Act II
Cecily defiantly puts four lumps of sugar in Gwendolen's tea and serves her cake instead of bread and butter.
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From The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The famous tea-table confrontation between Gwendolen and Cecily, where each believes herself engaged to Ernest Worthing, is a masterpiece of veiled aggression dressed in impeccable manners. Wilde uses tea-table etiquette as a battleground.
Act II
Gwendolen: 'From the moment I saw you I distrusted you. I felt that you were false and deceitful.'
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The two women shift from rivalry to sisterly alliance once both men's deceptions are revealed.
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