But he made no sign.

He might have been deaf, dumb, and blind.

He walked by the wheat, but did not see the deficiency of the crop, nor the extraordinary growth of weeds.

There were voices in the air like the mutterings of a coming storm, but he did not hear them.

There were paragraphs in the papers--how So-and-So had liberally reduced the rents or returned a percentage; but he did not read them, or did not understand.
Rent days came and went, and no sign was made.