Sing hey, the cat-o’-nine-tails and the tar!
(Producing a “cat.”)
Both.The merry cat-o’-nine-tails and the tar!
Capt. Dick Deadeye, I thank you for your warning; I will at once take means to arrest their flight. This boat-cloak will afford me ample disguise. So! (Envelopes himself in a mysterious cloak, holding it before his face.)
Dick. Ha! ha! They are foiled—foiled—foiled!
Enter Crew on tiptoe, with Ralph and Boatswain, meeting Josephine, who enters from cabin on tiptoe, with bundle of necessaries, and accompanied by Little Buttercup. The Captain, shrouded in his boat-cloak, watches them unnoticed.
Ensemble.
Carefully on tiptoe stealing,
Breathing gently as we may,
Every step with caution feeling,