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Mrs. Higgins' maid, Mrs. Pearce, is not in sight, but her presence is indicated by the bustle and repeating call: "Run in and ask her," "Send her to the door," "Tell her to look," etc. A policeman passes with a slowly walking footman and a muffled-up gentleman. The muffled gentleman takes two steps into the shop, looks for a moment at the flowers, and then asks for a bunch of violets. A flower-boy nearby, a child of eight or ten, sells violets and roses for a penny a bunch, and joins in the conversation. A girl of about twenty, Eliza Doolittle, dressed in a gaudy and untidy dress and hat, who has a basket of flowers and stands in the doorway calling 'Oranges! lemons! warmed-up for the walk!', is the centre of attraction. Her accent is broad Cockney. She is a bright, resolute, well-meaning girl, and speaks with the quickness and brusqueness of the streets.