Why is pickering successful at getting eliza to sit down when Higgins is not?

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Act 2

Asked by marissa f #356987 on 2/14/2014 4:53 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 2/14/2014 4:59 PM

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/14/2014 4:59 PM

Eliza sits down for Pickering because he speaks to her courteously.

PICKERING [very courteous] Won't you sit down?

LIZA [coyly] Don't mind if I do. [She sits down. Pickering returns to the hearthrug].

Pygmalion