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HIGGINS Of course they do Then what in thunder are we quarrelling

about?

LIZA [much troubled] I want a little kindness I know I'entleman; but I' herself] what I did was not for the

dresses and the taxis: I did it because ere pleasant together and I

come--came--to care for you; not to want you tothe difference between us, but more friendly like

HIGGINS Well, of course That's just how I feel And how Pickering

feels Eliza: you're a fool

LIZA That's not a proper answer to give -table in tears]

HIGGINS It's all you'll get until you stop being a coive up feeling neglected if

theover you and

the other half giving you black eyes If you can't stand the coldness

of utter Work

til you are ; and then cuddle and

squabble and drink til you fall asleep Oh, it's a fine life, the life

of the gutter It's real: it's warh the thickest skin: you can taste it and s or any work Not like Science and Literature and Classical

Music and Philosophy and Art You find , selfish,