Pinkerton tells Goro to bring Butterfly to him.

Sharpless tells Pinkerton that he heard Butterfly speak, when she visited the Consulate, and he asks Pinkerton not to pluck off her delicate wings.

However, Pinkerton tells Sharpless that he will do " no great harm, even if Butterfly falls in love.

Butterfly tells Pinkerton and Sharpless that her family is from Nagasaki and was once very wealthy.

Meanwhile, Butterfly tells her relatives how much she loves Pinkerton.

Butterfly tells Pinkerton that yesterday, in secret and without telling her uncle, who is a Buddhist priest, the Bonze, she went to the Consulate, where she abandoned her ancestral religion and converted to Pinkerton ’ s religion.

) Pinkerton tells Butterfly that " All your relatives and all the priests in Japan are not worth the tears from your loving, beautiful eyes.

) Pinkerton admires the beautiful Butterfly and tells her, " you have not yet told me that you love me.

Suzuki tells Butterfly that their money has almost run out and, if Pinkerton does not return quickly, they will suffer in a bad way.

Suzuki tells Butterfly that foreign husbands never return to their Japanese wives, but Butterfly replies furiously that Pinkerton had assured her, on the very last morning they were together, " Oh, Butterfly, my little wife, I shall return with the roses, when the earth is full of joy, when the robin makes his nest.

" Sharpless draws a letter from his pocket and tells her, " Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton has written to me.

" Sharpless tells her that Pinkerton is perfectly well, and she says, " I am the happiest woman in Japan.

She tells him that, after Pinkerton left, Goro came to her many times " with presents to palm off this or that husband on me.

Butterfly tells Suzuki that she wants Pinkerton to see her dressed as she was on the first day " and a red poppy in my hair.

Pinkerton and Sharpless have arrived, but Pinkerton tells Suzuki not to wake Butterfly and asks how Butterfly knew that Pinkerton had arrived.

Sharpless tells Pinkerton, " Did I not tell you so?

While Pinkerton looks at the flowers, the picture of himself and the room that has remained unchanged for three years, Sharpless tells Suzuki that they can do nothing for Butterfly but that they must help her child.

Sharpless tells her that Pinkerton ’ s new wife, Kate, wants to care for the child.

At the meeting Yamadori tells Cho-Cho-San that Pinkerton only thought of the marriage as temporary as was common in America, and suggests that he would eventually divorce her and the baby could well end up in an orphanage.

To spare her feelings, Sharpless tells her that he had indeed written Pinkerton who was on his way to see her but had many duties to perform, and then his ship was suddenly ordered to China.

Pinkerton admits to Sharpless that he does not know whether he is really in love or just infatuated, but he is bewitched with Butterfly ’ s innocence, charm and beauty, like a butterfly fluttering around and then landing with silent grace, so beautiful " that I must have her, even though I injure her butterfly wings ".

" Goro re-enters to tell Pinkerton and Sharpless that Butterfly ’ s friends are coming.

Butterfly greets Pinkerton, who asks about her difficult climb up the hill.

Butterfly ’ s relatives say that he ’ s like a king, so rich and so handsome, and then, at a sign from Butterfly, all her friends and relatives bow to Pinkerton and walk out to the garden.

Pinkerton takes Butterfly ’ s hand and leads her into the house.

From her sleeve, Butterfly brings out to show Pinkerton all of her treasures, which include only a few handkerchiefs, a mirror, a sash, and other trinkets.

Goro whispers to Pinkerton that the case contains a " gift " from the Mikado to Butterfly ’ s father, inviting him to commit seppuku.

Butterfly continues to show Pinkerton her other little treasures, including several little statues: " They are the spirits of my ancestors.

The Commissioner conducts the brief ceremony and witnesses Pinkerton and Butterfly sign the official papers.

Pinkerton, Butterfly and their guests continue the celebration with many toasts.

He stands over Butterfly, shouting his curses at her, when Pinkerton intervenes to stop him.

Pinkerton watches Butterfly, as she watches him, but her happiness is tempered, as " still the angry voice curses me.

A possible predictor is the anchor text of links ; this was the approach taken by Pinkerton in the first web crawler of the early days of the Web.

Sharpless is critical of Pinkerton ’ s beliefs, but they stand and agree, " America forever ".

When Goro leaves, Sharpless asks Pinkerton if he is really in love.

Pinkerton laughs at the sight and whispers to Sharpless, " This is a farce: all these will be my new relatives for only a month.

Pinkerton admits that it is true but explains, " Do you know why?

" Without looking to see who is speaking, Butterfly corrects him, " Madam Pinkerton, please.

Goro whispers that Pinkerton ’ s ship is expected to arrive soon, and Sharpless explains that Pinkerton is too embarrassed to meet Butterfly and has asked Sharpless to handle it.

" Suzuki sees a strange woman in the garden, learns from Sharpless that she is Pinkerton ’ s American wife and collapses to her knees in shock.

" When Suzuki answers, " yes ", Butterfly understands that Pinkerton is not coming for her and that Kate is his new wife.

In the 1850s, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the North-Western Police Agency, later known as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and is still in existence today as Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas AB.

It is famously claimed that the reason was a convoluted accident in which Pinkerton slipped on the pavement and bit his tongue, resulting in deadly gangrene.