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HIGGINS [snatching a chocolate crea to twinkle with , teirls being drugged by the like of you

Higgins whips out his penknife; cuts a chocolate in two; puts one half

into his mouth and bolts it; and offers her the other half

HIGGINS Pledge of good faith, Eliza I eat one half you eat the other

[Liza opens her mouth to retort: he pops the half chocolate into it]

You shall have boxes of them, barrels of them, every day You shall

live on the nearly choked by

it] I wouldn't have ate it, only I'm too ladylike to take it out of my

mouth

HIGGINS Listen, Eliza I think you said you caht to take a taxi as

anyone else

HIGGINS You have, Eliza; and in future you shall have as o up and down and round the town in a taxi every

day Think of that, Eliza

MRS PEARCE Mr Higgins: you're teht She

should think of the future

HIGGINS At her age! Nonsense! Tih to think of the future when

you haven't any future to think of No, Eliza: do as this lady does:

think of other people's futures; but never think of your own Think of

chocolates, and taxis, and gold, and diaold and no diaain, with an attenity]

HIGGINS You shall remain so, Eliza, under the care of Mrs Pearce And

you shall marry an officer in the Guards, with a beautiful moustache:

the son of ayou, but

will relent when he sees your beauty and goodness--