Summary of Pygmalion On a summer night in London's Covent Courtyard, a group of diverse people gather on the porch of St. Paul's Church to protect themselves from the rain. Among the workers are Mrs. Eynsford-Hill and her daughter Clara, who are ready for their son Freddy to return in a taxi. When he returns unsuccessfully, he is again sent in search of a taxi. As he leaves, he bumps into a younger flower girl with a thick cockney accent, and ruins several of her flowers. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay After he leaves, the mummy is interested in how such a "low" creature could understand his son's title; he discovers that the flower girl calls every person "Freddy" or "Charlie". When an elderly gentleman enters the shelter, the flower woman notices his striking appearance and tries to convince him to buy some plants. This gentleman, Colonel Pickering, refuses to buy the flowers, but gives the girl some money. The gang members warn the lady not to take the money considering that there is a man behind her who takes note of everything she says. When the flower girl (Eliza) loudly broadcasts that "I'm a fair girl, I am," the bystanders begin to protest. The observer, it turns out, is Professor Henry Higgins, an expert in phonetics. His interest is in deciding each person's accent and place of birth. He even claims that he could take this "rag" of a flower woman and train her to talk like a duchess in three months. At this time, the elderly gentleman identifies himself as Colonel Pickering, the author of a pamphlet on Sanskrit, who has come to meet the famous Henry Higgins, with whom he is now talking. The two walk away to talk about their mutual curiosity about phonics. The next morning at Professor Higgins' house, the two boys are discussing Higgins' experiments when the flower woman is introduced via Mrs. Pearce, Higgins' housekeeper. The girl, Eliza Doolittle, remembers that Higgins boasted that he could teach her to converse like a duchess, and she came to take lessons so she could get a role in a flower shop. Pickering makes a bet with Higgins, who, in the spirit of good business, decides to accept the bet: he orders Mrs. Pearce to take the girl away, wash her and burn her clothes. He overcomes all of Eliza's objections and Eliza is taken away. At the moment, Eliza's father appears with the intention of blackmailing Higgins, but is so intimidated by Higgins that he ultimately ends up asking for five pounds because he is one of the "unworthy terrible ones". Higgins is so happy with the audacity of this historical figure and his particular vision of morality that he gives him the five kilos and immediately gets rid of him. Some time later, Higgins takes Eliza to his mother's apartment during his "reception day". Also gifted are Freddy Eynsford-Hill, his mother and his sister Clara. These turn out to be the same people we saw on the porch in act one. Now, however, none of the visitors appreciate the fact that Eliza is the "ragged" flower girl that night. Everyone is amused by the pedantic correctness of her speech and is even more impressed by Eliza's account of her aunt's death, told in perfect English, but informed with frightening and shocking details. After Eliza's departure, Mrs. Higgins points out that the girl is far from being capable of being offered in public. Some time later, Higgins, Pickering and Eliza return late at night. The boys are delighted with the great success they had that day in passing Eliza off as a first-rate duchess on an occasion in"..