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FLOWERGIRL
   [quiteoverwhelmed,andlookingupathiminmingledwonderanddeprecationwithoutdaringtoraiseherhead]Ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-ow-oo!
   THENOTETAKER
   [whippingouthisbook]Heavens!whatasound![Hewrites;thenholdsoutthebookandreads,reproducinghervowelsexactly]Ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-ow-oo!
   THEFLOWERGIRL
   [tickledbytheperformance,andlaughinginspiteofherself]Garn!
   THENOTETAKER
   YouseethiscreaturewithherkerbstoneEnglish:theEnglishthatwillkeepherintheguttertotheendofherdays.Well,sir,inthreemonthsIcouldpassthatgirloffasaduchessatanambassador'sgardenparty.Icouldevengetheraplaceaslady'smaidorshopassistant,whichrequiresbetterEnglish.ThatsthesortofthingIdoforcommercialmillionaires.AndontheprofitsofitIdogenuinescientificworkinphonetics,andalittleasapoetonMiltoniclines.
   THEGENTLEMAN
   IammyselfastudentofIndiandialects;and--
   THENOTETAKER
   [eagerly]Areyou?DoyouknowColonelPickering,theauthorofSpokenSanscrit?
   THEGENTLEMAN
   IamColonelPickering.Whoareyou?
   THENOTETAKER
   HenryHiggins,authorofHiggins'sUniversalAlphabet.
   PICKERING
   [withenthusiasm]IcamefromIndiatomeetyou.
   HIGGINS
   IwasgoingtoIndiatomeetyou.
   PICKERING
   Wheredoyoulive?
   HIGGINS
   27AWimpoleStreet.Comeandseemetomorrow.
   PICKERING
   I'mattheCarlton.Comewithmenowandletshaveajawoversomesupper.
   HIGGINS
   Rightyouare.
   THEFLOWERGIRL
   [toPickering,ashepassesher]Buyaflower,kindgentleman.I'mshortformylodging.
   PICKERING
   Ireallyhavntanychange.I'msorry[hegoesaway].
   HIGGINS
   [shockedatgirl'smendacity]Liar.Yousaidyoucouldchangehalf

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