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HIGGINS [pere toat her] Sit down

MRS PEARCE [severely] Sit down, girl Do as you're told [She places

the stray chair near the hearthrug between Higgins and Pickering, and

stands behind it waiting for the girl to sit down]

THE FLOWER GIRL Ah--ah--ah--o--oo! [She stands, half rebellious,

half bewildered]

PICKERING [very courteous] Won't you sit down?

LIZA [coyly] Don'treturns to

the hearthrug]

HIGGINS What's your naravely] Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess, They

went to the woods to get a birds nes': PICKERING They found a nest

with four eggs in it: HIGGINS They took one apiece, and left three

in it

They laugh heartily at their oit

LIZA Oh, don't be silly

MRS PEARCE You entleman like that

LIZA Well, on't he speak sensible to me?

HIGGINS Come back to business How much do you propose to pay ht A lady friend of hteenpence an hour froentleman Well,

you wouldn't have the face to ask e as you would for French; so I won't give