Algernon takes Lady Bracknell into the music room to give Jack the opportunity to propose to Gwendolen.
This happens early in The Importance of Being Earnest when Gwendolen and Lady Bracknell visit Algernon’s flat. Algernon, knowing that Jack wants to propose, cleverly distracts Lady Bracknell by taking her into another room:
"Dear Aunt Augusta, I have some small matters to arrange with my manservant. Gwendolen, will you accompany me to the music-room?"
This gives Jack and Gwendolen a moment alone, during which Jack proposes. However, the proposal is comically shallow, as Gwendolen is mainly interested in Jack because she believes his name is Ernest—setting up the central irony of the play.
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