Part of this excerpt would be considered an understatement because

Explanation:

when Cecily says, "There is no reason why I should make a secret of it to you," she actually does have a reason to keep it a secret.

when Cecily says, "Mr. Ernest Worthing and I are engaged to be married," she is actually making a joke.

when Gwendolen says, "I think there must be some slight error," she is actually referring to the large error of Cecily saying she is engaged to Ernest.

when Gwendolen says, "The announcement will appear in the Morning Post on Saturday," she is not telling the truth.

C. when Gwendolen says, "I think there must be some slight error," she is actually referring to the large error of Cecily saying she is engaged to Ernest.

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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