[Enter LANE.] LANE Mr. Ernest Worthing. [Enter JACK.] [LANE goes out.] ALGERNON How are you, my dear Ernest? What brings you up to town? JACK Oh, pleasure, pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere? Eating as usual, I see, Algy! ALGERNON [Stiffly.] I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o’clock. Where have you been since last Thursday? JACK [Sitting down on the sofa.] In the country. ALGERNON What on earth do you do there? JACK [Pulling off his gloves.] When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring. ALGERNON And who are the people you amuse? JACK [Airily.] Oh, neighbours, neighbours. |
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