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was too hot. It begins with the same letter as bath. She knows
no better: she learnt it at her mother’s knee. But she must not
hear it from your lips.

HIGGINS


(loftily)

I cannot charge myself with having ever uttered
it, Mrs Pearce.

(She looks at him steadfastly. He adds, hiding an uneasy conscience with a judi-
cial air)


Except perhaps in a moment of extreme and justifiable excitement.

MRS PEARCE

Only this morning, sir, you applied it to your boots,
to the butter, and to the brown bread.

HIGGINS

Oh, that! Mere alliteration, Mrs Pearce, natural to a
poet.

MRS PEARCE

Well, sir, whatever you choose to call it, I beg you
not to let the girl hear you repeat it.
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