ACT TWO Flashcards
Gwendolen (on Cecily’s name): “Cecily. What a very ____ name! Something tells me that we are going to be great _____. I ____ you already more than I can say.”
“Cecily. What a very sweet name! Something tells me that we are going to be great friends. I like you already more than I can say.”
Cecily (realizing they are both engaged to ‘Ernest’):
“A ______. May I ask if you are engaged to be married to this young man?”
Gwendolen:
“To _____ Ernest? Yes.”
Cecily:
“So am I.”
“A moment. May I ask if you are engaged to be married to this young man?”
Gwendolen:
“To dear Ernest? Yes.”
Cecily:
“So am I.”
“Personally, I cannot __________how anybody manages to exist in the __________, if anybody who is anybody does. The country always _____me to ________.”
“Personally, I cannot understand how anybody manages to exist in the country, if anybody who is anybody does. The country always bores me to death.”
From the ______ I saw you I _______ you. I felt you were _____ and __________. I am never deceived in such matters. My first ________ of people are __________ right.
Gwen to cecily
From the moment I saw you I distrusted you. I felt you were false and deceitful. I am never deceived in such matters. My first impressions of people are invariably right.
Gwen: ‘’I had no _____ there were any _____ in the _____.’’
Cecily: “Oh, ______ are as common here, Miss fairfax, as _____ are in London”
Gwen: ‘’I had no idea there were any flowers in the country.’’
Cecily: “Oh, flowers are as common here, Miss fairfax, as people are in London”
Cecily: “when I see a ____ I call it a ____.”
Gwen: “[satirically] I am glad to say that I have never seen a ______. It is obvious that are ____ _____ have been quite _______.”
Cecily: “when I see a spade I call it a spade.”
Gwen: “[satirically] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that are social spheres have been quite different.”
Both girls: ‘’May I ask— are you _______ to be _________ to this _______ lady?”
Both men: “what could have put such an ___ into your ____ _____ head?”
Both girls: ‘’May I ask— are you engaged to be married to this young lady?”
Both men: “what could have put such an idea into your pretty little head?”
‘’You must not _____ at me, ____. But it has always been a ____ _____ of mine to love someone whose name was ________.’’
‘’You must not laugh at me, darling. But it has always been a girlish dream of mine to love someone whose name was Earnest.’’
