HIGGINS [sitting down beside her] Rubbish! you shall marry an ambassador. You shall marry the Governor-General of India or the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, or somebody who wants a deputy-queen. I'm not going to have my masterpiece thrown away on Freddy.LIZA. You think I like you to say that. But I haven't forgot what you said a minute ago; and I won't be coaxed round as if I was a baby or a puppy. If I can't have kindness, I'll have independence. H I G G I N S. Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. L I Z A [rising determinedly] I'll let you see whether I'm dependent on you. If you can preach, I can teach. I'll go and be a teacher. H I G G I N S. What'll you teach, in heaven's name? L I Z A. What you taught me. I'll teach phonetics. H I G G I N S. Ha! Ha! Ha! . George Bernard Shaw
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