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23 [Jack and Gwendolen go off.] [Lane presents several letters on a salver to Algernon. It is to be surmised that they are bills, as Algernon, after looking at the envelopes, tears them up.] ALG A glass of sherry, Lane. LANE Yes, sir. ALG To-morrow, Lane, I’m going Bunburying. LANE Yes, sir. ALG I shall probably not be back till Monday. You can put up my dress clothes, my smoking Jacket, and all the Bunbury suits.... LANE Yes, sir. [Handing sherry.] ALG I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. LANE It never is, sir. ALG Lane, you’re a perfect pessimist. LANE I do my best to give satisfaction, sir. [Enter Jack. Lane goes off.] JACK There’s a sensible, intellectual girl! the only girl I ever cared for in my life. [Algernon is laughing immoderately.] What on earth are you so amused at? ALG Oh, I’m a little anxious about poor Bunbury, that is all. JACK If you don’t take care, your friend Bunbury will get you into a serious scrape some day. ALG I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious. JACK Oh, that’s nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense. ALG Nobody ever does. [Jack looks indignantly at him, leaves the room. Algernon lights a cigarette, reads his shirt-cuff, and smiles.] SECOND ACT SCENE-Garden at the Manor House. A flight of gray stone steps leads up to the house. The garden, an old-fashioned one, full of roses. Time of year, July. Basket chairs, and a table covered with books, are set under a large yew tree. [Miss Prism discovered seated at the table. Cecily is at the back watering flowers.] |
