Does higgins want a mate?

In the end, the most important person.... Eliza, determines that he doesn't. Eliza recognizes Higgins as predestined to be a bachelor marries Freddy instead. (This was somewhat of a scandal, but the fact that Eliza's father had become a social success made it less hard on the Eynsford Hills.) With a gift from Colonel Pickering, Eliza opens up a flower shop.