watsons-tin-box reblogged
Holmes starting and Watson finishing a quote from “The Importance of Being Earnest” in The Eligible Bachelor.
‘To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose three [wives] looks like carelessness.’
The original Oscar Wilde quote (from The Importance of Being Earnest): ‘To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.’
^ What if we substitute the phrase sibling in place of “parent” or “wife”? Yes, I am invoking The Other One.
The Final Problem radio trailer had another “Importance of Being Earnest” quote: ’The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.’ (x)