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26 MISS PRI Cecily, I have not mentioned anything about a headache. CEC No, dear Miss Prism, I know that, but I felt instinctively that you had a headache. Indeed I was thinking about that, and not about my German lesson, when the Rector came in. CHAS I hope Cecily, you are not inattentive. CEC Oh, I am afraid I am. CHAS That is strange. Were I fortunate enough to be Miss Prism’s pupil, I would hang upon her lips. [Miss Prism glares.] I spoke metaphorically. My metaphor was drawn from bees. Ahem! Mr. Worthing, I suppose, has not returned from town yet? MISS PRI We do not expect him till Monday afternoon. CHAS Ah yes, he usually likes to spend his Sunday in London. He is not one of those whose sole aim is enjoyment, as, by all accounts, that unfortunate young man his brother seems to be. But I must not disturb Egeria and her pupil any longer. MISS PRI Egeria? My name is Laetitia, Doctor. CHAS [Bowing.] A classical allusion merely, drawn from the Pagan authors. I shall see you both no doubt at Evensong? MISS PRI I think, dear Doctor, I will have a stroll with you. I find I have a headache after all, and a walk might do it good. CHAS With pleasure, Miss Prism, with pleasure. We might go as far as the schools and back. MISS PRI That would be delightful. Cecily, you will read your Political Economy in my absence. The chapter on the Fall of the Rupee you may omit. It is somewhat too sensational. Even these metallic problems have their melodramatic side. [Goes down the garden with Dr. Chasuble.] CEC [Picks up books and throws them back on table.] Horrid Political Economy! Horrid Geography! Horrid, horrid German! [Enter Merriman with a card on a salver.] MERR Mr. Ernest Worthing has just driven over from the station. He has brought his luggage with him. |
