Jack.
Well, I am afraid I really have none. I am a Liberal Unionist.
Lady Bracknell.
Oh, they count as Tories. They dine with us. Or come in the
evening, at any rate. Now to minor matters. Are your parents living?
Jack.
I have lost both my parents.
Lady Bracknell.
To
lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a
misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Who was your father? He
was evidently a man of some wealth. Was he born in what the Radical
papers
call the purple of commerce, or did he rise from the ranks of the
aristocracy?
Jack.
I am afraid I really don’t know.
The fact is, Lady Bracknell, I said I had
lost my parents. It would be nearer the truth to say that
my parents seem to
have lost me . . . I don’t actually know who I am by birth. I was . . . well, I was
found.
Lady Bracknell. Found!
Jack.
The late Mr. Thomas Cardew, an old gentleman of a very charitable
and
kindly disposition, found me, and gave me the name of Worthing,
because he happened to have a first-class ticket for Worthing in
his pocket
at the time. Worthing is a place in Sussex. It is a seaside resort.
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