In a quiet library beyond the main desk, guests can take refreshments or listen to chamber music.
The custom at dinner, it seemed, was that guests listened while the governor declaimed.
The guests listened in perfect silence through the 10-minute performance.
The other guests were listening with interest, sensing a first-class entertaining row.
The guest had been listening quietly to all this.
The guests listened more or less attentively and applauded politely.
We were talking sort of loud, and I had the feeling other guests were listening.
"We will speak tomorrow, madam," he said, aware that the other guests were listening.
I can't be absolutely sure, but it sounds as if our guests didn't listen when I told them we're neutral.
This she did with so much spirit that all the guests listened with breathless interest.
