Select the correct text in the passage.
which piece of dialogue in this excerpt from george bernard shaw's pygmalion shows that eliza has a quick temper?
the flower girl (to pickering, as he passes her): buy a flower, kind gentleman, i'm short for my lodging.
pickering. i really haven't any change. i'm sorry (he goes away).
higgins (shocked at girl's mendacity): liar. you said you could change half-a-crown
the flower girl (rising in desperation). you ought to be stuffed with nails, you ought. (flinging the basket at his feet) take the whole
basket for sixpence.
the church clock strikes the second quarter
higgins (hearing in it the voice of god, rebuking him for his pharisaic want of charity to the poor girl): a reminder. (he raises his hat soler
throws a handful of money into the basket and follows pickering)
the flower girl (picking up a half-crown). ahow_ooh! (picking up a couple of florins) aaah—ow-ooh! (picking up several coins)
-ooh! (picking up a half-sovereign) aash-ow-!
freddy (springing out of a taxicab) got one at last. hallo! (to the girl where are the two ladies that were here?
the flower girl: they walked to the bus when the rain stopped.
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