ACT III
The scene is the same as before. We have given up all hope of a pirate ship rocking on the sea. Our plot still twists us around its little finger. The curtain rises on the tableau of the second act. Old Petey shows again at the window to the right.
Duke: What done it? What done it? I asks yer.
Patch: Jest when everythin' was goin' pretty.
Captain: Jest when she was about ter hit.
Darlin': Me heart near stopped—I was that excited.
(The pirates sit in deep dejection.)
Duke: The mystery o' this business is how the blinkin' lantern went out.
Captain: Ol' Petey done his part.
Patch: He doused herself in time.