ACT 3 SCENE 2

Question 1

LADY BRACKNELL: You are nothing of the kind, sir. And now, as regards Algernon? . . . Algernon!

Answer 1

Yes, Aunt Augusta.

Question 2

LADY BRACKNELL: May I ask if it is in this house that your invalid friend Mr. Bunbury resides?

Answer 2

Oh! No! Bunbury doesn’t live here. Bunbury is somewhere else at present. In fact, Bunbury is dead.

Question 3

LADY BRACKNELL: Dead! When did Mr. Bunbury die? His death must have been extremely sudden.

Answer 3

Oh! I killed Bunbury this afternoon. I mean! Poor Bunbury died this afternoon.

Question 4

LADY BRACKNELL: What did he die of?

Answer 4

Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded.

Question 5

LADY BRACKNELL: …
And now that we have finally got rid of this Mr. Bunbury, may I ask, Mr. Worthing, who is that young person whose hand my nephew Algernon is now holding in what seems to me a peculiarly unnecessary manner?

JACK: That lady is Miss Cecily Cardew, my ward

Answer 5

I am engaged to be married to Cecily, Aunt Augusta.

Question 6

LADY BRACKNELL: …
…
They are worn very high, just at present. Algernon!

Answer 6

Yes, Aunt Augusta!

Question 7

LADY BRACKNELL: There are distinct social possibilities in Miss Cardew’s profile.

Answer 7

Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world. And I don’t care twopence about social possibilities.

Question 8

LADY BRACKNELL: Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.
…
Well, I suppose I must give my consent.

Answer 8

Thank you, Aunt Augusta.

Question 9

LADY BRACKNELL: The marriage, I think, had better take place quite soon.

Answer 9

ALGERNON AND CECILY. [They embrace.]
Thank you, Aunt Augusta.