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The Importance of Being Earnest Full Text: Act I

The Importance of Being Earnest Full Text: Act I : Page 18

Algernon. Nobody ever does.

[Jack looks indignantly at him, and leaves the room. Algernon lights a cigarette, reads his shirt-cuff, and smiles.]

Read Shmoop's Analysis of Act I