Betsy: Quick, Hal! You must escape. Quick! Before the pirates come. Follow the path to the village! You can escape by the Royal Harry.
(They are running to the door when there is a sound of voices on the path outside. Joe has just time to put himself in the posture in which the pirates left him. The pirates and Darlin' enter in dejection. Betsy runs to the kitchen.)
Captain: Blast me, the lantern 's out!
Patch: Rot me, but there were an explosion!
Darlin': Poof! And there were n't no lantern!
Duke: What done it? What done it? I asks yer.
(They stand at the window and look toward the ocean.)
Duke: She is still headed on. Her nose is still pointin' toward the cliff.
Captain: What 's that?
Duke: I hears the rattlin' o' chains. She 's droppin' anchor. She has sniffed the willainy. Her anchor 's down. She 's saved hisself. Blow me, she 's saved hisself.