Lady Bracknell. Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to some one, I, or
your father, should his health permit him, will inform you
of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl
as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may
be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to
arrange for herself... And now I have a few questions to
put to you, Mr. Worthing. While I am making these
inquiries, you, Gwendolen, will wait for me below in the
carriage.
-The Importance of Being Earnest,
Oscar Wilde

Which feature of a comedy of manners is present in the
passage?
- an emphasis on appearances over morality
- a commentary on marriage
- the differences between country and city life

a commentary on marriage

Explanation:

It seems that the sentence, "It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to  arrange for herself..." is an example of a commentary statement. The speaker is stating what he thinks or his commentary on Lady Bracknell's future marriage.

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing