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24 August, 23:00

Algernon. You'll never break off our engagement again, Cecily?

Cecily. I don't think I could break it off now that I have actually met you. Besides, of course, there is the question of your name.

Algernon. Yes, of course. [Nervously.]

Cecily. You must not laugh at me, darling, but it had always been a girlish dream of mine to love some one whose name was Ernest. [Algernon rises, Cecily also.] There is something in that name that seems to inspire absolute confidence. I pity any poor married woman whose husband is not called Ernest.

-The Importance of Being Earnest,

Oscar Wilde

What is the most accurate conclusion that can be drawn about Cecily, given this dialogue?

a. She is a responsible person.

b. She is a hopeless romantic.

c. She is unfriendly toward new people.