A difficulty.
When Eliza attends the Embassy Ball with Higgins and Pickering, Nepommuck, a former student of Higgins, also attended- he became an interpreter and “cockney specialist”. This is a threat to Henry and Eliza because if Nepommuck can tell that Eliza is not from the upper class by the slight variation of her speech, then Higgins loses the bet. The hostess asked Nepommuck to find out more about Eliza, so he is right behind Eliza’s tracks.
When Eliza attends the Embassy Ball with Higgins and Pickering, Nepommuck, a former student of Higgins, also attended- he became an interpreter and “cockney specialist”. This is a threat to Henry and Eliza because if Nepommuck can tell that Eliza is not from the upper class by the slight variation of her speech, then Higgins loses the bet. The hostess asked Nepommuck to find out more about Eliza, so he is right behind Eliza’s tracks.