The wind blowing out of Union Bay she ran before it, and thus showed her owners, much to their satisfaction, that she possessed a remarkably fast pair of heels, according to Pencroft's mode of speaking.
Pour sortir de la baie de l'union, il fallut d'abord faire vent arrière, et l'on put constater que, sous cette allure, la vitesse de l'embarcation était satisfaisante.