In their situation every incident had its importance , and , certainly , during the seven months which they had spent on the island , they had not before met with anything of so surprising a character .
В их ситуации каждое происшествие имело свое значение, и, конечно, за семь месяцев, которые они провели на острове, они еще не встречали ничего столь удивительного.