58-65 Flashcards
Yes miss
Ms. Fairfax! I suppose one of the many good elderly women who are associated with Uncle Jack in some of his philanthropic work in London. I don’t quite like women who are interested in philanthropic work. I think it is so forward of them.
Ms. Fairfax.
Pray let me introduce myself to you. My name is Cecily Cardew.
My first impressions of people are never wrong.
How nice of you to like me so much after we have known each other such a comparatively short time. Pray sit down.
I may call you Cecily, may I not?
With pleasure!
And you will always call me Gwendolen, won’t you?
If you wish.
Then that is all quite settled, is it not?
I hope so.
You have never heard of papa, I suppose?
I don’t think so.
Do you mind my looking at you through my glasses?
Oh! Not at all, Gwendolen. I am very fond of being looked at.
You are here on a short visit, I suppose.
Oh no! I live here.
…relative of advanced years, resides here also?
Oh no! I have no mother, nor, in fact, any relations.
Indeed?
My dear guardian, with the assistance of Ms. Prism, has the arduous task of looking after me.
Your guardian?
Yes, I am Mr. Worthing’s ward.
… in fact, if I may speak candidly
Pray do! I think that whenever one has anything unpleasant to say, one should always be quite candid.
…history would be quite unreadable.
I beg your pardon, Gwendolen, did you say Ernest?
Yes.
Oh, but it is not Mr. Ernest Worthing who is my guardian. It is his brother, his elder brother.
Ernest never mentioned to me that he had a brother.
I am sorry to say that they have not been on good terms for a long time.
…quite sure that it is not Mr. Ernest Worthing who is your guardian?
Quite sure. In fact, I am going to be his.
I beg your pardon?
Dearest Gwendolen, there is no reason why I should make a secret of it to you. Our little county newspaper is sure to chronicle the fact next week. Mr. Ernest Worthing and I are engaged to be married.
…in the Morning Post on Saturday at the latest
I am afraid you must be under some misconception. Ernest proposed to me exactly ten minutes ago
…but I am afraid I have the prior claim.
It would distress me more than I can tell you, dear Gwendolen, if it caused you any mental or physical anguish, but I feel bound to point out that since Ernest proposed to you he clearly has changed his mind.
…rescue him at once, and with a firm hand.
Whatever unfortunate entanglement my dear boy may have gotten into, I will never reproach him with it after we are married.
…it becomes a pleasure
Do you suggest, ms. Fairfax, that I entrapped Ernest into an engagement? How dare you? This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
…tea here as usual, miss?
Yes, as usual.
…walks in the vicinity, ms. Cardew?
Oh! Yes! A great many. From the top of one of the hills quite close one can see five counties.
…I hate crowds
I suppose that is why you live in town.
Quite a well kept garden this is, ms. Cardew.
So glad you like it, ms. Fairfax.
I had no idea there were any flowers in the country.
Oh, flowers are as common here, ms farifax, as people are in London
…the country always bores me to death.
Ah! This is what the newspapers call agricultural depression, is it not? I believe the aristocracy are suffering very much from it just at present. It is almost an epidemic amongst them, I have been told. May I offer you some tea, ms Fairfax?
…I require tea.
Sugar?
…not fashionable anymore.
Cake or bread and butter?
…rarely seen at the best houses nowadays.
Hand that to ms. Fairfax.
…Ms. Cardew, you may go too far
To save my poor, innocent, trusting boy from the machinations of any other girl there are no lengths to which I would not go
..my first impressions of people are invariably right.
It seems to me, ms Fairfax, that I am trespassing on your valuable time. No doubt you have many other calls of a similar character to make in the neighborhood
