 00:41:58 |
Miss Prism never talks like that. |
| 00:42:01 |
Then Miss Prism is |
| 00:42:08 |
You are the prettiest girl |
| 00:42:10 |
Miss Prism says |
| 00:42:14 |
Then they are a snare that any sensible |
| 00:42:18 |
Oh? |
| 00:42:20 |
I don't think I should care |
| 00:42:23 |
I wouldn't know |
| 00:42:44 |
Mr. Worthing. |
| 00:42:47 |
- Mr. Worthing. |
| 00:42:50 |
I trust this garb of woe does not |
| 00:42:58 |
- My brother. |
| 00:43:04 |
- Dead. |
| 00:43:10 |
Quite dead. |
| 00:43:14 |
What a lesson for him. |
| 00:43:17 |
Oh, Mr. Worthing, I... |
| 00:43:21 |
Poor Ernest. He had many faults, |
| 00:43:27 |
Oh, very sad indeed. |
| 00:43:31 |
No, he died abroad. |
| 00:43:33 |
I had a telegram last night |
| 00:43:36 |
- Was the cause of death mentioned? |
| 00:43:40 |
As a man sows, |
| 00:43:44 |
Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity. |
| 00:43:46 |
I myself am peculiarly |
| 00:43:50 |
Will the interment |
| 00:43:52 |
No, he seems to have expressed |
| 00:43:56 |
Paris! |
| 00:43:58 |
I fear that hardly points to any |
| 00:44:03 |
Oh, Uncle Jack! |
| 00:44:06 |
I'm so glad to see you back, |
| 00:44:08 |
but what horrid clothes |
| 00:44:10 |
- Cecily! |
| 00:44:12 |
Do look happy. |
| 00:44:17 |
Who do you think |
| 00:44:19 |
- Your brother! |
| 00:44:22 |
Your brother Ernest. |
| 00:44:25 |
Well, what nonsense. |
| 00:44:27 |
Oh, don't say that. |
| 00:44:29 |
However badly he may have behaved |
| 00:44:32 |
he is still your brother. |
| 00:44:34 |
You couldn't be so heartless |
| 00:44:38 |
And you will shake hands |
| 00:44:44 |
These are very joyful tidings, hmm? |
| 00:44:47 |
After we had all been resigned |
| 00:44:50 |
his sudden return seems to me |
| 00:44:59 |
- Good heavens! |
| 00:45:01 |
I have come all the way from London |
| 00:45:05 |
for all the trouble |
| 00:45:07 |
and that I intend to lead |
| 00:45:11 |
Uncle Jack, you are not going |
| 00:45:15 |
Nothing would induce me |
| 00:45:17 |
I consider his coming here disgraceful. |
| 00:45:20 |
Uncle Jack, do be nice. |
| 00:45:24 |
Ernest has just been telling me... |
| 00:45:26 |
about his poor invalid friend, |
| 00:45:29 |
Oh, he's been telling you |
| 00:45:31 |
I won't have him talking to you |
| 00:45:34 |
Of course, I admit that all the faults |
| 00:45:37 |
but I must say I think brother Johns |
| 00:45:43 |
peculiarly painful. |
| 00:45:45 |
Uncle Jack, if you won't |
| 00:45:48 |
I will never forgive you. |
| 00:45:50 |
- Never forgive me? |
| 00:45:53 |
Never, never. |
| 00:45:55 |
Well, this is the last time |
| 00:45:57 |
- We might leave the brothers together. |
| 00:46:01 |
Certainly, Miss Prism. |
| 00:46:03 |
My little task |
| 00:46:09 |
Algy, you young scoundrel, |
| 00:46:11 |
L-I won't have any Bunburying here. |
| 00:46:15 |
Merriman, |
| 00:46:16 |
Merriman, |
| 00:46:17 |
Mr. Ernest has been called back |
| 00:46:22 |
Yes, sir. |
| 00:46:25 |
What a fearful liar you are, Jack. |
| 00:46:27 |
- I haven't been called back to town. |
| 00:46:29 |
I haven't heard anyone call me. |
| 00:46:31 |
Your duty as a gentleman |
| 00:46:34 |
I have never allowed my duty |
| 00:46:36 |
to interfere with my pleasures |
| 00:46:38 |
I can quite understand that. |
| 00:46:41 |
Well, Cecily is a darling. |
| 00:46:43 |
You are not to speak of Miss Cardew |
| 00:46:46 |
Well, I don't like your clothes. |
| 00:46:49 |
Why on earth |
| 00:46:51 |
It's perfectly childish |
| 00:46:53 |
for a man who is staying for a whole |
| 00:46:57 |
You are not staying with me for a whole |
| 00:47:00 |
You are going to leave this afternoon |
| 00:47:03 |
I certainly shall not leave |
| 00:47:06 |
It would be most unfriendly. |
| 00:47:08 |
If I were in mourning, |
| 00:47:11 |
I should think it very unkind |
| 00:47:13 |
Well, will you go |
| 00:47:15 |
- Yes, if you don't take too long. |
| 00:47:18 |
I never saw a man take so long |
| 00:47:22 |
Well, at any rate, that is better than |
| 00:47:27 |
This Bunburying, |
| 00:47:30 |
has not been a great success for you. |
| 00:47:39 |
It think it's been a great success. |
| 00:47:46 |
You rang, sir? |
| 00:47:48 |
Merriman, am I correctly garbed |
| 00:47:52 |
No, sir. Black is for funerals |
| 00:47:56 |
White is for christenings. |
| 00:48:01 |
Thank you, Merriman. |
| 00:48:30 |
Oh! I thought you were |
| 00:48:33 |
He has gone to order |
| 00:48:35 |
Oh, is he going to take you |
| 00:48:37 |
He's going to send me away. |
| 00:48:41 |
- Then have we got to part? |
| 00:48:44 |
'Tis very painful parting. |
| 00:48:47 |
It is always painful to part |
| 00:48:49 |
whom one has known |
| 00:48:52 |
The absence of old friends |
| 00:48:56 |
but even a momentary separation |
| 00:49:00 |
to whom one has just been |
| 00:49:05 |
- Thank you. |
| 00:49:07 |
The dogcart is at the door, sir. |
| 00:49:12 |
It can wait, Merriman, |
| 00:49:17 |
Yes, miss. |
| 00:49:21 |
I hope, Cecily, I shall not offend you... |
| 00:49:24 |
if I state quite openly and frankly |
| 00:49:27 |
the visible personification |
| 00:49:30 |
I think your frankness |
| 00:49:33 |
If you will allow me, |
| 00:49:40 |
Do you really keep a diary? |
| 00:49:43 |
- May I? |
| 00:49:46 |
You see, it is simply |
| 00:49:48 |
of her own thoughts |
| 00:49:51 |
and consequently meant |
| 00:49:53 |
Oh, when it appears in volume form, |
| 00:49:56 |
But pray, Ernest, don't stop. |
| 00:50:00 |
"I have reached |
| 00:50:04 |
You may go on. |
| 00:50:07 |
- Oh, don't cough, Ernest. |
| 00:50:10 |
I don't know how to spell a cough. |
| 00:50:13 |
Cecily, ever since I first saw... |
| 00:50:16 |
your wonderful |
| 00:50:19 |
I have dared to love you wildly, |
| 00:50:23 |
hopelessly. |
| 00:50:26 |
I don't think you should tell me |
| 00:50:28 |
wildly, passionately, |
| 00:50:32 |
"Hopelessly" doesn't seem |
| 00:50:37 |
- Cecily! |
| 00:50:42 |
The dogcart is waiting, sir. |
| 00:50:44 |
Tell it to come round |
| 00:50:52 |
Very good, sir. |
| 00:50:58 |
I think Uncle Jack would be |
| 00:51:00 |
if he knew you were staying |
| 00:51:03 |
I don't care about Jack. |
| 00:51:05 |
I don't care for anybody |
| 00:51:08 |
I love you, Cecily. |
| 00:51:10 |
Of course. Why, we've been engaged |
| 00:51:14 |
The last three months? |
| 00:51:16 |
Yes, it will be exactly |
| 00:51:18 |
But how did we become engaged? |
| 00:51:21 |
Well, ever since dear Uncle Jack |
| 00:51:23 |
that he had a younger brother |
| 00:51:27 |
you, of course, have formed |
| 00:51:29 |
between myself and Miss Prism, |
| 00:51:31 |
and, of course, a man who is much |
| 00:51:35 |
One always feels there must be |
| 00:51:39 |
I daresay it was foolish of me, |
| 00:51:44 |
but I fell in love with you, Ernest. |
| 00:51:46 |
Darling! And when was |
| 00:51:50 |
On the 22nd of February last. |
| 00:51:54 |
Worn out by your entire ignorance |
| 00:51:57 |
I determined to end the matter |
| 00:52:03 |
and, after a long struggle |
| 00:52:07 |
I accepted you... |
| 00:52:09 |
under that dear old chandelier there. |
| 00:52:11 |
And then, next day, |
| 00:52:16 |
And this is the bangle |
| 00:52:19 |
that I promised you |
| 00:52:21 |
Did I give you this? |
| 00:52:25 |
Yes. Yes, you've wonderfully |
| 00:52:27 |
It's always been my excuse |
| 00:52:32 |
And then... |
| 00:52:35 |
this is the box in which |
| 00:52:40 |
My letters? But, my own sweet Cecily, |
| 00:52:44 |
You need hardly |
| 00:52:46 |
I remember only too well I was forced |
| 00:52:49 |
I wrote three times a week. |
| 00:52:53 |
- Oh, do let me read them. |
| 00:52:56 |
They would make you |
| 00:52:59 |
The three you wrote to me... |
| 00:53:01 |
after our engagement |
| 00:53:04 |
are so beautiful... |
| 00:53:06 |
and so badly spelled... |
| 00:53:09 |
that even now I can hardly read them |
| 00:53:13 |
- But was our engagement broken off? |
| 00:53:16 |
On the 22nd of last March. |
| 00:53:22 |
"Today I broke off my engagement with |
| 00:53:26 |
The weather still continues |
| 00:53:29 |
But why on earth did you break it off? |
| 00:53:33 |
I had done nothing at all. |
| 00:53:35 |
Cecily, I am very much hurt indeed |
| 00:53:37 |
particularly when the weather |
| 00:53:40 |
But it would hardly have been |
| 00:53:43 |
if it hadn't been broken off |
| 00:53:46 |
But I forgave you |
| 00:53:49 |
What a perfect angel you are! |
| 00:53:53 |
You won't ever break off |
| 00:53:57 |
I don't think I could, |
| 00:54:01 |
Besides, of course, |
| 00:54:05 |
Of course. |
| 00:54:07 |
You mustn't laugh at me, darling, |
| 00:54:09 |
but it had always been |
| 00:54:12 |
to love someone |
| 00:54:16 |
There is something in that name that |
| 00:54:22 |
Indeed, I pity any poor married woman |
| 00:54:25 |
But, my dear child, |
| 00:54:27 |
that you couldn't love me |
| 00:54:30 |
- But what name? |
| 00:54:33 |
Algernon, for instance. |
| 00:54:35 |
But I don't like |
| 00:54:37 |
I... I really don't see why you should |
| 00:54:40 |
It... It's not a bad name at all. |
| 00:54:43 |
In fact, it's rather |
| 00:54:45 |
Half the chaps who get into the |
| 00:54:49 |
But seriously, Cecily, if my name |
| 00:54:54 |
I might respect you, Ernest. |
| 00:54:58 |
But I fear that I should not be able |
| 00:55:02 |
Cecily, your vicar here is, I suppose, |
| 00:55:07 |
in the practice of all the rites |
| 00:55:09 |
Oh, yes. Dr. Chasuble |
| 00:55:11 |
I must see him at once on a most |
| 00:55:15 |
- I won't be more than half an hour. |
| 00:55:19 |
Considering that we have been engaged |
| 00:55:24 |
and that I only met you today |
| 00:55:27 |
I think it is rather hard |
| 00:55:31 |
for so long a period |
| 00:55:34 |
Couldn't you make it 20 minutes? |
| 00:55:37 |
I'll be back in no time. |
| 00:56:06 |
- Mr. Worthing. |
| 00:56:10 |
You will, I trust, excuse... |
| 00:56:12 |
a postprandial relapse |
| 00:56:16 |
In other words, 40 winks. |
| 00:56:18 |
Dr. Chasuble, I suppose you know |
| 00:56:21 |
I mean, of course, you are |
| 00:56:24 |
It is, I regret to say, one of |
| 00:56:27 |
I've often spoken to the poorer |
| 00:56:31 |
but they don't seem |
| 00:56:34 |
Is there any particular infant in whom |
| 00:56:38 |
- Yes. |
| 00:56:40 |
- I beg your pardon? |
| 00:56:45 |
Dr. Chasuble, |
| 00:56:47 |
The fact is, I was thinking of getting |
| 00:56:51 |
if you've nothing better to do. |
| 00:56:53 |
But surely, Mr. Worthing, |
| 00:56:56 |
- I don't remember anything about it. |
| 00:56:59 |
Well, I certainly intend to have. |
| 00:57:01 |
Unless, of course, you think |
| 00:57:05 |
Oh, not at all. |
| 00:57:07 |
Sprinkling and, indeed, |
| 00:57:10 |
is a perfectly canonical practice. |
| 00:57:13 |
- Immersion? |
| 00:57:15 |
- Sprinkling is all that is necessary... |
| 00:57:17 |
Or, indeed, I think, advisable. |
| 00:57:20 |
Our weather... so changeable. |
| 00:57:23 |
At what hour would you like |
| 00:57:25 |
I thought I would trot around |
| 00:57:28 |
Oh, perfectly, perfectly. |
| 00:57:30 |
In fact, I have two similar ceremonies |
| 00:57:34 |
A case of twins |
| 00:57:37 |
in one of the... the outlying cottages |
| 00:57:41 |
Poor Jenkins, the carter. |
| 00:57:46 |
Well, I don't see much fun |
| 00:57:49 |
It would be childish. |
| 00:57:52 |
- Oh, admirably, admirably. |
| 00:57:56 |
Half past 5:00 at the font. |
| 00:58:03 |
- Come in. |
| 00:58:07 |
Dr. Chasuble? |
| 00:58:13 |
"What a perfect angel |
| 00:58:21 |
But that is where he knelt. |
| 00:58:25 |
Yes, I am sure |
| 00:58:29 |
A Miss Fairfax has called |
| 00:58:33 |
On very important business, |
| 00:58:36 |
Isn't Mr. Worthing in the library? |
| 00:58:38 |
Mr. Worthing went over in the direction |
| 00:58:43 |
Pray ask the lady to come out here. |
| 00:58:47 |
- And, Merriman, you may bring tea. |
| 00:58:52 |
Oh, dear. |
| 00:58:54 |
One of the many good elderly women |
| 00:58:58 |
in some of his philanthropic work |
| 00:59:01 |
Miss Fairfax. |
| 00:59:11 |
Oh! |
| 00:59:16 |
Miss Fairfax? |
| 00:59:19 |
Pray let me introduce myself to you. |
| 00:59:21 |
- My name is Cecily Cardew. |
| 00:59:25 |
Something tells me |
| 00:59:28 |
I like you already |
| 00:59:31 |
My first impressions of people |
| 00:59:34 |
How nice of you |
| 00:59:36 |
after we have known one another |
| 00:59:40 |
Shall we sit over there? |
| 00:59:42 |
- I may call you Cecily, may I not? |
| 00:59:45 |
And you will always call me |
| 00:59:48 |
If you wish. |
| 00:59:50 |
Then that's all quite settled, |
| 00:59:53 |
I hope so. |
| 00:59:58 |
Cecily, |
| 01:00:01 |
Mama, whose views on education |
| 01:00:04 |
has brought me up to be extremely |
| 01:00:09 |
So... do you mind my looking at you |
| 01:00:15 |
Oh, not at all, Gwendolen. |
| 01:00:34 |
You are here on a short visit, |
| 01:00:37 |
- Oh, no. I live here. |
| 01:00:40 |
Your mother, no doubt, |
| 01:00:42 |
or some female relative |
| 01:00:46 |
Oh, no, I have no mother. |
| 01:00:50 |
I am Mr. Worthing's ward. |
| 01:00:54 |
Oh. |
| 01:00:56 |
It is strange he never mentioned to me |
| 01:00:59 |
How secretive of him. |
| 01:01:05 |
I am not sure, however, |
| 01:01:07 |
that the news inspires me |
| 01:01:11 |
In fact, if I may speak |
| 01:01:14 |
Pray do. |
| 01:01:16 |
I think that whenever one has |
| 01:01:19 |
one should always be quite candid. |
| 01:01:23 |
Well, to speak |
| 01:01:28 |
I wish that you were fully 42... |
| 01:01:30 |
and more than usually plain |
| 01:01:34 |
Ernest has a strong, upright nature. |
| 01:01:37 |
I beg your pardon, Gwendolen. |
| 01:01:40 |
Yes. |
| 01:01:42 |
Oh, but it is not Mr. Ernest Worthing |
| 01:01:46 |
It is his brother, |
| 01:01:49 |
Ernest never mentioned to me |
| 01:01:52 |
I'm sorry to say that they have not been |
| 01:01:56 |
Ah, that accounts for it. |
| 01:02:00 |
Of course, you are quite... |
| 01:02:03 |
it is not Mr. Ernest Worthing |
| 01:02:06 |
Quite sure. |
| 01:02:09 |
In fact, I am going to be his... |
| 01:02:13 |
I beg your pardon? |
| 01:02:16 |
Dearest Gwendolen, |
| 01:02:19 |
why I should make |
| 01:02:21 |
Our little county newspaper |
| 01:02:25 |
Mr. Ernest Worthing |
| 01:02:31 |
My darling Cecily, |
| 01:02:36 |
Mr. Ernest Worthing is engaged to me. |
| 01:02:39 |
The announcement will appear |
| 01:02:42 |
on Saturday at the latest. |
| 01:02:44 |
I am afraid you must be |
| 01:02:49 |
Ernest proposed to me |
| 01:02:55 |
It is certainly very curious, |
| 01:02:58 |
for he asked me to be his wife |
| 01:03:02 |
If you would care |
| 01:03:05 |
I never travel without my diary. |
| 01:03:08 |
One should always have something |
| 01:03:12 |
I am so sorry, dearest Cecily, |
| 01:03:16 |
if it is any disappointment to you. |
| 01:03:18 |
But I'm afraid |
| 01:03:21 |
It would distress me |
| 01:03:26 |
if it caused you |
| 01:03:30 |
but I feel bound to point out |
| 01:03:34 |
he has clearly changed his mind. |
| 01:03:36 |
If the poor fellow has been entrapped |
| 01:03:41 |
I shall consider it my duty |
| 01:03:44 |
and with a firm hand. |
| 01:03:46 |
Whatever unfortunate entanglement |
| 01:03:52 |
I will never reproach him with it |
| 01:03:57 |
Do you allude to me, Miss Cardew, |
| 01:04:02 |
You are presumptuous. |
| 01:04:04 |
On an occasion of this kind, |
| 01:04:08 |
It becomes a pleasure. |
| 01:04:10 |
Do you suggest, Miss Fairfax, |
| 01:04:12 |
that I entrapped Ernest |
| 01:04:14 |
How dare you! |
| 01:04:16 |
This is no time for wearing |
| 01:04:19 |
When I see a spade, |
| 01:04:23 |
I am glad to say |
| 01:04:27 |
It is obvious that our social spheres |
| 01:04:33 |
Shall I lay tea here as usual, miss? |
| 01:04:37 |
Yes, as usual. |
| 01:04:52 |
Are there many interesting walks |
| 01:04:56 |
Oh, yes, a great many. |
| 01:04:59 |
From the top of one of the hills, |
| 01:05:02 |
Five counties? |
| 01:05:06 |
Oh, I don't think I should like that. |
| 01:05:12 |
I suppose that is why |
| 01:05:16 |
I had no idea |
| 01:05:20 |
Oh, flowers are as common here, |
| 01:05:24 |
as people are in London. |
| 01:05:26 |
May I offer you some tea? |
| 01:05:29 |
Thank you. |
| 01:05:32 |
Sugar? |
| 01:05:34 |
No, thank you. |
| 01:05:46 |
Cake... or bread and butter? |
| 01:05:49 |
Bread and butter, please. |
| 01:05:52 |
Cake is rarely seen |
| 01:05:55 |
Hand that... to Miss Fairfax. |
| 01:06:10 |
You have filled my tea |
| 01:06:13 |
And though I most distinctly |
| 01:06:16 |
you have given me cake. |
| 01:06:19 |
I am known for the gentleness |
| 01:06:23 |
and extraordinary sweetness |
| 01:06:25 |
But I warn you, Miss Cardew, |
| 01:06:29 |
To save my poor, innocent, |
| 01:06:33 |
from the machinations |
| 01:06:36 |
there are no lengths |
| 01:06:39 |
From the moment I saw you, |
| 01:06:42 |
I felt that you were |
| 01:06:44 |
I'm never deceived in such matters. |
| 01:06:46 |
My first impressions of people |
| 01:06:50 |
It seems to me, Miss Fairfax, that |
| 01:06:54 |
No doubt you have many other calls |
| 01:06:58 |
to make in the neighborhood. |
| 01:07:02 |
Gwendolen! |
| 01:07:07 |
My own Ernest. |
| 01:07:10 |
- Gwendolen, darling. |
| 01:07:13 |
May I ask if you are engaged |
| 01:07:17 |
What, to dear little Cecily? |
| 01:07:19 |
What could have put such an idea |
| 01:07:22 |
Thank you. You may. |
| 01:07:24 |
I knew there must be |
| 01:07:27 |
The gentleman whose arm |
| 01:07:30 |
is my dear guardian, |
| 01:07:33 |
- I beg your pardon? |
| 01:07:37 |
- Jack? Oh. |
| 01:07:41 |
- Here is Ernest. |
| 01:07:45 |
A moment. |
| 01:07:48 |
Are you by any chance engaged |
| 01:07:51 |
To what young lady? |
| 01:07:54 |
Yes, to good heavens Gwendolen. |
| 01:07:57 |
Of course not. |
| 01:08:01 |
Thank you. You may. |
| 01:08:05 |
I felt there must be |
| 01:08:08 |
The gentleman |
| 01:08:11 |
is my cousin, |
| 01:08:14 |
Algernon Moncrieff? |
| 01:08:19 |
Are you called Algernon? |
| 01:08:21 |
- I cannot deny it. |
| 01:08:26 |
Is your name really John? |
| 01:08:29 |
Well, I could deny it if I liked. |
| 01:08:32 |
But my name certainly is John. |
| 01:08:35 |
A gross deception |
| 01:08:38 |
My poor, wounded Cecily. |
| 01:08:41 |
My sweet, wronged Gwendolen. |
| 01:08:44 |
You will call me sister, will you not? |
| 01:08:51 |
There is just one question I would like |
| 01:08:54 |
An admirable idea. Mr. Worthing, |
| 01:08:57 |
I would like to be permitted |
| 01:08:59 |
Where is your brother Ernest? |
| 01:09:02 |
We are both engaged to be married |
| 01:09:04 |
so it is a matter of some importance |
| 01:09:07 |
where your brother Ernest is |
| 01:09:11 |
Gwendolen and Cecily, |
| 01:09:13 |
I will tell you quite frankly... |
| 01:09:18 |
- I have no brother at all. |
| 01:09:21 |
None. |
| 01:09:23 |
Have you never had |
| 01:09:26 |
Never, not even of any kind. |
| 01:09:28 |
I am afraid it is quite clear, Cecily, |
| 01:09:31 |
that neither of us is engaged |
| 01:09:35 |
It is not a very pleasant position... |
| 01:09:38 |
for a young girl suddenly |
| 01:09:42 |
Let us go into the house. |
| 01:09:45 |
They will hardly venture |
| 01:09:48 |
No. Men are such cowards, |
| 01:10:01 |
This ghastly state of affairs is what |
| 01:10:05 |
Yes, the most wonderful Bunbury |
| 01:10:08 |
Well, the only small satisfaction |
| 01:10:12 |
is that your friend Bunbury, |
| 01:10:15 |
and a very good thing too. |
| 01:10:17 |
Your brother is a little off-color, |
| 01:10:19 |
And not a bad thing either. |
| 01:10:21 |
As for your deceiving a sweet, simple, |
| 01:10:25 |
It's inexcusable. |
| 01:10:27 |
To say nothing of the fact |
| 01:10:29 |
I can see no possible defense at all |
| 01:10:34 |
To say nothing of the fact |
| 01:10:36 |
I simply wanted to be engaged |
| 01:10:40 |
Well, I simply wanted to be engaged |
| 01:10:43 |
There is certainly no chance |
| 01:10:46 |
I don't think there is |
| 01:10:51 |
Guard! |
| 01:10:54 |
Will you be good enough |
| 01:10:56 |
how soon this railway train |
| 01:11:01 |
Now, let me see. |
| 01:11:04 |
There's Gothrington... |
| 01:11:07 |
Then there's Goostrey Halt, Sopley, |
| 01:11:12 |
Cobbler's Corner, Combe Brissett, |
| 01:11:16 |
High Totten, Low Totten, |
| 01:11:20 |
How you can sit there |
| 01:11:23 |
when we're in this terrible trouble, |
| 01:11:25 |
You seem to be perfectly heartless. |
| 01:11:27 |
I can't eat muffins |
| 01:11:29 |
The butter would probably |
| 01:11:32 |
One should always eat muffins quite |
| 01:11:35 |
I say it's perfectly heartless |
| 01:11:38 |
When I'm in trouble, eating |
| 01:11:48 |
They are eating muffins! |
| 01:11:50 |
Algy, I wish to goodness you would go. |
| 01:11:52 |
But I've just made arrangements |
| 01:11:55 |
to be christened at 6:00 |
| 01:11:57 |
My dear fellow, I've made arrangements |
| 01:11:59 |
to be christened at 5:30, and I |
| 01:12:02 |
I have a perfect right |
| 01:12:04 |
There's no evidence that |
| 01:12:07 |
It's entirely different with you. |
| 01:12:09 |
- Yes, but I haven't been |
| 01:12:13 |
- That is the important thing. |
| 01:12:16 |
It might make you very unwell. |
| 01:12:19 |
You can hardly have forgotten someone |
| 01:12:22 |
was nearly carried off in Paris |
| 01:12:24 |
You talk as if a severe chill |
| 01:12:27 |
Well, it usen't to be, I know, |
| 01:12:29 |
Science is always making |
| 01:12:37 |
- They are looking this way. |
| 01:12:41 |
- They are approaching! |
| 01:12:45 |
Let us preserve a dignified silence. |
| 01:12:49 |
Certainly. |
| 01:13:15 |
Mr. Worthing, I have something |
| 01:13:19 |
Much depends on your reply. |
| 01:13:22 |
Your common sense |
| 01:13:24 |
Mr. Moncrieff, kindly answer me |
| 01:13:27 |
Why did you pretend |
| 01:13:31 |
In order that I might |
| 01:13:36 |
That certainly seems |
| 01:13:39 |
Yes, dear, if you can believe him. |
| 01:13:41 |
Mr. Worthing, what explanation |
| 01:13:44 |
for pretending to have a brother? |
| 01:13:46 |
Was it in order that you might have |
| 01:13:49 |
of coming up to town |
| 01:13:52 |
Can you doubt it, Miss Fairfax? |
| 01:13:55 |
I have the gravest doubts |
| 01:13:58 |
but I intend to crush them. |
| 01:14:01 |
Their explanations appear to me |
| 01:14:05 |
Especially Mr. Worthing's. |
| 01:14:08 |
I am more than content |
| 01:14:13 |
His voice alone inspires one |
| 01:14:16 |
- Then you think we should forgive them? |
| 01:14:21 |
I mean, no. |
| 01:14:23 |
True, I had forgotten. |
| 01:14:25 |
There are principles at stake |
| 01:14:29 |
Which of us should tell them? |
| 01:14:33 |
- Could we not both speak |
| 01:14:36 |
I nearly always speak |
| 01:14:39 |
Will you take the time from me? |
| 01:14:42 |
Your Christian names are still |
| 01:14:47 |
Our Christian names? Is that all? |
| 01:14:50 |
But we're going to be |
| 01:14:53 |
For my sake you are prepared |
| 01:14:57 |
I am. |
| 01:14:59 |
To please me you are ready |
| 01:15:03 |
I am. |
| 01:15:05 |
How absurd to talk of |
| 01:15:08 |
Where questions of self-sacrifice |
| 01:15:11 |
men are infinitely beyond us. |
| 01:15:14 |
We are. |
| 01:15:19 |
Darling! |
| 01:15:25 |
Gwendolen! |
| 01:15:30 |
Merely that I am engaged |
| 01:15:34 |
Come here. Sit down. |
| 01:15:39 |
Sit down, immediately! |
| 01:15:44 |
Mr. Worthing, |
| 01:15:48 |
that all communication between |
| 01:15:51 |
must cease immediately |
| 01:15:54 |
On this, as indeed on all points, |
| 01:15:58 |
I am engaged to be married |
| 01:16:02 |
You are nothing of the kind, sir. |
| 01:16:07 |
And now, as regards Algernon. |
| 01:16:09 |
- Algernon! |
| 01:16:12 |
May I ask if it is in this house... |
| 01:16:15 |
that your invalid friend, |
| 01:16:19 |
Oh, no. Bunbury doesn't live here. |
| 01:16:23 |
In fact, Bunbury is dead. |
| 01:16:27 |
Dead? When did Mr. Bunbury die? |
| 01:16:30 |
Oh, I killed Bunbury this afternoon. |
| 01:16:35 |
What did he die of? |
| 01:16:37 |
Bunbury? |
| 01:16:40 |
Exploded? |
| 01:16:43 |
Was he a victim |
| 01:16:46 |
My dear Aunt Augusta, |
| 01:16:49 |
The doctors found out that |
| 01:16:52 |
- That is what I mean. So Bunbury died. |
| 01:16:56 |
And now that we have |
| 01:17:00 |
may I ask Mr. Worthing |
| 01:17:04 |
whose hand |
| 01:17:07 |
in what appears to me to be |
| 01:17:11 |
That lady |
| 01:17:15 |
I am engaged to be married |
| 01:17:18 |
I beg your pardon? |
| 01:17:21 |
Mr. Moncrieff and I are engaged |
| 01:17:26 |
Indeed? I think some preliminary inquiry |
| 01:17:32 |
Mr. Worthing, |
| 01:17:37 |
with any of the larger |
| 01:17:41 |
I merely require information. |
| 01:17:44 |
Until yesterday, I had no idea... |
| 01:17:47 |
there were any families or persons |
| 01:17:52 |
Miss Cardew is the granddaughter |
| 01:17:56 |
of 149 Belgrave Square, |
| 01:18:00 |
Dorking, Surrey |
| 01:18:05 |
That sounds not unsatisfactory. |
| 01:18:07 |
Three addresses always inspire |
| 01:18:12 |
But what proof have I |
| 01:18:15 |
I have carefully preserved |
| 01:18:18 |
They are open for your inspection, |
| 01:18:21 |
I have known strange errors |
| 01:18:25 |
Miss Cardew's family's solicitors |
| 01:18:30 |
Oh, Markby, Markby and Markby. |
| 01:18:33 |
A firm of the very highest position |
| 01:18:36 |
I have also in my possession, |
| 01:18:38 |
certificates of Miss Cardew's |
| 01:18:42 |
registration, vaccination, |
| 01:18:44 |
confirmation and the measles... |
| 01:18:49 |
A life crowded with incident, I see. |
| 01:18:52 |
But somewhat too exciting |
| 01:18:54 |
- Gwendolen, the time approaches |
| 01:18:59 |
We have not a moment to lose. |
| 01:19:02 |
As a matter of form, Mr. Worthing, |
| 01:19:05 |
I had better ask if Miss Cardew |
| 01:19:10 |
Oh, only about 130,000 pounds |
| 01:19:16 |
Good-bye, Lady Bracknell. |
| 01:19:19 |
One moment, Mr. Worthing. |
| 01:19:23 |
130,000 pounds, and in the Funds. |
| 01:19:27 |
Miss Cardew seems a most attractive |
| 01:19:32 |
Few girls of the present day |
| 01:19:37 |
qualities that last |
| 01:19:40 |
We live, I regret to say, |
| 01:19:45 |
Come over here, dear. |
| 01:19:50 |
Pretty child. |
| 01:19:52 |
Your dress is sadly simple... |
| 01:19:55 |
and your hair seems almost |
| 01:19:57 |
But we can soon alter that. |
| 01:19:59 |
A thoroughly experienced |
| 01:20:02 |
produces a really remarkable result |
| 01:20:06 |
There are distinct social possibilities |
| 01:20:10 |
Cecily is the dearest, sweetest, |
| 01:20:13 |
And I don't care two pins |
| 01:20:17 |
Never speak disrespectfully |
| 01:20:20 |
Only people who can't |
| 01:20:22 |
I suppose you know |
| 01:20:25 |
has nothing but his debts |
| 01:20:27 |
But I do not approve |
| 01:20:31 |
When I married Lord Bracknell, |
| 01:20:35 |
but I never dreamed |
| 01:20:38 |
Well, I suppose |
| 01:20:43 |
- Thank you, Aunt Augusta. |
| 01:20:47 |
Thank you, Lady Bracknell. |
| 01:20:49 |
And you may address me |
| 01:20:52 |
Thank you, Aunt Augusta. |
| 01:20:55 |
The marriage, I think, |
| 01:20:57 |
Thank you, Aunt Augusta. |
| 01:21:00 |
To speak frankly, |
| 01:21:05 |
They give people an opportunity... |
| 01:21:07 |
of finding out each other's characters |
| 01:21:10 |
which I think is never advisable. |
| 01:21:12 |
I beg your pardon |
| 01:21:15 |
but this engagement |
| 01:21:17 |
I am Miss Cardew's guardian, |
| 01:21:19 |
and she cannot marry without my consent |
| 01:21:22 |
That consent |
| 01:21:25 |
Upon what grounds, may I ask? |
| 01:21:27 |
Algernon is an extremely... |
| 01:21:30 |
one might almost say ostentatiously... |
| 01:21:33 |
He has nothing and looks everything. |
| 01:21:38 |
It pains me very much |
| 01:21:41 |
but the fact is that I do not |
| 01:21:45 |
- I suspect him of being untruthful. |
| 01:21:48 |
My nephew Algernon, untruthful? |
| 01:21:51 |
Impossible. |
| 01:21:56 |
I fear there can be |
| 01:21:59 |
This afternoon, during |
| 01:22:02 |
on an important question |
| 01:22:06 |
he obtained admission to my house... |
| 01:22:08 |
by means of the false pretense |
| 01:22:10 |
Under an assumed name, he drank, |
| 01:22:15 |
an entire pint bottle |
| 01:22:18 |
a wine that I was specially |
| 01:22:21 |
Continuing his disgraceful deception, |
| 01:22:23 |
he succeeded, during the course |
| 01:22:25 |
in alienating the affections |
| 01:22:28 |
He subsequently stayed to tea |
| 01:22:31 |
and what makes his conduct |
| 01:22:34 |
from the first that I have no brother, |
| 01:22:37 |
and I don't intend to |
| 01:22:41 |
Mm-hmm! |
| 01:22:45 |
Mr. Worthing, |
| 01:22:50 |
I have decided entirely to overlook |
| 01:22:55 |
That is very generous of you, |
| 01:22:57 |
My own decision, however, |
| 01:23:00 |
I decline to give my consent. |
| 01:23:04 |
Come here, sweet child. |
| 01:23:08 |
How old are you? |
| 01:23:11 |
Well, I'm really only 18, |
| 01:23:13 |
but I always admit to 20 |
| 01:23:15 |
You are perfectly right |
| 01:23:19 |
A woman should never be |
| 01:23:22 |
It looks so calculating. |
| 01:23:25 |
Eighteen, admitting to twenty |
| 01:23:28 |
Well, you will soon be of age and free |
| 01:23:33 |
So I do not think your guardian's |
| 01:23:38 |
Pray excuse me for interrupting you |
| 01:23:42 |
to point out that under the terms |
| 01:23:44 |
Miss Cardew does not |
| 01:23:47 |
until she is 35. |
| 01:23:50 |
That doesn't seem to me |
| 01:23:53 |
Thirty-five is a very attractive age. |
| 01:23:56 |
London society is full of women |
| 01:24:00 |
who, of their own free choice, |
| 01:24:04 |
Lady Dumbleton |
| 01:24:06 |
To my own knowledge she's been 35 |
| 01:24:11 |
which is many years ago now. |
| 01:24:13 |
I see no reason why our dear Cecily |
| 01:24:18 |
at the age you mention |
| 01:24:21 |
There will be a large accumulation |
| 01:24:25 |
Algy, could you wait for me |
| 01:24:31 |
Of course I could, Cecily. |
| 01:24:34 |
Yes, I felt that... instinctively. |
| 01:24:38 |
But I couldn't wait all that time. |
| 01:24:40 |
- But Cecily! |
| 01:24:43 |
as Miss Cardew states positively |
| 01:24:48 |
a remark which I am bound to say... |
| 01:24:50 |
seems to me to show |
| 01:24:53 |
I would beg of you |
| 01:24:56 |
But, my dear Lady Bracknell, the matter |
| 01:25:00 |
The moment you consent |
| 01:25:03 |
I will most gladly allow your nephew |
| 01:25:07 |
That is not the destiny |
| 01:25:10 |
Algernon, of course, |
| 01:25:13 |
Come, dear. We've already missed |
| 01:25:17 |
To miss any more might expose us |
| 01:25:22 |
Uh, everything is quite ready |
| 01:25:27 |
The christenings, sir? |
| 01:25:29 |
Is not this somewhat premature? |
| 01:25:31 |
Both these gentlemen have expressed |
| 01:25:36 |
At their age? |
| 01:25:38 |
The idea is grotesque |
| 01:25:41 |
Algernon, I forbid you to be baptized. |
| 01:25:46 |
Am I to understand |
| 01:25:49 |
no christenings at all |
| 01:25:52 |
I don't think that |
| 01:25:55 |
they would be of much practical value |
| 01:25:59 |
As your present mood seems to be |
| 01:26:02 |
I will return to the church at once. |
| 01:26:04 |
Indeed, I've just been informed |
| 01:26:09 |
Miss Prism? |
| 01:26:11 |
Did I hear you mention a Miss Prism? |
| 01:26:15 |
Yes, indeed. |
| 01:26:18 |
Kindly allow me to detain you |
| 01:26:21 |
Is this Miss Prism |
| 01:26:26 |
remotely connected with education? |
| 01:26:29 |
She is the most cultivated of ladies |
| 01:26:34 |
It is obviously the same person. |
| 01:26:37 |
May I ask what is her position |
| 01:26:43 |
Miss Prism, Lady Bracknell, |
| 01:26:45 |
Miss Cardew's esteemed governess |
| 01:26:49 |
In spite of what I hear of her, |
| 01:26:52 |
- Let her be sent for. |
| 01:26:55 |
She is nigh. |
| 01:26:58 |
I was told you expected me |
| 01:27:01 |
I have been waiting for you there |
| 01:27:04 |
Prism? |
| 01:27:09 |
Come here, Prism. |
| 01:27:17 |
Prism, where is that baby? |
| 01:27:22 |
Twenty-eight years ago, Prism, |
| 01:27:27 |
in charge of a perambulator |
| 01:27:32 |
You never returned. |
| 01:27:34 |
Some few weeks later, the perambulator |
| 01:27:39 |
standing by itself |
| 01:27:45 |
It contained the manuscript |
| 01:27:49 |
of more than |
| 01:27:52 |
- Ohh. |
| 01:27:56 |
Prism, where is that baby? |
| 01:28:02 |
Where is that baby, Prism? |
| 01:28:07 |
Lady Bracknell, I admit with shame |
| 01:28:13 |
I only wish I did. |
| 01:28:16 |
The plain facts of the case |
| 01:28:20 |
On the morning |
| 01:28:22 |
a day that is forever branded |
| 01:28:26 |
I prepared as usual to take |
| 01:28:30 |
I had also with me a somewhat old |
| 01:28:35 |
in which I had intended to place |
| 01:28:39 |
that I had written during |
| 01:28:42 |
In a moment of mental abstraction, |
| 01:28:46 |
I deposited the manuscript |
| 01:28:50 |
and placed the baby |
| 01:28:53 |
- But where did you deposit the handbag? |
| 01:28:57 |
Miss Prism, this is a matter |
| 01:28:59 |
I insist on knowing where you deposited |
| 01:29:01 |
I left it in the cloakroom of one of |
| 01:29:05 |
What railway station? |
| 01:29:08 |
Victoria. |
| 01:29:13 |
The Brighton line? |
| 01:29:16 |
The Brighton line. |
| 01:29:22 |
- Gwendolen, wait here for me. |
| 01:29:50 |
This suspense is terrible. |
| 01:29:55 |
- Miss Prism, is this the handbag? |
| 01:29:59 |
Examine it carefully |
| 01:30:01 |
The happiness of more than one life |
| 01:30:04 |
Thank you. |
| 01:30:07 |
It seems to be mine. |
| 01:30:09 |
Oh, yes! Here is the injury |
| 01:30:11 |
through the upsetting of |
| 01:30:13 |
in younger and happier days. |
| 01:30:17 |
Here is the stain on the lining... |
| 01:30:19 |
caused by the explosion |
| 01:30:22 |
an incident that occurred |
| 01:30:24 |
And here on the lock are my initials. |
| 01:30:27 |
I had forgotten that in an extravagant |
| 01:30:30 |
The bag is undoubtedly mine. |
| 01:30:32 |
I am delighted to have it |
| 01:30:35 |
It has been a great inconvenience |
| 01:30:38 |
Miss Prism, |
| 01:30:41 |
more is restored to you |
| 01:30:45 |
I am the baby |
| 01:30:49 |
- You? |
| 01:30:52 |
Mr. Worthing, I am unmarried! |
| 01:30:56 |
Unmarried? |
| 01:30:58 |
L-I do not deny that |
| 01:31:01 |
but who has the right to cast a stone |
| 01:31:05 |
Cannot repentance wipe out |
| 01:31:08 |
Why should there be one law for men |
| 01:31:11 |
Mother, I forgive you. |
| 01:31:13 |
Mr. Worthing, there is some error! |
| 01:31:16 |
There is the lady who can tell you |
| 01:31:21 |
Lady Bracknell, |
| 01:31:24 |
but could you kindly inform me |
| 01:31:29 |
You are the son of my poor sister, |
| 01:31:33 |
and, consequently, |
| 01:31:38 |
Algy's elder brother? |
| 01:31:43 |
I knew I had a brother. |
| 01:31:45 |
Cecily, how could you ever have |
| 01:31:48 |
Dr. Chasuble, my unfortunate brother. |
| 01:31:52 |
Gwendolen, my unfortunate brother. |
| 01:31:54 |
Algy, you young scoundrel, |
| 01:31:57 |
You've never behaved to me |
| 01:31:59 |
Not till today, I admit. |
| 01:32:03 |
My own! |
| 01:32:07 |
What is your Christian name |
| 01:32:10 |
Your decision on the subject |
| 01:32:14 |
I never change, |
| 01:32:17 |
What a noble nature |
| 01:32:19 |
Then the question must be |
| 01:32:22 |
Aunt Augusta, at the time when |
| 01:32:26 |
had I been christened already? |
| 01:32:28 |
Every luxury that money could buy, |
| 01:32:33 |
had been lavished on you |
| 01:32:36 |
Then I was christened. |
| 01:32:39 |
Now, what was my Christian name? |
| 01:32:42 |
Being the eldest son, you were |
| 01:32:47 |
Yes, but what was |
| 01:32:50 |
I cannot at the moment recall |
| 01:32:54 |
I've no doubt he had one. |
| 01:32:56 |
He was eccentric, I admit, |
| 01:33:00 |
Algy, can't you recollect |
| 01:33:02 |
My dear boy, we were never |
| 01:33:05 |
He died before I was a year old. |
| 01:33:07 |
His name would be in the army lists |
| 01:33:11 |
The general was essentially a man |
| 01:33:15 |
but I've no doubt his name |
| 01:33:25 |
The army lists |
| 01:33:29 |
These delightful records |
| 01:33:32 |
M, generals. |
| 01:33:38 |
"Magley," "Maxby," |
| 01:33:44 |
"Markly," "Migsby," "Mobbs." |
| 01:33:48 |
"Moncrieff." Lieutenant, 1840. |
| 01:33:52 |
Captain, lieutenant colonel, |
| 01:33:54 |
Christian name... |
| 01:33:59 |
Ernest John. |
| 01:34:04 |
Gwendolen, I always told you |
| 01:34:08 |
Ernest, my own Ernest. |
| 01:34:11 |
Cecily, at last. |
| 01:34:14 |
Laetitia, at last. |
| 01:34:17 |
Gwendolen, at last. |
| 01:34:19 |
My nephew? You seem to be |
| 01:34:25 |
On the contrary, Aunt Augusta. |
| 01:34:27 |
I have now realized |
| 01:34:30 |
the vital importance |
