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Mrs. Higgins: However did you learn good manners with my son around?
Eliza Doolittle: It was very difficult. I should never have known how ladies and gentlemen really behaved, if it hadn't been for Colonel Pickering. He always showed what he thought and felt about me as if I were something better than a common flower girl. You see, Mrs. Higgins, apart from the things one can pick up, the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. I shall always be a common flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me like a common flower girl, and always will. But I know that I shall always be a lady to Colonel Pickering, because he always treats me like a lady, and always will.
希金斯的母亲：你到底是如何跟我儿子学得如此举止大方、言谈得体的?
杜丽特尔：非常不容易。要不是皮克林上校，我永远不会知道淑女和绅士到底是如何待人接物的。他总是告诉我他对我的看法和感受，似乎我是一个有身份的女人，而不是一个普通的卖花女。你看，希金斯太太，除了那些人们能够学得到的特征外，淑女和卖花女之间的区别不在于她的行为举止，而在于她如何被对待。对于希金斯教授来说，我永远是一个普通的卖花女，因为他总是像对待一个普通卖花女那样对待我，而且他是永远不会变的。但我知道对皮克林上校来说我永远是一位淑女，因为他总像对待淑女一样地对待我，而且他也是永远不会变的。