LB: "I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing. Which do you know?" (12).
RT: I'm not sure.
LB: Surely you must have an opinion about your own knowledge.
RT: "You'll just tell me I'm wrong. Say I'm stupid" (136).
LB: So you're saying you know nothing?
RT: "This doesn't feel like help to me" (137).
LB: No, no, "I am pleased to hear it. I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance" (13).
RT: Oh, uh...thanks? I dunno where you're going with this, to be honest. Can I leave now?
LB: "Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone" (13).
RT: I've gotten hit with a couple baseballs before, so I don't see what that's gotta do with me. Plus, I'm not a desolate fruit.
LB: Delicate.
RT: Delicate?
LB: Delicate.
RT: Right, that. Anyways, I just don't see what why you're asking me this stuff. We've been here for hours.
LB: It has been approximately five minutes since you first arrived.
RT: Five minutes?
LB: Five minutes. "And now I'll have a cup of tea, and one of those nice cucumber sandwiches you promised me" (8).
RT: "I did? When? Are you sure?" (135). Uh, I guess I can try and make some right now if you want...I still don't like the way you're talking to me though. I'm not smart, but I'm not dumb either.
LB: Isn't that an absurd contradiction?
RT: "Yeah, I guess that doesn't really make sense. I guess it is like you say a contradiction" (130).
LB: No matter, I prefer contradiction as opposed to the actual and whole truth. It can get quite dull. Now, those sandwiches, if you please? I'll wait patiently.
RT: [an irritated frown overcomes his face as he stands and says aside, to himself] "I'm gonna get real weird with it."
Marc, Well done! The dialog between the two characters fit together seamlessly. I think that it interesting that Lady Bracknell and Rodney's therapist are quite similar in personality. It seems to me that Lady Bracknell very well could have been the therapist of Rodney in the novel!
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