Pygmalion

Why does Higgins tolerate Mrs. Pearce and her straightforward comments about his manners when she is just his housekeeper?

Mrs. Pearce is the houekeeper who makes comments on his manners. Why does he tolerate it? Ideally, one would throw her out but then Higgins tolerates it and sometimes agrees with her advice.

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Higgins respects Mrs. Pearce and her place within his household. Her role takes on many different variations because Higgins is unmarried. In a way, it falls within her job description to comment on things she deems inappropriate. As the woman of the house, she wants to keep things respectable, and as an older woman, he defers to her opinions. Note, he doesn't follow her advice, he merely tolerates it.

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