_Sir M._ Die thou! Thou art the cause of all offending! _Lady S._ Die thou! Yield thou to this decree unbending! _All._ Die thou! _Mr. W._ So be it! I submit! My fate is sealed. To popular opinion thus I yield! (_Falls._) Be happy all--leave me to my despair-- I go--it matters not with whom--or where! (_Gong._) [_All quit their present partners, and rejoin their old lovers. SIR MARMADUKE leaves MRS. PARTLET, and goes to LADY SANGAZURE. ALINE leaves DR. DALY, and goes to ALEXIS. DR. DALY leaves ALINE, and goes to CONSTANCE. NOTARY leaves CONSTANCE, and goes to MRS. PARTLET. All the _Chorus_ make a corresponding change._ ALL. _Gentlemen._ Oh, my adored one! _Ladies._ Unmingled joy! _Gentlemen._ Ecstatic rapture! _Ladies._ Beloved boy! (_They embrace._) _Sir M._ Come to my mansion, all of you! At least We’ll crown our rapture with another feast. ENSEMBLE. SIR MARMADUKE, LADY SANGAZURE, ALEXIS, AND ALINE. Now to the banquet we press; Now for the eggs and the ham, Now for the mustard and cress, Now for the strawberry jam! _Chorus._ Now to the banquet, etc. DR. DALY, CONSTANCE, NOTARY, AND MRS. PARTLET. Now for the tea of our host, Now for the rollicking bun, Now for the muffin and toast, Now for the gay Sally Lunn! _Chorus._ Now for the tea, etc. (_General Dance._) H.M.S. PINAFORE; OR, THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR. _AN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL NAUTICAL COMIC OPERA_, IN TWO ACTS. _First produced at the Opera Comique Theatre, by MR. R. D’OYLY CARTE, on Saturday, May 25, 1878._ DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. THE RT. HON. SIR JOSEPH PORTER, K.C.B., _First Lord of the Admiralty_. CAPTAIN CORCORAN, _Commanding H.M.S. Pinafore_. RALPH RACKSTRAW, _Able Seaman_. DICK DEADEYE, _Able Seaman_. BILL BOBSTAY, _Boatswain’s Mate_. BOB BECKET, _Carpenter’s Mate_. TOM TUCKER, _Midshipmite_. SERGEANT OF MARINES. JOSEPHINE, _the Captain’s Daughter_. HEBE, _Sir Joseph’s First Cousin_. LITTLE BUTTERCUP, _a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman_. _First Lord’s Sisters_, _his Cousins_, _his Aunts_, _Sailors_, _Marines_, _etc._ SCENE: QUARTER-DECK OF H.M.S. PINAFORE, OFF PORTSMOUTH. ACT I.--NOON. ACT II.--NIGHT. H.M.S. PINAFORE; OR, THE LASS THAT LOVED A SAILOR. ACT I. SCENE.--_Quarter-deck of H.M.S. Pinafore. View of Portsmouth in distance. _Sailors_, led by BOATSWAIN, discovered cleaning brasswork, splicing rope, etc._ CHORUS.