For eleven months all communication between them and the rest of their fellow-creatures had been interrupted, and in a short time the 24th of March would arrive, the anniversary of the day on which the balloon had thrown them on this unknown coast.
Voilà onze mois que toute communication entre eux et le reste des humains avait été interrompue, et, avant peu, le 24 mars, arrivait l'anniversaire de ce jour où le ballon les jeta sur cette côte inconnue!