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George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion5. ACT VMrs. Higgins's drawing-room. She is at her writing-table as before. The parlor-maid comes in. THE PARLOR-MAID [at the door] Mr. Henry, mam, is downstairs with Colonel Pickering. MRS. HIGGINS. Well, show them up. THE PARLOR-MAID. They're using the telephone, mam. Telephoning to the police, I think. MRS. HIGGINS. What! THE PARLOR-MAID [coming further in and lowering her voice] Mr. Henry's in a state, mam. I thought I'd better tell you. MRS. HIGGINS. If you had told me that Mr. Henry was not in a state it would have been more surprising. Tell them to come up when they've finished with the police. I suppose he's lost something. THE PARLOR-MAID. Yes, mam [going]. 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? This is page 72 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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