 Wilde embodied society 's rules and rituals <unk> into Lady Bracknell : minute attention to the details of her style created a comic effect of assertion by restraint . In contrast to her <unk> knowledge of the social distinctions of London 's street names , Jack 's obscure parentage is subtly evoked . He defends himself against her " A handbag ? " with the clarification , " The Brighton Line " . At the time , Victoria Station consisted of two separate but adjacent terminal stations sharing the same name . To the east was the <unk> <unk> & D Railway , on the west the up @-@ market <unk> & <unk> — the Brighton Line , which went to Worthing , the fashionable , expensive town the gentleman who found baby Jack was travelling to at the time ( and after which Jack was named ) . 
