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(HIGGINS begins playing a recording.) |
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ELIZA. (recorded voice, speaking) |
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Oh, we are proud! |
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He ain't above giving lessons, not him. |
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I heard him say so. |
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Well I ain't come here to ask for any compliment. |
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And if my money's not good enough, |
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I can go elsewhere. |
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HIGGINS. (recorded voice, speaking) |
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Good enough for what? |
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ELIZA. (recorded voice, still speaking) |
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Good enough for you. |
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Now ya know, don'tcha? |
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I'm come to have lessons,and pay for 'em, too,make no mistake. |
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PICKERING. (recorded voice, speaking) |
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What is it you want, my girl? |
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ELIZA. (recorded voice, still speaking) |
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I - I want to be a lady in a flower shop,instead of sellin' on the corner at |
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Tottenham |
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Court Road. |
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But they won't take meunless |
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I can talk more genteel. |
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He said he could teach me. |
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Well, here |
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I am, ready to pay,not askin' any favor,and he treats me as if |
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I was dirt. |
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I know what lessons cost as well as you do,and |
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I'm ready to pay. |
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I won't give more than a shillin'. |
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Take it or leave it! |
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HIGGINS. (recorded voice, still speaking) |
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It's almost irresistable. |
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She's so deliciously low,so horribly dirty. |
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I'll take it! |
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I'll make a duchess of thisdraggle-tailed guttersnipe. |
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ELIZA. (a "click", as she stops the recording) |
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I washed me face and 'ands before |
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I come, I did. |
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HIGGINS.Eliza?(HIGGINS sits, reclines, pulls his hat forward over his eyes.) |
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Where the devil are my slippers? |
