Then, she recites poetic words to him - the derivation of the film""s title:They are not long the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes within a dream.When the dumbfounded cop rips up his ticket, he tears up the cop""s ticket, imitating his facial expressions.The narrative of the film is coherently communicated through voice-over flashbacks of he female character""s emotionally-fraught memories that link the various scenes together..Oh you can walk the straight and narrow, but with a little bit o"" luck you""ll run amuck.The gentle sex was made for man to marry, to share his nest and see his food is cooked.The gentle sex was made for man to marry but, with a little bit o"" luck,With a little bit o"" luck, You can have it all and not get hooked!An old Cockney woman calls out to Alfred from a basement-level window where Eliza used to reside (three days earlier) that he is a lucky man because his daughter is being ""kept"" by a wealthy man:You can buy your own things now, Alfie Doolittle, fallen into a tub of butter, you have.In the bedroom, she prepared for love-making by stripping to her bra and panties, and donning a silky white robe as she primped in front of a mirror, before surrendering her virginity.