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Pygmalion Summary How It All Goes Down One rainy night in Londons Covent Garden market, a crowd of people gathers in front of the church to wait out the storm. Among them are two ladies (Mrs. Eynsford Hill and Miss Eynsford Hill), Freddy, their son/brother, a flower girl (Eliza Doolittle), a gentleman (Colonel Pickering), and The Note Taker (Henry Hi ins). A commotion starts after Eliza mistakes Hi ins for a policeman and protests her innocence. Hi ins steps forward and reveals himself to be a gifted linguist. He and Pickering, another gifted linguist who just so happens to be in town to see Hi ins, introduce themselves. Hi ins tells Pickering he could turn Eliza into a duchess in six months. The two give Eliza some money, and she takes a cab home. The next day, Hi ins and Pickering are sitting in Hi inss laboratory when Eliza comes in and demands speech lessons. Pickering bets Hi ins he cant turn Eliza into a duchess; Hi ins takes the bet. Mrs. Pearce, Hi inss housekeeper, is a bit disturbed, but she cant do anything. Alfred Doolittle, Elizas father, comes in and demands some cash in exchange for, well, the right to teach his daughter. Hes a smooth talker and hes soon got the money, but his exit is interrupted by the appearance of Eliza, now clean (and beautiful). Everyone gapes in awe, Doolittle leaves, and Hi ins and Pickering decide theyve got a lot of work to do. A couple months pass. Hi ins visits his mother and asks for her help. Mrs. Hi ins is having a party, and he wants to bring Eliza along to it to see if she can handle herself like a lady in public. Mrs. Hi ins objects, but Eliza comes in anyway. Her speech is flawless, but her grammar is not. When she deviates from the script, she shocks and/or amuses those in attendance: t he Eynsford Hills, Colonel Pickering, Higgins, and…well, thats it. Hi ins gives Eliza the si