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49 Every serious Bunburyist knows that. JACK Serious Bunburyist! Good Heavens! ALG Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life. I happen to be serious about Bunburying. What on earth you are serious about I haven’t got the remotest idea. About everything, I should fancy. You have such an absolutely trivial nature. JACK Well, the only small satisfaction I have in the whole of this wretched business is that your friend Bunbury is quite exploded. You won’t be able to run down to the country quite so often as you used to do, dear Algy. And a very good thing too. ALG Your brother is a little off colour, isn’t he, dear Jack? You won’t be able to disappear to London quite so frequently as your wicked custom was. And not a bad thing either. JACK As for your conduct towards Miss Cardew, I must say that your taking in a sweet, simple, innocent girl like that was quite inexcusable. To say nothing of the fact that she is my ward. ALG I can see no possible defence at all for your deceiving a brilliant, clever, thoroughly experienced young lady like Miss Fairfax. To say nothing of the fact that she is my cousin. JACK I wanted to be engaged to Gwendolen, that is all. I love her. ALG Well, I simply wanted to be engaged to Cecily. I adore her. JACK There is certainly no chance of your marrying Miss Cardew. ALG I don’t think there is much likelihood, Jack, of you and Miss Fairfax being united. JACK Well, that is no business of yours. ALG If it was my business, I wouldn’t talk about it. [Begins to eat muffins.] It is very vulgar to talk about one’s business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner-parties. JACK How you can sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible trouble, I can’t make out. You seem to me to be perfectly heartless. ALG Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them. JACK I say it’s perfectly heartless your eating muffins at all, under the circumstances. |
