At first he lies and says the cigarette case is from his Aunt Cecily. In the country, however, he is known as Jack Worthing, squire, with a troubled brother named Ernest. Jack claims that he has made up the character of Ernest because it gives him an excuse to visit the city. Jack announces that he plans to propose marriage to Gwendolen, but Algernon claims that he will not consent to their marriage until Jack explains why he is known as Ernest and why he has a cigarette case with a questionable inscription from a mysterious lady. Jack Worthing (a friend of Moncrieff's and known to him as Ernest) arrives first. While Algernon (Algy, for short) plays the piano, his servant (Lane) is arranging cucumber sandwiches for the impending arrival of Algernon's aunt (Lady Bracknell) and her daughter (Gwendolen). The curtain opens on the flat of wealthy Algernon Moncrieff in London's fashionable West End.
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