The Importance of Being Earnest

Lady Bracknell: Well, i must say, Algernon, that i think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or die. This shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. Nor did I in any way approve of the modern sympathy with invalids. I consider it morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Health is the primary duty of life...as far as any improvement in his ailment goes. Well, Algernon, of course if you are obliged to be beside the bedside of Mr. Bunbury, I have nothing more to say. But I would be much obliged if you would ask Mr. Bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on Saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. It is my last reception, and one wants something taht will encourage conservation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much.