We rowed until we were out of sight of the town, and then, with a wide stretch of water in front of us, and the wind blowing a perfect hurricane across it, we felt that the time had come to commence operations.
Remammo finchè non perdemmo di vista la città, e poi con un vasto tratto d’acqua dinanzi e il vento impetuoso di perfetta burrasca, comprendemmo ch’era tempo di cominciare le operazioni.