Lady bracknell. pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. when you do become engaged to some one, i, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. an engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. it is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself . . . and now i have a few questions to put to you, mr. worthing. while i am making these inquiries, you, gwendolen, will wait for me below in the carriage. –the importance of being earnest, oscar wilde which feature of a comedy of manners is present in the passage?