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Act three begins with Cora at her house with her council.

Schub has put the miracle on hiatus, but announces that they can easily turn the town against Hapgood by blaming him for it.

The group celebrates their alliance.

(“ I've Got You to Lean On ”) A mob quickly forms outside the hotel, and Hapgood and Fay, still disguised, take refuge under the rock.

Discovering the fraud, Cora and the council confront them.

At that moment, Cora receives a telegram from the governor warning that if the quota of forty-nine cookies is not filled, she will be impeached.

Schub tells her that since Hapgood never said who is normal or not, they can arrest anyone at random until the quota is filled.

Fay tries to get Hapgood to expose the miracle, but he warns her no one will believe it is a fake, because it works as a miracle should.

Fay wants his help stopping the Mayoress, but he refuses, since he is through with crusading.

Although she knows she still isn't out of her shell, Fay angrily swears to go it alone.

(“ See What it Gets You ”) As Cora and the police force begin rounding up Cookies, Fay tries to get the key away from the guards in an extended ballet sequence.

(“ The Cookie Chase ”) As it ends, Fay is captured, and Dr. Detmold suddenly recognizes her.

Fay tells the townspeople about the fake miracle, but the town refuses to believe her.

Detmold tells Cora that even without the records, Fay can identify the inmates from memory.

Cora warns that she will arrest forty-nine people, normal or not, and Fay, helplessly, identifies all the Cookies, except Hapgood.

She tells him the world needs people like him, and Hapgood can't turn himself in.

He asks Fay to come with him, but she still can't bring herself to break free.

Parting ways, they reflect on what they briefly shared.

(“ With So Little to be Sure Of ”) Word comes of a new miracle, two towns over, of a statue with a warm heart.

Soon the town is all but deserted, and Cora is again upstaged.

Again, Schub has the answer-since the Cookie Jar is still successful, they can turn the entire town into one big Cookie Jar!

Cora realizes she and Schub are meant for each other, and they dance off together.

As Fay resumes work, Detmold's real new assistant arrives, and Fay is horrified to realize that she is even more practical, rigid and disbelieving than Fay herself, and the new nurse marches the Cookies off to the next town to disprove the new miracle.

Horrified at seeing what she might become, Fay returns to the rock calling for Hapgood.

When he doesn't answer, she tries to whistle-and succeeds in blowing a shrill, ugly whistle.