Jack : What do you mean?
Algernon : You pretend to have a brother Ernest in town. I pretend to have a very ill friend called Bunbury, in the country. You come to town when you want, to help Ernest, and I leave town when I want to visit Bunbury.
Jack : Well, I'm going to kill Ernest soon. Cecily is a little too interested in him. You see , I'm not a Bunburyist.
Algernon :Oh,but Bunbury is so usrful. The poor man's terribly unwell tonight, so I can't possibly go to dinner at Aunt Augusta's. I can come to dinner with you.
Jack : But I haven't asked you to have dinner with me.
Algernon : I know. You are so forgetful.
Lane :(Coming in) lady Bracknell and Miss Fairfax ,sir.
Algernon :(Quietly to jack) Listen,if I take my aunt away for ten minutes, you can ask Gwendolen to marry you. If I do that , can I come to dinner with you?
Jack : Oh,all right. If you want to.
Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen come in. Lady Bracknell look at jack coldly . Gwendolen and jack stand together.
Lady Bracknell :Good afternoon, my dear Algernon
Algernon : Good afternoon ,Aunt Augusta.
Lady Bracknell : Well,now I'll have some tea,and one of lane's nice cucumber sandwiches.