Mrs. Higgins
sums it all up perfectly in Act V when she explains to Pickering and her son Henry how the whole
project, or experiment on Eliza's transformation, developed and succeeded. Mrs. Higgins responds
to Henry's and Pickering's bewilderment at Eliza's hurt feelings:
"Just so. She had become attached to you both. She worked very hard for you,
Henry! I don't think you quite realize what anything in the nature of brain work means to a girl
like that. Well, it seems that when the great day of trial came, and she did this wonderful
thing for you without making a single...
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