"Captain, you old cupcake!" "I beg your pardon Madam?"
"Surely you don't think I believe that this is what you really had in mind, did you? A script? If anything, I thought you'd be auditioning as an actor. I've heard you practicing when you didn't think anyone was around – and I must say I'm impressed."
"Heard, me, truly Madam, I cannot imagine what you are referring to."
"I think it was shortly after we hooked up the stereo and unpacked the records, even after I knew I put it away, I kept finding the cast album of "My Fair Lady" on the turntable. I must say, you have a wonderful singing voice. It is a wonderful musical, don't you agree?"
Looking somewhat stricken, he cleared his throat as he tried to find the right response. "I have always appreciated fine music, Madam, although I must admit I find that Rex Harrison something less than a tuneful performer." "I believe that was intentional," she smiled, "he was meant to be someone who wasn't comfortable with emotion, in speaking or in song. That makes his surprise when he recognizes his feelings for Eliza all the more poignant."
"I see, you mean that just because he doesn't readily show or speak about his feelings, we are meant to understand them all the same?"
"Exactly." She tilted her head, looking at him, and seeing precisely what she hoped to see, she blushed and looked away for a moment. "Just as Eliza, who never expected, never believed she'd be cared for in such an important way, is equally confused about what it means to her, to her future. She knows she won't have a usual future with him, but she cares too much about him to have anyone else, to want anyone else. . . I don't think I understood all that, until recently that is."
Stepping closer and looking deeply into her eyes, he smiled. "M'dear, sometimes, I think, knowing, believing and understanding is more important than being, at least I assume that is correct. Do you agree?" he added with a soft note to his voice. "Captain, sometimes when you speak to me at moments like this, I feel as if I were Eliza." "And I, M'dear, would wish to be the Professor, and much, much more."