Describe the relationship between Higgins and his mother.

Mrs. Higgins, Henry's mother, disapproves of Henry's wild ways and takes Liza under her wing. She is initially horrified by the idea that Henry might bring a flower-girl into her home, but she quickly grows sympathetic to Liza. As a woman, she is the first to express a concern for what will be done with the girl after the experiment--the idea that her training makes her highly unmarriageable by anyone anywhere on the social scale. When Liza runs away from Wimpole St., she instinctively knows that Mrs. Higgins will take good care of her. Higgins's mother sides with Liza before even her son, not revealing that Liza is in the house while Higgins is dialing the police.