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Kind Captain, I've important information, Sing hey, the gallant Captain that you are! About a certain intimate relation, Sing hey, the merry maiden and the tar! Kind Captain, your young lady is a-sighing, Sing, hey, the gallant Captain that you are! This very night with Rackstraw to be flying, Sing, hey, the merry maiden and the tar! |
This information certainly comes in the nick of time, so the Captain hastily throws an old cloak over him and squats down behind the deck furniture to await the coming of the elopers.
Presently they come up, Josephine, followed by Little Buttercup, and all the crew on "tip-toe stealing." Suddenly amid the silence, the Captain stamps.
"Goodness me!" all cry. "What was that?"
"Silent be," says Dick. "It was the cat," and thus reassured they start for the boat which is to take the lovers ashore. At this crisis the Captain throws off the cloak and creates a sensation. He is so mad he swears just as Sir Joseph puts in an appearance.
"Damme!" cries the Captain.
"What was that dreadful language I heard you use?" Sir Joseph demands, highly scandalized.