H.M.S. Pinafore
The H.M.S. Pinafore lies at anchor off Portsmouth.  Little Buttercup comes on board to sell things to the sailors. She says that she has a secret.  Ralph Rackstraw says he loves Josephine. The Captain worries that his daughter will decline Sir Joseph's marriage proposal. She tells her father that she loves a sailor in his crew, but assures him that she will never reveal her love to him.