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George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion5. ACT V (continued)DOOLITTLE [tolerantly] A little of both, Henry, like the rest of us: a little of both. HIGGINS. Well, you took that money for the girl; and you have no right to take her as well. MRS. HIGGINS. Henry: don't be absurd. If you really want to know where Eliza is, she is upstairs. HIGGINS [amazed] Upstairs!!! Then I shall jolly soon fetch her downstairs. [He makes resolutely for the door]. MRS. HIGGINS [rising and following him] Be quiet, Henry. Sit down. HIGGINS. I-- MRS. HIGGINS. Sit down, dear; and listen to me. HIGGINS. Oh very well, very well, very well. [He throws himself ungraciously on the ottoman, with his face towards the windows]. But I think you might have told me this half an hour ago. MRS. HIGGINS. Eliza came to me this morning. She passed the night partly walking about in a rage, partly trying to throw herself into the river and being afraid to, and partly in the Carlton Hotel. She told me of the brutal way you two treated her. HIGGINS [bounding up again] What! PICKERING [rising also] My dear Mrs. Higgins, she's been telling you stories. We didn't treat her brutally. We hardly said a word to her; and we parted on particularly good terms. [Turning on Higgins]. Higgins did you bully her after I went to bed? HIGGINS. Just the other way about. She threw my slippers in my face. She behaved in the most outrageous way. I never gave her the slightest provocation. The slippers came bang into my face the moment I entered the room--before I had uttered a word. And used perfectly awful language. PICKERING [astonished] But why? What did we do to her? MRS. HIGGINS. I think I know pretty well what you did. The girl is naturally rather affectionate, I think. Isn't she, Mr. Doolittle? This is page 78 of 107. [Mark this Page] Mark any page to add this title to Your Bookshelf. (0 / 10 books on shelf) Buy a copy of Pygmalion at Amazon.com
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