Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
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page 104 of 153 (67%)
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MRS. HIGGINS. Go upstairs and tell Miss Doolittle that Mr. Henry
and the Colonel are here. Ask her not to come down till I send for her. THE PARLOR-MAID. Yes, mam. Higgins bursts in. He is, as the parlor-maid has said, in a state. HIGGINS. Look here, mother: here's a confounded thing! MRS. HIGGINS. Yes, dear. Good-morning. [He checks his impatience and kisses her, whilst the parlor-maid goes out]. What is it? HIGGINS. Eliza's bolted. MRS. HIGGINS [calmly continuing her writing] You must have frightened her. 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 came in a cab for her things before seven this morning; and that fool Mrs. Pearce let her have them without telling me a word about it. What am I to do? MRS. HIGGINS. Do without, I'm afraid, Henry. The girl has a perfect right to leave if she chooses. HIGGINS [wandering distractedly across the room] But I can't find |
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