Fairfax. To say nothing of the fact that she is my cousin.

Jack. I wanted to be engaged to Gwendolen, that is all. I love
her.

Algernon. Well, I simply wanted to be engaged to Cecily. I adore
her.

Jack. There is certainly no chance of your marrying Miss Cardew.

Algernon. I don't think there is much likelihood, Jack, of you and
Miss Fairfax being united.

Jack. Well, that is no business of yours.

Algernon. If it was my business, I wouldn't talk about it. [Begins
to eat muffins.] It is very vulgar to talk about one's business.
Only people like stock-brokers do that, and then merely at dinner
parties.

Jack. How can you sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in
this horrible trouble, I can't make out. You seem to me to be
perfectly heartless.

Algernon. Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The
butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat
muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.

Jack. I say it's perfectly heartless your eating muffins at all,
under the circumstances.