Read the excerpt from act iii of the importance of being earnest. chasuble. [looking rather puzzled, and pointing to jack and algernon.] both these gentlemen have expressed a desire for immediate baptism. lady bracknell. at their age? the idea is grotesque and irreligious! algernon, i forbid you to be baptized. i will not hear of such excesses. lord bracknell would be highly if he learned that that was the way in which you wasted your time and money. how do lady bracknell’s words reflect victorian social codes?