The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
page 88 of 107 (82%)
page 88 of 107 (82%)
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Gwendolen. [To Jack.] For my sake you are prepared to do this
terrible thing? Jack. I am. Cecily. [To Algernon.] To please me you are ready to face this fearful ordeal? Algernon. I am! Gwendolen. How absurd to talk of the equality of the sexes! Where questions of self-sacrifice are concerned, men are infinitely beyond us. Jack. We are. [Clasps hands with Algernon.] Cecily. They have moments of physical courage of which we women know absolutely nothing. Gwendolen. [To Jack.] Darling! Algernon. [To Cecily.] Darling! [They fall into each other's arms.] [Enter Merriman. When he enters he coughs loudly, seeing the situation.] Merriman. Ahem! Ahem! Lady Bracknell! Jack. Good heavens! |
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