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39 CEC I am so glad. ALG You’ll never break off our engagement again, Cecily? CEC I don’t think I could break it off now that I have actually met you. Besides, of course, there is the question of your name. ALG Yes, of course. [Nervously.] CEC You must not laugh at me, darling, but it had always been a girlish dream of mine to love some one whose name was Ernest. [Algernon rises, Cecily also.] There is something in that name that seems to inspire absolute confidence. I pity any poor married woman whose husband is not called Ernest. ALG But, my dear child, do you mean to say you could not love me if I had some other name? CEC But what name? ALG Oh, any name you like-Algernon-for instance... CEC But I don’t like the name of Algernon. ALG Well, my own dear, sweet, loving little darling, I really can’t see why you should object to the name of Algernon. It is not at all a bad name. In fact, it is rather an aristocratic name. Half of the chaps who get into the Bankruptcy Court are called Algernon. But seriously, Cecily... [Moving to her.] ...if my name was Algy, couldn’t you love me? CEC [Rising.] I might respect you, Ernest, I might admire your character, but I fear that I should not be able to give you my undivided attention. ALG Ahem! Cecily! [Picking up hat.] Your Rector here is, I suppose, thoroughly experienced in the practice of all the rites and ceremonials of the Church? CEC Oh, yes. Dr. Chasuble is a most learned man. He has never written a single book, so you can imagine how much he knows. ALG I must see him at once on a most important christening-I mean on most important business. CEC Oh! ALG I sha’n’t be away more than half an hour. CEC Considering that we have been engaged since February the 14 th , and that I only met you to-day for the first time, I think it is |
