The Merry Maiden and the Tar

'Do you remember,' he asked, 'the time I played Dick Deadeye in Pinafore at that amateur performance in aid of the Lower Barnatoland Widows and Orphans?'

'Yes, dear. You were splendid.'

'Do you remember the scene where Dick Deadeye goes to the captain to warn him his daughter is going to elope, and won't come out with anything definite?'

Uncle Dynamite. Chapter 7.IV