Act I
Higgins declares: 'You see this creature with her kerbstone English... in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party.'
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From Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Higgins boasts he can pass Eliza off as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party within six months by teaching her proper speech, forming the central experiment of the play.
Act II
Pickering accepts the bet: 'I'll say you're the greatest teacher alive if you make that good. I'll bet you all the expenses of the experiment.'
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