Lane brings the cigarette case on a silver plate.
Jack Have you had my case all this time
Algernon takes the cigarette case. Lane goes out.
Algernon ( Opening the case and looking inside ) Well,what do I see here? This is not your cigarette case.
Jack Of course it's mine!
Algernon (reading) 'Form little Cerily,with love.' You do not know anyone with that name, so it can't be yours.
Jack : If you really want to know, Cerily is my aunt.
Algernon Your aunt! So why ' little Cerily'?
Jack Well, some aunts are tall, some are not.
Algernon Yes, but why does this small aunt say 'Form little Cerily, with love to her Uncle Jack'? You aren't her uncle. And your name isn't Jack, it's Ernest
Jack It isn't Erest, it's Jack
algernon You've always told me that it was Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest.You're the most earnest-looking person that I've ever met .Look,your name's ever on your cards.(He takes a card form the case,and reads it)'Mr Ernest Worthing, B4, The Albany.'
Jack Well,I'm Ernest in town and jack in the country, and I got the cigerette case in the country.
Algernon Ah,I knew that you where a secret Bunburyist