He perceived, indeed, a marked approval of it.

The Zavalas, Navarros.

Garcias, and other prominent citizens, addressed him with but a slightly repressed sympathy.

They directed his attention with meaning looks to the counter-proclamation of the Americans.

They made him understand by the pressure of their hands that they also were on the side of liberty.
As he did not hurry, he met several officers, but they wisely affected not to see what they did not wish to see.