He says that he could teach the flower-girl Eliza to speak so well in just three months that she could pass for a noble lady. Eliza thinks he is a policeman trying to get her in trouble and insists that she is "a good girl." Pickering asks Higgins how he can tell where everyone is from, and Higgins explains that he studies phonetics and teaches people how to speak in different accents. Everyone is confused and annoyed by the meddlesome Higgins. The man, who turns out to be Henry Higgins, steps forward and guesses where everyone is from based on their manner of speech. Eliza thinks that the man is a policeman and that she is in trouble. A bystander tells Eliza to watch out for a strange man in the back of the crowd taking notes. Under the portico, a poor flower-girl ( Eliza Doolittle) sells a flower to a gentleman ( Colonel Pickering). Freddy enters, unable to find one, but his mother sends him back out into the rain to look again. Eynsford Hill) waits exasperatedly with her daughter Clara for her son Freddy to find a taxi. A wealthy mother (later revealed to be Mrs. One rainy night in Covent Garden, London, a crowd of people from various social classes all seek shelter under the same church portico.
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