Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

my brother will be working on some plantation. Do you have any ideas
for how to go about rescuing him? It cannot be easy for slaves to get
away, or more of them would manage it.”
Jack shrugged. “Haven’t gotten that far yet, love. I’m still mulling it
over. This is the kind of situation where you make it up as you go
along.”
“I see.” She put the last stitch in place, knotted the thread, then bit
it off neatly. “There,” she said.
He gave her a smile. “My crew looks nearly as shipshape as the
Wench, since you’ve been fixing their clothes.”
She nodded. “And they smile at me and greet me pleasantly now.
I’m nearly finished with the things they’ve given me. I work fast.”
Reaching over, she poked a finger through a ragged tear in the loose
sleeve of his shirt. “It’s time to start on your clothes, and Robby’s. Mr.
Connery brought me his mending last week, so he is done.”
“You don’t have to do that,” Jack said. “Any sailor learns to mend
his own clothes. Some of them get quite handy at it.”
“But you are not one of those types of sailors,” she pointed out. “I
have seen examples of your mending skills.”
He chuckled. “‘A hit, a very palpable hit.’”
“What does that mean?”
“It’s a quote from a Shakespeare play called Hamlet, about a
prince who can’t decide whether or not to avenge his father’s murder
by killing his uncle, the king. The final act of the play is a fencing match,
and, early on, Hamlet touches his opponent, Laertes.” He
demonstrated the concept by holding up his hand and then poking
himself in the palm lightly. “When you touch an opponent with the tip of
your weapon, it’s called a ‘hit,’ savvy? It’s how they score matches.”
Ayisha puzzled over this. “If Hamlet was a prince, why did he not
become king when his father died?”
Jack frowned thoughtfully. “It’s been a long time since I read it. I
believe his uncle, Claudius, more or less usurped the throne. He also
married Hamlet’s mum.”
“Well, if Prince Hamlet could not make up his mind, his uncle was
right to take the throne,” Ayisha declared. “An indecisive ruler is a
disaster for a kingdom.”