Rewrite the conversation in indirect or reported speech.Avoid the question and answer format.
Jack. I have lost both my parents.
Lady Bracknell. To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both
looks like carelessness. Who was your father? He was evidently a man of some wealth. Was he
born in what the Radical papers call the purple of commerce, or did he rise from the ranks of the
aristocracy?
Jack. I am afraid I really don't know. The fact is, Lady Bracknell, I said I had lost my parents. It
would be nearer the truth to say that my parents seem to have lost me... I don't actually know
who I am by birth. I was ... well, I was found.
Lady Bracknell. Found!
Jack. The late Mr Thomas Cardew, an old gentleman of a very charitable and kindly disposition,
found me, and gave me the name of Worthing, because he happened to have a first-class ticket for
Worthing in his pocket at the time. Worthing is a place in Sussex. It is a seaside resort.
Lady Bracknell. Where did the charitable gentleman who had a first-class ticket for this seaside
resort find you?
Jack. [Gravely.] In a handbag.
Lady Bracknell. A handbag?
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Jack. I am afraid I really don't know. The fact is, Lady Bracknell, I said I had lost my parents. It
would be nearer the truth to say that my parents seem to have lost me... I don't actually know
who I am by birth. I was ... well, I was found.
Lady Bracknell. Found!
Jack. The late Mr Thomas Cardew, an old gentleman of a very charitable and kindly disposition,
found me, and gave me the name of Worthing, because he happened to have a first-class ticket for
Worthing in his pocket at the time. Worthing is a place in Sussex.
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