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As soon as she had cleared the entrance to the bay the pinnace glided over the surface of the broad expanse of sea between False Hope Point and Cape East. The weather was fine. The grey-blue sky was tapestried with a few clouds through which the sun's rays filtered.
At this early morning hour the breeze blew off the land and was favourable to the progress of the _Elizabeth_. It would not be until she had rounded Cape East that she would feel the wind from the sea.