Jack : Bunburyist? What does Bunburyist mean?
Algernon : I'll tell you when you have explained why you are Ernest in town and jack in the country.
Jack : Then give me my cigarette case first.
Algernon :Here. (He gives the case , but keeps the card.)
Jack : There's nothing strange about it. Cecily Cardew is the granddaughter of Mr Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a boy. She lives at my house in the country.
Algernon : Oh! And where is that house?
Jack : I'm not going to ask you to visit me there, Algy , so that doesn't matter. Before Mr Cardew died he made me Cecily's guardian. That's why she calls me uncle.
Algernon : Well, you still haven't told me why you're Ernest in town and jack in the country.
Jack : My dear Algy , I don't think that you'll understand this , but it's important for a guardian to be serious about things. It's hard for me to be serious all the time.
Algernon :That's true. Now , go on.
Jack : I need to escape to London sometimes to enjoy myself. So I pretend that I have a younger brother here called Ernest, who gets into terrible trouble. That's all.
Algernon : I was right. You are a Bunburyist !