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 \nTHE DAUGHTER.Other people got cabs.Why couldnt he?  \n# Pygmalion\n\nFreddy rusbes in out of the rain from the Southampton Streetside,and comes betwveen them closing a dripping umbrella.Heis a young man of twenty,in evening dress,very wet roundthe ankles.  \nTHE DAUGHTER.Well,havnt you got a cab?  \nFREDDY.Theres not one to be had for love or money.  \nTHE MOTHER.Oh,Freddy,there must be one.You canthave tried.  \nTHE DAUGHTER.It's too tiresome.Do you expect us togo and get one ourselves?  \nFREDDY.I tell you theyre all engaged.The rain was sosudden:nobody was prepared;and everybody had to takea cab.Ive been to Charing Cross one way and nearly toLudgate Circus the other;and they were ail engaged.  \nTHE MOTHER.Did you try Trafalgar Square?  \nFREDDY.There wasnt one at Trafalgar Square.THE DAUGHTER.Did you try?  \nFREDDY.I tried as far as Charing Cross Station.Did youexpect me to walk to Hammersmith?THE DAUGHTER.You havnt tried at all.  \nTHE MOTHER.You really are very helpless,Freddy.Goagain;and dont come back until you have found a cab.  \nFREDDY.I shall simply get soaked for nothing.  \nTHE DAUGHTER.And what about us?Are we to stay hereall night in this draught,with next to nothing on.Youselfish pig一  \nFREDDY.Oh,very well:I'll go,I'll go.[He opens bis um-brella and dashes of Strandvards,but comes into collision witha fower girl,who is burrying in for shelter,knocking her basketout of ber hands.Ablinaing fash of lightning,follozved instantlyby a rattling peal of tbunder,orchestrates the incident].  \nTHE FLOWER GIRL.Nah then,Freddy:look wh’y'gowin'deah.  \nFREDDY.Sorry [be rushes of].  \nTHE FLOWER GIRL[picking up ber scattered fovers and re-placing tlem in the basket]Theres menners t³yer!Te-00banches o voylets trod into the mad.[She sits down on  \nthe plinth of the column,sorting ber fowers,on the lady's rigbt.She is not at all an attractive person.She is perbaps eighteen,perhaps tventy,bardly older.She wears a little sailor bat ofblack stravo that has long been exposed to the dust and soot ofLoudon and bas seldom if ever been brushed.Her bair needswashing rather badly:its mousy color can bardly be natural.She wears a sboddy black coat that reaches nearly to ber kneesand is shaped to her waist.She bas a brozwn skirt with acoarse apron.Her boots are much the worse for wear.Sb","cbCaipXblZZ8i4Qj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipXblZZ8i4Qj","pdf",4196225,96,"English","# Act I\n## Covent Garden arrival and waiting\n## Freddy searches for a cab\n## Flower girl encounter and dialogue","[{\"question\":\"Where does Act I begin, and what is the immediate situation?\",\"answer\":\"Act I begins in Covent Garden at 11:15 p.m. during heavy rain, with the Mother and Daughter waiting for a cab.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Freddy have trouble getting a cab?\",\"answer\":\"Freddy explains that cabs are not available because everyone is suddenly forced to take one after the rain, leaving them all engaged.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the flower girl affect the scene?\",\"answer\":\"The flower girl helps by giving guidance and engaging in dialogue and dialect, then interacts with the Mother and Daughter around giving money for flowers.\"}]","Pygmalion - Act I - rough proof—unpublished | PDF",1789945378,148]