Instead, she marries Freddy and they open a flower shop. It's just a really long explanation of what happens-Shaw just wants us to know that everybody reading the play is silly and sentimental, and, no, Higgins and Eliza don't ever smooch. He wrote a "Sequel" to Pygmalion and, like most sequels, it's not nearly as good as the original. Is there romance in the cards? Pygmalion 2: 2 Pyg, 2 Malion And Higgins won't meet her halfway…at least not yet.
She's still left in a difficult position: she can't go back to selling flowers, but she doesn't want to marry into money. Eliza seems to doubt the sincerity of Higgins's arguments, but on the other hand, he can be pretty persuasive. Higgins is sure Eliza will come back but, well, he's been wrong before. (5.275) Those are the last words, leaving a lot up in the air. Higgins's mother, who's just come in to get Eliza, thinks he's crazy, but Higgins himself is sure. He calls after her and tells her to pick up some groceries and fresh clothes. Eliza turns around to leave, telling Higgins, And why should she be? She has plenty of reasons not to trust him-the guy just tried to wring her neck. Again, this all seems a bit off, and Eliza herself isn't convinced. By finally learning to treat him poorly, Higgins believes that Eliza has finally become his equal.
Cruelty = Equality (When You're Henry Higgins) She even threatens to use her knowledge against him, to teach one of Higgins's competitors the methods she learned or-and this really ticks him off-to go into business for herself.
She tells Higgins that she'll marry Freddy if she has to (Higgins doesn't want his "masterpiece" wasted on such a lout). She's so annoyed by the whole thing that she starts making threats of her own. She's insulted by Higgins's offer to arrange a marriage with somebody rich.
She doesn't seem convinced by the whole "I treat everyone like garbage" excuse. Eliza doesn't buy a lot of what he's saying. Then, for good measure he calls Eliza a liar, a fool, an idiot, a "damned impudent slut" (5.263), and-oh, yeah-and he almost strangles her. He tells her that, no, he doesn't mean to treat her poorly. You see, Eliza doesn't know what to do with herself now that she's got an upper class accent, but no money, and no place to go. She's already given Pickering most of the credit for her transformation from flower girl to lady, and now, to top it all off, she's refusing to come back and live with Higgins. Eliza's already made Higgins plenty angry by leaving his house, and then proceeding to act all cheery and nice the next day. Here's what goes down: Henry and Eliza have a huge fight. Pygmalion ends with a bang, not a whimper.
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