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The Flower Girl visits Higgins's laboratory

• Higgins's laboratory is located in Wimpole Street on the first floor and was originally meant for a drawing-room.

• The laboratory contains a phonograph, a laryngoscope, a row of tiny organ pipes with a bellows, tuning-forks, a life-size image of half a human head showing vocal organs, and a grand piano.

• Pickering and Higgins are present in the laboratory when Mrs. Pearce, Higgins's housekeeper, informs them that a young woman wants to see Higgins.

• The young woman is a flower girl who wants to take lessons to become a lady and work at a flower shop instead of selling flowers on the street corner.

• Higgins recognizes her as the girl he jotted down the previous night and dismisses her, but she insists on paying for lessons to improve her language skills.

• Higgins and Pickering are amused by her audacity and try to negotiate a fee for the lessons.

• Higgins calculates that the shilling she offers is equivalent to 60-70 guineas from a millionaire, which impresses him.

• The flower girl is terrified by the amount of money mentioned and begins to cry, but Mrs. Pearce reassures her that nobody will take her money.

• Higgins offers her his handkerchief to wipe her tears, but she is confused by his instructions on how to use it.

• Mrs. Pearce corrects Higgins's instructions and takes the handkerchief from him.

• The flower girl insists that Higgins gave her the handkerchief, causing a small argument between her and Mrs. Pearce.

• Pickering finds the situation amusing and laughs.Higgins' Plan for Eliza's Transformation

• Higgins proposes to turn Eliza, a poor flower girl, into a lady in six months.

• Pickering bets Higgins that he cannot pass her off as a lady at the ambassador's garden party.

• Mrs. Pearce expresses concern about Higgins' plan and the treatment of Eliza.

• Higgins insists on his plan and orders Mrs. Pearce to take Eliza away to be cleaned and clothed.

• Eliza protests and insists that she is not dirty and does not want to be treated badly.

• Higgins envisions making Eliza a duchess and passing her off as anything he wants.

• Mrs. Pearce questions what will happen to Eliza after the experiment is over.

• Higgins suggests throwing her back into the gutter if she is no longer useful.

• Higgins offers Eliza chocolates, taxis, and the promise of marrying a wealthy man.

• Pickering and Mrs. Pearce express concern for Eliza's well-being and understanding of the situation.

• Higgins brushes off their concerns and gives Eliza orders for the next six months, threatening punishment if she is "naughty and idle."

• Higgins paints a picture of success for Eliza as a lady, but warns of dire consequences if she is found out to be a fraud.A Father's Demand

• Mrs. Pearce suggests speaking to the girl in private about the arrangement.

• Eliza is reluctant and suspicious of the situation.

• Pickering questions Higgins' character with women, to which Higgins responds with a negative view of women in general.

• Pickering asks that no advantage be taken of Eliza's position.

• Higgins assures Pickering that Eliza will be treated as a sacred pupil.

• Mrs. Pearce brings up the importance of personal cleanliness and proper behavior.

• Doolittle, Eliza's father, arrives demanding to see his daughter.

• Higgins accuses Doolittle of attempting to blackmail him for money.

• Doolittle denies asking for money and insists that he just wants his daughter back.

• Higgins questions how Doolittle knew Eliza was there in the first place.

• Doolittle sweetly insists that he just wants to be human and be reunited with his daughter.

• Higgins is disarmed and asks Doolittle if he put Eliza up to it.Doolittle's Attempt to Retrieve Eliza and Sell Her to Higgins

• Doolittle claims he has not seen Eliza for two months and did not send her to Higgins' house.

• Doolittle explains that he learned of Eliza's whereabouts from her landlady's son, who she gave a ride in a taxi.

• Eliza sent the son to retrieve her luggage when she heard she could stay at Higgins' house.

• Doolittle brought the luggage to Higgins' house to be agreeable and obliging.

• Higgins orders Mrs. Pearce to give Eliza to Doolittle, but she cannot as she burned Eliza's clothes.

• Doolittle insists that he cannot take Eliza without clothes and asks about her original clothes.

• Mrs. Pearce sends for new clothes and allows Doolittle to wait in the kitchen.

• Doolittle attempts to negotiate with Higgins for the sale of Eliza, claiming she is not worth her keep as a daughter.

• Higgins and Pickering offer to take Doolittle in hand for three months to improve his station in society.

• Doolittle declines the offer and insists on receiving only five pounds for Eliza.

• Higgins offers ten pounds, but Doolittle declines, claiming it would make him too prudent and unhappy.

• Eliza enters the room and surprises everyone with her transformation, and Doolittle realizes she is his daughter.

The Flower Girl visits Higgins's laboratory

• Higgins's laboratory is located in Wimpole Street on the first floor and was originally meant for a drawing-room.

• The laboratory contains a phonograph, a laryngoscope, a row of tiny organ pipes with a bellows, tuning-forks, a life-size image of half a human head showing vocal organs, and a grand piano.

• Pickering and Higgins are present in the laboratory when Mrs. Pearce, Higgins's housekeeper, informs them that a young woman wants to see Higgins.

• The young woman is a flower girl who wants to take lessons to become a lady and work at a flower shop instead of selling flowers on the street corner.

• Higgins recognizes her as the girl he jotted down the previous night and dismisses her, but she insists on paying for lessons to improve her language skills.

• Higgins and Pickering are amused by her audacity and try to negotiate a fee for the lessons.

• Higgins calculates that the shilling she offers is equivalent to 60-70 guineas from a millionaire, which impresses him.

• The flower girl is terrified by the amount of money mentioned and begins to cry, but Mrs. Pearce reassures her that nobody will take her money.

• Higgins offers her his handkerchief to wipe her tears, but she is confused by his instructions on how to use it.

• Mrs. Pearce corrects Higgins's instructions and takes the handkerchief from him.

• The flower girl insists that Higgins gave her the handkerchief, causing a small argument between her and Mrs. Pearce.

• Pickering finds the situation amusing and laughs.Higgins' Plan for Eliza's Transformation

• Higgins proposes to turn Eliza, a poor flower girl, into a lady in six months.

• Pickering bets Higgins that he cannot pass her off as a lady at the ambassador's garden party.

• Mrs. Pearce expresses concern about Higgins' plan and the treatment of Eliza.

• Higgins insists on his plan and orders Mrs. Pearce to take Eliza away to be cleaned and clothed.

• Eliza protests and insists that she is not dirty and does not want to be treated badly.

• Higgins envisions making Eliza a duchess and passing her off as anything he wants.

• Mrs. Pearce questions what will happen to Eliza after the experiment is over.

• Higgins suggests throwing her back into the gutter if she is no longer useful.

• Higgins offers Eliza chocolates, taxis, and the promise of marrying a wealthy man.

• Pickering and Mrs. Pearce express concern for Eliza's well-being and understanding of the situation.

• Higgins brushes off their concerns and gives Eliza orders for the next six months, threatening punishment if she is "naughty and idle."

• Higgins paints a picture of success for Eliza as a lady, but warns of dire consequences if she is found out to be a fraud.A Father's Demand

• Mrs. Pearce suggests speaking to the girl in private about the arrangement.

• Eliza is reluctant and suspicious of the situation.

• Pickering questions Higgins' character with women, to which Higgins responds with a negative view of women in general.

• Pickering asks that no advantage be taken of Eliza's position.

• Higgins assures Pickering that Eliza will be treated as a sacred pupil.

• Mrs. Pearce brings up the importance of personal cleanliness and proper behavior.

• Doolittle, Eliza's father, arrives demanding to see his daughter.

• Higgins accuses Doolittle of attempting to blackmail him for money.

• Doolittle denies asking for money and insists that he just wants his daughter back.

• Higgins questions how Doolittle knew Eliza was there in the first place.

• Doolittle sweetly insists that he just wants to be human and be reunited with his daughter.

• Higgins is disarmed and asks Doolittle if he put Eliza up to it.Doolittle's Attempt to Retrieve Eliza and Sell Her to Higgins

• Doolittle claims he has not seen Eliza for two months and did not send her to Higgins' house.

• Doolittle explains that he learned of Eliza's whereabouts from her landlady's son, who she gave a ride in a taxi.

• Eliza sent the son to retrieve her luggage when she heard she could stay at Higgins' house.

• Doolittle brought the luggage to Higgins' house to be agreeable and obliging.

• Higgins orders Mrs. Pearce to give Eliza to Doolittle, but she cannot as she burned Eliza's clothes.

• Doolittle insists that he cannot take Eliza without clothes and asks about her original clothes.

• Mrs. Pearce sends for new clothes and allows Doolittle to wait in the kitchen.

• Doolittle attempts to negotiate with Higgins for the sale of Eliza, claiming she is not worth her keep as a daughter.

• Higgins and Pickering offer to take Doolittle in hand for three months to improve his station in society.

• Doolittle declines the offer and insists on receiving only five pounds for Eliza.

• Higgins offers ten pounds, but Doolittle declines, claiming it would make him too prudent and unhappy.

• Eliza enters the room and surprises everyone with her transformation, and Doolittle realizes she is his daughter.

The Flower Girl visits Higgins's laboratory

• Higgins's laboratory is located in Wimpole Street on the first floor and was originally meant for a drawing-room.

• The laboratory contains a phonograph, a laryngoscope, a row of tiny organ pipes with a bellows, tuning-forks, a life-size image of half a human head showing vocal organs, and a grand piano.

• Pickering and Higgins are present in the laboratory when Mrs. Pearce, Higgins's housekeeper, informs them that a young woman wants to see Higgins.

• The young woman is a flower girl who wants to take lessons to become a lady and work at a flower shop instead of selling flowers on the street corner.

• Higgins recognizes her as the girl he jotted down the previous night and dismisses her, but she insists on paying for lessons to improve her language skills.

• Higgins and Pickering are amused by her audacity and try to negotiate a fee for the lessons.

• Higgins calculates that the shilling she offers is equivalent to 60-70 guineas from a millionaire, which impresses him.

• The flower girl is terrified by the amount of money mentioned and begins to cry, but Mrs. Pearce reassures her that nobody will take her money.

• Higgins offers her his handkerchief to wipe her tears, but she is confused by his instructions on how to use it.

• Mrs. Pearce corrects Higgins's instructions and takes the handkerchief from him.

• The flower girl insists that Higgins gave her the handkerchief, causing a small argument between her and Mrs. Pearce.

• Pickering finds the situation amusing and laughs.Higgins' Plan for Eliza's Transformation

• Higgins proposes to turn Eliza, a poor flower girl, into a lady in six months.

• Pickering bets Higgins that he cannot pass her off as a lady at the ambassador's garden party.

• Mrs. Pearce expresses concern about Higgins' plan and the treatment of Eliza.

• Higgins insists on his plan and orders Mrs. Pearce to take Eliza away to be cleaned and clothed.

• Eliza protests and insists that she is not dirty and does not want to be treated badly.

• Higgins envisions making Eliza a duchess and passing her off as anything he wants.

• Mrs. Pearce questions what will happen to Eliza after the experiment is over.

• Higgins suggests throwing her back into the gutter if she is no longer useful.

• Higgins offers Eliza chocolates, taxis, and the promise of marrying a wealthy man.

• Pickering and Mrs. Pearce express concern for Eliza's well-being and understanding of the situation.

• Higgins brushes off their concerns and gives Eliza orders for the next six months, threatening punishment if she is "naughty and idle."

• Higgins paints a picture of success for Eliza as a lady, but warns of dire consequences if she is found out to be a fraud.A Father's Demand

• Mrs. Pearce suggests speaking to the girl in private about the arrangement.

• Eliza is reluctant and suspicious of the situation.

• Pickering questions Higgins' character with women, to which Higgins responds with a negative view of women in general.

• Pickering asks that no advantage be taken of Eliza's position.

• Higgins assures Pickering that Eliza will be treated as a sacred pupil.

• Mrs. Pearce brings up the importance of personal cleanliness and proper behavior.

• Doolittle, Eliza's father, arrives demanding to see his daughter.

• Higgins accuses Doolittle of attempting to blackmail him for money.

• Doolittle denies asking for money and insists that he just wants his daughter back.

• Higgins questions how Doolittle knew Eliza was there in the first place.

• Doolittle sweetly insists that he just wants to be human and be reunited with his daughter.

• Higgins is disarmed and asks Doolittle if he put Eliza up to it.Doolittle's Attempt to Retrieve Eliza and Sell Her to Higgins

• Doolittle claims he has not seen Eliza for two months and did not send her to Higgins' house.

• Doolittle explains that he learned of Eliza's whereabouts from her landlady's son, who she gave a ride in a taxi.

• Eliza sent the son to retrieve her luggage when she heard she could stay at Higgins' house.

• Doolittle brought the luggage to Higgins' house to be agreeable and obliging.

• Higgins orders Mrs. Pearce to give Eliza to Doolittle, but she cannot as she burned Eliza's clothes.

• Doolittle insists that he cannot take Eliza without clothes and asks about her original clothes.

• Mrs. Pearce sends for new clothes and allows Doolittle to wait in the kitchen.

• Doolittle attempts to negotiate with Higgins for the sale of Eliza, claiming she is not worth her keep as a daughter.

• Higgins and Pickering offer to take Doolittle in hand for three months to improve his station in society.

• Doolittle declines the offer and insists on receiving only five pounds for Eliza.

• Higgins offers ten pounds, but Doolittle declines, claiming it would make him too prudent and unhappy.

• Eliza enters the room and surprises everyone with her transformation, and Doolittle realizes she is his daughter.