Ensemble.
| (Pirates pass in front of Ladies.) | (Ladies pass in front of Pirates.) |
| Pirates. | Ladies. |
| Here’s a first-rate opportunity | We have missed our opportunity |
| To get married with impunity, | Of escaping with impunity; |
| And indulge in the felicity | So farewell to the felicity |
| Of unbounded domesticity. | Of our maiden domesticity. |
| You shall quickly be parsonified, | We shall quickly be parsonified, |
| Conjugally matrimonified | Conjugally matrimonified |
| By a doctor of divinity, | By a doctor of divinity, |
| Who is located in this vicinity. | Who is located in this vicinity. |
Recitative.—Mabel (coming forward).
How, monsters! Ere your pirate caravanserai
Proceed, against our will, to wed us all,
Just bear in mind that we are wards in Chancery,
And father is a major-general!
Sam. (cowed). We’d better pause, or danger may befall;
Their father is a major-general.
Ladies. Yes, yes; he is a major-general.