Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

merely nodded.
“And, finally,” Beckett continued, “item four, during that attack my
own vessel, the Wicked Wench nearly sank, necessitating numerous
expensive repairs to said ship in Savannah. Repairs that you signed
for, that will be charged to the EITC.”
Beckett eyed Sparrow with all the warmth of a glacier. “Is that a
correct summary of the salient points of your decidedly rambling
account, Captain Sparrow?”
Sparrow stood there, turning his hat, silent.
“Answer me, Sparrow!” For the first time, Beckett raised his voice.
Sparrow jumped. His hat slipped out of his hands and fell. “Oh,
yes, sir. Yes, you pretty much summarized it, yes, Mr. Beckett. Sir.” He
bent over and retrieved the hat, then stood there looking down at it, as
though he wished he could clap it on his head and make a hasty
departure.
“And in addition to what I have already spoken of, I also noted,
among other things, that you gave an account of your sailing to New
Avalon and picking up yet another allegedly Kerman slave, one that
the sewing woman claimed was her brother, is that correct? And that
slave is also gone. Correct?”
Sparrow nodded. “Yes, Mr. Beckett.”
“How did you ‘pick up’ that slave, Sparrow? Did you purchase
him? With your own money?”
Sparrow shook his head. “No, Mr. Beckett. I didn’t have enough.”
“So you stole him, is that what you’re saying? Meaning you are, in
point of fact, responsible for two thefts of valuable property? The slave
from Dalton’s farm, and now this slave from New Avalon?”
Sparrow cleared his throat. “I didn’t exactly say that I stole him, Mr.
Beckett. The sewing woman, Ayisha, she told me if I wanted her to
take me to the island, I’d have to let her bring her friend on board, in
Calabar. I didn’t ask any questions about how he came to be with her,
sir. Then, after we left Calabar, Ayisha demanded that I take her to the
New World so she could get her brother. She knew where he’d been
taken. I don’t know how she knew.”
“And?”
“When we located the brother, he was on a sugar plantation. So