![]() He is too concerned with the business he has come on to notice Mrs. A flower in his buttonhole, a dazzling silk hat, and patent leather shoes complete the effect. He is brilliantly dressed in a new fashionable frock-coat, with white waistcoat and grey trousers. Only her father: the fellow we told you about. HIGGINS Genteel relatives! now we shall hear something. HIGGINS By George, Pick, it’s some relative of hers that she’s gone to. Henry: a gentleman wants to see you very particular. ![]() The parlor-maid comes in and breaks off the conversation. You have no more sense, either of you, than two children. We can’t let her go like this, you know, Mrs. What right have you to go to the police and give the girl’s name as if she were a thief, or a lost umbrella, or something? Really!. I really think he suspected us of some improper purpose. The inspector made a lot of difficulties. ![]() What are the police for? What else could we do?. HIGGINS You don’t mean to say you have set the police after Eliza? What does that ass of an inspector say? Have you offered a reward? The girl has a perfect right to leave if she chooses. Pearce let her have them without telling me a word about it. She came in a cab for her things before seven this morning and that fool Mrs. 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. Look here, mother: here’s a confounded thing! He is, as the parlor-maid has said, in a state. Ask her not to come down till I send for her. Go upstairs and tell Miss Doolittle that Mr. Tell them to come up when they’ve finished with the police. Henry was not in a state it would have been more surprising. Henry, mam, is downstairs with Colonel Pickering. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! ![]() The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. ![]()
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