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LADY BRACKNELL. Every luxury that money could buy, including
christening, had been lavished on you by your fond and doting
parents.
JACK. Then I was christened! That is settled. Now, what name was
I given? Let me know the worst.
LADY BRACKNELL. Being the eldest son you were naturally christened
after your father.
JACK. [Irritably.] Yes, but what was my father's Christian name?
LADY BRACKNELL. [Meditatively.] I cannot at the present moment
recall what the General's Christian name was. But I have no doubt
he had one. He was eccentric, I admit. But only in later years.
And that was the result of the Indian climate, and marriage, and
indigestion, and other things of that kind.
JACK. Algy! Can't you recollect what our father's Christian name
was?
ALGERNON. My dear boy, we were never even on speaking terms. He
died before I was a year old.
JACK. His name would appear in the Army Lists of the period, I
suppose, Aunt Augusta?
LADY BRACKNELL. The General was essentially a man of peace, except
in his domestic life. But I have no doubt his name would appear in
any military directory.
JACK. The Army Lists of the last forty years are here. These
delightful records should have been my constant study. [Rushes to
bookcase and tears the books out.] M. Generals . . . Mallam,
Maxbohm, Magley, what ghastly names they have - Markby, Migsby,
Mobbs, Moncrieff! Lieutenant 1840, Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Colonel, General 1869, Christian names, Ernest John. [Puts book
very quietly down and speaks quite calmly.] I always told you,
Gwendolen, my name was Ernest, didn't I? Well, it is Ernest after
all. I mean it naturally is Ernest.
LADY BRACKNELL. Yes, I remember now that the General was called
Ernest, I knew I had some particular reason for disliking the name.
GWENDOLEN. Ernest! My own Ernest! I felt from the first that you
could have no other name!
JACK. Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out
suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the
truth. Can you forgive me?
GWENDOLEN. I can. For I feel that you are sure to change.
JACK. My own one!
CHASUBLE. [To MISS PRISM.] Laetitia! [Embraces her]
MISS PRISM. [Enthusiastically.] Frederick! At last!
ALGERNON. Cecily! [Embraces her.] At last!
JACK. Gwendolen! [Embraces her.] At last!
LADY BRACKNELL. My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of
triviality.
JACK. On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I've now realised for the
first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.
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christening, had been lavished on you by your fond and doting
parents.
JACK. Then I was christened! That is settled. Now, what name was
I given? Let me know the worst.
LADY BRACKNELL. Being the eldest son you were naturally christened
after your father.
JACK. [Irritably.] Yes, but what was my father's Christian name?
LADY BRACKNELL. [Meditatively.] I cannot at the present moment
recall what the General's Christian name was. But I have no doubt
he had one. He was eccentric, I admit. But only in later years.
And that was the result of the Indian climate, and marriage, and
indigestion, and other things of that kind.
JACK. Algy! Can't you recollect what our father's Christian name
was?
ALGERNON. My dear boy, we were never even on speaking terms. He
died before I was a year old.
JACK. His name would appear in the Army Lists of the period, I
suppose, Aunt Augusta?
LADY BRACKNELL. The General was essentially a man of peace, except
in his domestic life. But I have no doubt his name would appear in
any military directory.
JACK. The Army Lists of the last forty years are here. These
delightful records should have been my constant study. [Rushes to
bookcase and tears the books out.] M. Generals . . . Mallam,
Maxbohm, Magley, what ghastly names they have - Markby, Migsby,
Mobbs, Moncrieff! Lieutenant 1840, Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Colonel, General 1869, Christian names, Ernest John. [Puts book
very quietly down and speaks quite calmly.] I always told you,
Gwendolen, my name was Ernest, didn't I? Well, it is Ernest after
all. I mean it naturally is Ernest.
LADY BRACKNELL. Yes, I remember now that the General was called
Ernest, I knew I had some particular reason for disliking the name.
GWENDOLEN. Ernest! My own Ernest! I felt from the first that you
could have no other name!
JACK. Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out
suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the
truth. Can you forgive me?
GWENDOLEN. I can. For I feel that you are sure to change.
JACK. My own one!
CHASUBLE. [To MISS PRISM.] Laetitia! [Embraces her]
MISS PRISM. [Enthusiastically.] Frederick! At last!
ALGERNON. Cecily! [Embraces her.] At last!
JACK. Gwendolen! [Embraces her.] At last!
LADY BRACKNELL. My nephew, you seem to be displaying signs of
triviality.
JACK. On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I've now realised for the
first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.
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- luxury [´lʌkʃəri]
n.奢侈(品)；享受 (初中英语单词) - indian [´indiən] a.印度的 n.印度人 (初中英语单词)
- climate [´klaimit] n.气候；特殊气候地带 (初中英语单词)
- domestic [də´mestik] a.家庭的；本国的 (初中英语单词)
- constant [´kɔnstənt] a.坚定的；坚贞的 (初中英语单词)
- lieutenant [lef´tenənt] n.陆军中尉；代理；副手 (初中英语单词)
- forgive [fə´giv] vt.原谅，谅解，宽恕 (初中英语单词)
- nephew [´nevju:, ´nɛfju] n.侄子；外甥 (初中英语单词)
- contrary [´kɔntrəri] a.相反的 n.相反 (初中英语单词)
- eldest [´eldist] a.最年长的 (高中英语单词)
- ghastly [´gɑ:stli] a.苍白的；可怕的 (高中英语单词)
- recollect [rekə´lekt] v.重新集合；恢复 (英语四级单词)
- essentially [i´senʃəli] ad.本质上，基本上 (英语四级单词)
- eccentric [ik´sentrik] a.古怪的；离心的 (英语六级单词)
- speaking [´spi:kiŋ] n.说话 a.发言的 (英语六级单词)
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