They were the men of experience, and in matters such as these they had minds of uncommon penetration.

He noticed that neither of them said anything, and that they showed no elation.
Everybody in the Alamo knew the next day that Bonham had come from Fannin, and the whole place was filled with new hope.

As Ned reckoned, it was about one hundred and fifty miles from San Antonio de Bexar to Goliad; but, according to Bonham, Fannin had already been five days on the way, and they should hear soon the welcome thunder of his guns.

He eagerly scanned the southeast, in which direction lay Goliad, but the only human beings he saw were Mexicans.

No sound came to his ears but the note of a Mexican trumpet or the crack of a vaquero's whip.
He was not the only one who looked and listened.