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53 CEC Yes. I mean no. GWEN True! I had forgotten. There are principles at stake that one cannot surrender. Which of us should tell them? The task is not a pleasant one. CEC Could we not both speak at the same time? GWEN An excellent idea! I nearly always speak at the same time as other people. Will you take the time from me? CEC Certainly. [Gwendolen beats time with uplifted finger.] GWEN AND CEC [Speaking together.] Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier. That is all! JACK AND ALG [Speaking together.] Our Christian names! Is that all? But we are going to be christened this afternoon. GWEN [To Jack.] For my sake you are prepared to do this terrible thing? JACK I am. CEC [To Algernon.] To please me you are ready to face this fearful ordeal? ALG I am! GWEN How absurd to talk of the equality of the sexes! Where questions of self-sacrifice are concerned, men are infinitely beyond us. JACK We are. [Clasps hands with Algernon.] CEC They have moments of physical courage of which we women know absolutely nothing. GWEN [To Jack.] Darling! ALG [To Cecily.] Darling! |
