Higgins first encounters the flower girl outside Covent Garden and transcribes her speech. He boasts to Colonel Pickering that by means of his skills as a speech coach he could pass her off for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party in a period of three to six months of instruction. To Higgins' surprise, the flower girl, who reveals her name to be Eliza Doolittle, appears at his house the next day and offers to pay...
Higgins first encounters the flower girl outside Covent Garden and transcribes her speech. He boasts to Colonel Pickering that by means of his skills as a speech coach he could pass her off for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party in a period of three to six months of instruction. To Higgins' surprise, the flower girl, who reveals her name to be Eliza Doolittle, appears at his house the next day and offers to pay him for speech lessons so that she can get a job at a flower shop.
Higgins agrees to teach her for several reasons. First, he finds the project intriguing and an interesting professional challenge. Second, he makes a bet with Colonel Pickering, and wants to win the bet. Also, Colonel Pickering agrees to pay the expenses of the project, including appropriate clothing for Eliza.
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