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GIRLS： No； no not one！
FREDERIC： Not one？
GIRLS： No； no！
MABEL： （enters through arch） Yes； one！
Yes； one！
GIRLS： 'Tis Mabel！
MABEL： Yes； 'tis Mabel！
RECITMABEL
Oh； sisters； deaf to pity's name；
For shame！
It's true that he has gone astray；
But pray
Is that a reason good and true
Why you
Should all be deaf to pity's name？
GIRLS： （aside）： The question is； had he not been
A thing of beauty；
Would she be swayed by quite as keen
A sense of duty？
MABEL： For shame； for shame； for shame！
SONGMABEL
MABEL： Poor wand'ring one！
Though thou hast surely strayed；
Take heart of grace；
Thy steps retrace；
Poor wand'ring one！
Poor wand'ring one！
If such poor love as mine
Can help thee find
True peace of mind…
Why； take it； it is thine！
GIRLS： Take heart； no danger low'rs；
Take any heart but ours！
MABEL： Take heart； fair days will shine；
Take any hearttake mine！
GIRLS： Take heart； no danger low'rs；
Take any heart…but ours！
MABEL： Take heart； fair days will shine；
Take any hearttake mine！
Poor wand'ring one！； etc。
（MABEL and FREDERIC go to mouth of cave and converse。 EDITH
beckons her sisters； who form a semicircle around her。）
EDITH
What ought we to do；
Gentle sisters； say？
Propriety； we know；
Says we ought to stay；
While sympathy exclaims；
〃Free them from your tether
Play at other games
Leave them here together。〃
KATE
Her case may； any day；
Be yours； my dear； or mine。
Let her make her hay
While the sun doth shine。
Let us compromise
（Our hearts are not of leather）：
Let us shut our eyes
And talk about the weather。
GIRLS： Yes； yes； let's talk about the weather。
Chattering chorus
How beautifully blue the sky；
The glass is rising very high；
Continue fine I hope it may；
And yet it rained but yesterday。
To…morrow it may pour again
（I hear the country wants some rain）；
Yet people say； I know not why；
That we shall have a warm July。
To…morrow it may pour again
（I hear the country wants some rain）；
Yet people say； I know not why；
That we shall have a warm July。
Enter MABEL and FREDERIC
。During MABEL's solo the GIRLS continue chatter pianissimo； but
listening eagerly all the time。
SOLOMABEL
Did ever maiden wake
From dream of homely duty；
To find her daylight break
With such exceeding beauty？
Did ever maiden close
Her eyes on waking sadness；
To dream of such exceeding gladness？
FREDERIC： Ah； yes！ ah； yes！ this is exceeding gladness
GIRLS： How beautifully blue the sky； etc。
SOLOFREDERIC
。During this； GIRLS continue their chatter pianissimo as before；
but listening intently all the time。
Did ever pirate roll
His soul in guilty dreaming；
And wake to find that soul
With peace and virtue beaming？
ENSEMBLE
FREDERIC MABEL GIRLS
Did ever pirate Did ever maiden wake How beautifully blue
loathed From dream of homely the sky； etc。
Forsake his hideous duty；
mission To find her daylight
To find himself break
betrothed With such exceeding
To lady of position？ beauty？
RECITFREDERIC
Stay； we must not lose our senses；
Men who stick at no offences
Will anon be here！
Piracy their dreadful trade is；
Pray you； get you hence； young ladies；
While the coast is clear
（FREDERIC and MABEL retire）
GIRLS： No； we must not lose our senses；
If they stick at no offences
We should not be here！
Piracy their dreadful trade is
Nice companions for young ladies！
Let us disap。
（During this chorus the PIRATES have entered stealthily； and
formed in a semicircle behind the GIRLS。 As the GIRLS move
to go off； each PIRATE seizes a GIRL。 KING seizes EDITH and
ISABEL； SAMUEL seizes KATE。）
GIRLS： Too late！
PIRATES： Ha； ha！
GIRLS： Too late！
PIRATES： Ho； ho！
Ha； ha； ha； ha！ Ho； ho； ho； ho！
ENSEMBLE
（Pirates pass in front of （Girls pass in front of
Girls。） Pirates。）
PIRATES GIRLS
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 We shall quickly be
parsonified； parsonified；
Conjugally matrimonified； Conjugally matrimonified；
By a doctor of divinity By a doctor of divinity；
Who is located in this Who is located in this
vicinity。 vicinity。
By a doctor of divinity； By a doctor of divinity；
Who resides in this vicinity； Who resides in this vicinity；
By a doctor； a doctor； a doctor By a doctor； a doctor； a doctor
of divinity； of divinity。 of divinity； of divinity。
RECIT
MABEL： （coming forward） Hold； 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！
SAMUEL： （cowed） We'd better pause； or danger may befall；
Their father is a Major…General。
GIRLS： Yes； yes； he is a Major…General！
（The MAJOR…GENERAL has entered unnoticed； on the rock）
GENERAL： Yes； yes； I am a Major…General！
SAMUEL： For he is a Major…General！
ALL： He is！ Hurrah for the Major…General！
GENERAL： And it is； it is a glorious thing
To be a Major…General！
ALL： It is！ Hurrah for the Major…General！
Hurrah for the Major…General！
SONGMAJOR…GENERAL
I am the very model of a modern Major…General；
I've information vegetable； animal； and mineral；
I know the kings of England； and I quote the fights
historical
From Marathon to Waterloo； in order categorical；
I'm very well acquainted； too； with matters
mathematical；
I understand equations； both the simple and
quadratical；
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news；
With many cheerful facts about the square of the
hypotenuse。
ALL： With many cheerful facts； etc。
GENERAL： I'm very good at integral and differential calculus；
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous：
In short； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
I am the very model of a modern Major…General。
ALL： In short； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
He is the very model of a modern Major…General。
GENERAL： I know our mythic history； King Arthur's and Sir
Caradoc's；
I answer hard acrostics； I've a pretty taste for
paradox；
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus；
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous；
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and
Zoffanies；