Jack is eager to “Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be christened this afternoon.”
marry Gwendolen “I am (prepared to do this terrible thing).”
“[They fall into each other's arms.]”
“I am engaged to be married to Gwendolen Lady Bracknell!”
“The moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen, I will most gladly allow your nephew
to form an alliance with my ward.”
“[Exit JACK in great excitement.]”
“The happiness of more than one life depends on your answer.”
“[Rushes to bookcase and tears the books out.]”
“I always told you, Gwendolen, my name was Ernest, didn't I?”
“Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been
speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?”
“My own one!”
“Gwendolen! [Embraces her.] At last!”
Jack dislikes Lady “I am engaged to be married to Gwendolen Lady Bracknell!”
Bracknell “[JACK looks perfectly furious, but restrains himself.]”
“[In a clear, cold voice.]”
“[Very irritably.] How extremely kind of you, Lady Bracknell!”
“That is all. Goodbye, Lady Bracknell. So pleased to have seen you.”
“And after six months nobody knew her.”
“I beg your pardon for interrupting you, Lady Bracknell, but this engagement is quite out of the
question.”
Jack cares for “I have also in my possession…certificates of Miss Cardew's birth, baptism, whooping cough,
Cecily registration, vaccination, confirmation, and the measles; both the German and the English variet
“I am Miss Cardew's guardian, and she cannot marry without my consent until she comes of age
That consent I absolutely decline to give.”
“Continuing his disgraceful deception, he succeeded in the course of the afternoon in alienating
the affections of my only ward.”
“I decline to give my consent.”
Algernon is eager “Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be christened this afternoon.”
to marry Cecily “I am (ready to face this fearful ordeal)!”
“Darling!”
“[They fall into each other's arms.]”
“I am engaged to be married to Cecily, Aunt Augusta.”
“Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world. And I don't care twopence abo
social possibilities.”
“Thank you, Aunt Augusta.”
“Of course I could, Cecily. You know I could.”
“Cecily! [Embraces her.] At last!”
Algernon is a “[Stammering.] Oh! No! Bunbury doesn't live here. Bunbury is somewhere else at present. In fac
frequent liar Bunbury is dead.”
“Oh! I killed Bunbury this afternoon. I mean poor Bunbury died this afternoon.”
“Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded.”
“My dear Aunt Augusta, I mean he was found out! The doctors found out that Bunbury could no
live, that is what I mean - so Bunbury died.”
Gwendolen is “Their explanations appear to be quite satisfactory, especially Mr. Worthing's. That seems to me
eager to marry have the stamp of truth upon it.”
Jack “For my sake you are prepared to do this terrible thing?”
“Darling!”
“[They fall into each other's arms.]”
“Merely that I am engaged to be married to Mr. Worthing, mamma.”
