quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me so
nervous.
Jack.
I do mean something else.
Gwendolen.
I thought so. In fact, I am never wrong.
Jack.
And I would like to be allowed to take advantage of Lady Bracknell’s
temporary absence . . .
Gwendolen.
I would certainly advise you to do so. Mamma has a way of
coming back suddenly into a room that I have often
had to speak to her
about.
Jack.
[Nervously.] Miss Fairfax, ever since I met you I have admired you
more than any girl . . . I have ever met since . . . I met you.
Gwendolen.
Yes, I am quite well aware of the fact. And I often wish that in
public, at any rate, you had been more demonstrative. For me you have
always had an irresistible fascination. Even before
I met you I was far from
indifferent to you. [
Jack
looks at her in amazement.] We live, as I hope you
know, Mr. Worthing, in an age of ideals. The fact is constantly mentioned in
the more expensive monthly magazines, and has reached the provincial
pulpits, I am told; and my ideal has always been
to love some one of the
name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute
confidence. The moment Algernon first mentioned to me that he had a
friend
called Ernest, I knew I was destined to love you.
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