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A large, portly, elderly gentleman in a splendid frock coat and tall hat enters, followed by a smaller man of middle age, dressed plainly but with an air of self-confidence and authority. They are Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, and Colonel Pickering, a cultured, kindly gentleman and student of Indian dialects. Higgins is brusque and absorbed in his interest in phonetics; he has a quick eye and a quick tongue. He glances at Eliza, and, with a few remarks to Pickering, begins to demonstrate the differences between dialects. He addresses her roughly, asking her where she obtained her language, and she replies with quick repartee. Higgins' remarks show his scientific interest in her speech rather than any personal attitude.