![]() ![]() ALGERNON How immensely you must amuse them! By the way, Shropshire is your county, is it not? JACK Eh? Shropshire ? Yes, of course. ALGERNON Got nice neighbours in your part of Shropshire? JACK Perfectly horrid! Never speak to one of them. ALGERNON And who are the people you amuse? JACK Oh, neighbours, neighbours. When one is in the country one amuses other people. That will do, Lane, thank you.ĪLGERNON What on earth do you do there? JACK When one is in town one amuses oneself. LANE No, sir it is not a very interesting subject. ALGERNON I don’t know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. ALGERNON Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that? LANE I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. ![]() ![]() I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand. LANE I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. ALGERNON Why is it that at a bachelor’s establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed. by the way, Lane, I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. ![]()
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