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and long past taking the trouble to dress out of the fashion, sits

writing at an elegantly si-table with a bell button within

reach of her hand There is a Chippendale chair further back in the

room between her and thenearest her side At the other side of

the roohly carved in

the taste of Inigo Jones On the same side a piano in a decorated case

The corner between the fireplace and theis occupied by a divan

cushioned in Morris chintz

It is between four and five in the afternoon

The door is opened violently; and Higgins enters with his hat on

MRS HIGGINS [dis here

to-day? It is my at home day: you promised not to come [As he bends to

kiss her, she takes his hat off, and presents it to him]

HIGGINS Oh bother! [He throws the hat down on the table]

MRS HIGGINS Go home at once