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HIGGINS Frightened her! nonsense! She was left last night, as usual,

to turn out the lights and all that; and instead of going to bed she

changed her clothes and went right off: her bed wasn't slept in She

ca; and that fool

Mrs Pearce let her have the me a word about it What

am I to do?

MRS HIGGINS Do without, I'ht to leave if she chooses

HIGGINS [wandering distractedly across the roo I don't knohat appointins puts down her pen and turns away fro hands] Good-ins Has Henry told

you? [He sits down on the ottoman]

HIGGINS What does that ass of an inspector say? Have you offered a

reward?

MRS HIGGINS [rising in indignant amazement] You don't mean to say you

have set the police after Eliza?

HIGGINS Of course What are the police for? What else could we do? [He

sits in the Elizabethan chair]

PICKERING The inspector made a lot of difficulties I really think he

suspected us of some improper purpose

MRS HIGGINS Well, of course he did What right have you to go to the

police and give the girl's na? Really! [She sits down again, deeply vexed]