"I don't understand. Whose is it?" Elizabeth asked. She
daintily picked up the golden band with her thumb and forefinger. "You
didn't steal it did you Jack?"
"Of course I didn't steal it! Even if I did, I prefer borrowing without permission," Jack said slyly. "This little trinket has quite the history. After all being passed down from the first Turner to his son, and he passed it on to his son, and he passed it on to his son..." Jack continued.
"Jack!" Elizabeth shouted. "I get it. Will? What do you think?"
"It was my father's," Will said quietly. "Like Jack said, it's been in the family for years. My father told me about it once. I can't imagine where you got it, Jack. Anyway, the ring gets passed to the next Turner once he is fifteen or so. When you found me at sea," William said nodding towards Elizabeth, "I was only ten. I never thought I'd see the ring again. It's kind of like a good luck charm for the Turners."
"Touching story, lad," Jack said dabbing at his eyes.
"Jack?" Elizabeth asked. "Where did you get it?"
"Oh, on this boat that I stole..." Jack began.
Elizabeth coughed.
"Borrowed, I mean, from a man outside Tortuga. I was coming here anyway to ask you to join me on a, ahem, treasure hunt of sorts. It was kind of like catching two sparrows with one net, savvy?" Jack explained.
"Don't you mean hitting two birds with one stone?" Elizabeth corrected.
"Aye," Jack replied. "Birds, sparrows, it's all the same to me."
"So wait," Will said, trying to figure out the situation. "Do you mean to tell me that you found my father's ring on a ship you, er, borrowed?"
"That is exactly what I mean. After all I did say what I meant, and I meant what I said. If people go around meaning what they don't say and saying what they don't mean, that's plain shameful," Jack said.
Will and Elizabeth looked at each other and then at Jack. They had come to expect this kind of behavior from him.
"So do you think he's still alive?" William asked hopefully.
"Yes." Jack answered. "What say you to that?"
"Of course I didn't steal it! Even if I did, I prefer borrowing without permission," Jack said slyly. "This little trinket has quite the history. After all being passed down from the first Turner to his son, and he passed it on to his son, and he passed it on to his son..." Jack continued.
"Jack!" Elizabeth shouted. "I get it. Will? What do you think?"
"It was my father's," Will said quietly. "Like Jack said, it's been in the family for years. My father told me about it once. I can't imagine where you got it, Jack. Anyway, the ring gets passed to the next Turner once he is fifteen or so. When you found me at sea," William said nodding towards Elizabeth, "I was only ten. I never thought I'd see the ring again. It's kind of like a good luck charm for the Turners."
"Touching story, lad," Jack said dabbing at his eyes.
"Jack?" Elizabeth asked. "Where did you get it?"
"Oh, on this boat that I stole..." Jack began.
Elizabeth coughed.
"Borrowed, I mean, from a man outside Tortuga. I was coming here anyway to ask you to join me on a, ahem, treasure hunt of sorts. It was kind of like catching two sparrows with one net, savvy?" Jack explained.
"Don't you mean hitting two birds with one stone?" Elizabeth corrected.
"Aye," Jack replied. "Birds, sparrows, it's all the same to me."
"So wait," Will said, trying to figure out the situation. "Do you mean to tell me that you found my father's ring on a ship you, er, borrowed?"
"That is exactly what I mean. After all I did say what I meant, and I meant what I said. If people go around meaning what they don't say and saying what they don't mean, that's plain shameful," Jack said.
Will and Elizabeth looked at each other and then at Jack. They had come to expect this kind of behavior from him.
"So do you think he's still alive?" William asked hopefully.
"Yes." Jack answered. "What say you to that?"