▁lov es ▁dash ing ▁Hil ary ▁V ane , ▁a ▁successful ▁author ▁of ▁rom antic ▁y ar ns ▁who ▁lives ▁on ▁a ▁house bo at . ▁Hil ary ▁is ▁writing ▁a ▁story ▁whose ▁hero ine , ▁Miss ▁Prim rose , ▁is ▁at ▁a ▁similar ▁imp asse . ▁Hil ary ▁returns ▁Joan ' s ▁love , ▁but ▁Fred die ▁and ▁Joan ▁are ▁under ▁the ▁thumb ▁of ▁Sir ▁Bar nab y ▁F alls ▁– ▁Joan ' s ▁guard ian ▁and ▁Fred die ' s ▁uncle ▁– ▁who , ▁for ▁financial ▁reasons , ▁ref uses ▁consent ▁to ▁their ▁marry ing ▁anyone ▁except ▁each ▁other . ▁ ▁The ▁rom ance ▁of ▁arist ocr atic ▁T oby ▁M oph am ▁and ▁the ▁vul gar ▁but ▁am bit ious ▁beaut ician ▁P ink ie ▁Pe ach ▁is ▁imp eded ▁by ▁T oby ' s ▁second ▁thoughts ▁after ▁r ash ly ▁propos ing ; ▁he ▁en lists ▁Hil ary ' s ▁to ▁pret end ▁to ▁w oo ▁P ink ie ▁so ▁that ▁T oby ▁can ▁catch ▁them ▁in ▁flag ran te ▁and ▁break ▁off ▁the ▁eng agement . ▁However , ▁Joan ▁also ▁catch es ▁Hil ary ▁w oo ing ▁P ink ie . ▁During ▁an ▁event ful ▁dance ▁sequence , ▁T oby ▁over comes ▁his ▁rel uct ance ▁to ▁marry , ▁Sir ▁Bar nab y ▁gives ▁way , ▁and ▁all ▁three ▁cou ples ▁are ▁free ▁to ▁marry . ▁ ▁Song ▁list ▁O vert ure ▁Le aving ▁Town ▁While ▁We ▁May ▁( The ▁Coun tr ys ide ) ▁– ▁Ch orus