Read the passage from the importance of being earnest.

lady bracknell. . i think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. mr. worthing, is miss cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in london? i merely desire information. until yesterday i had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a terminus.

which excerpt from the passage contains a paradox and a pun?

a. “my part would not be out of place.”
b. “larger railway stations in london.”
c. “i merely desire information.”
d. “whose origin was a terminus.”