Even those remaining were listening to the drama unfolding outside the hostelry.
For the Worth Street residents, each time the dancers mysteriously appear, a strange, nighttime drama unfolds outside their windows.
As a result, a constitutional development of potentially enormous significance has been unfolding - albeit in plain sight - largely outside the realm of public discussion.
You see the scene as it's unfolding now, outside the biospheres of Earth's most famous museum-the beautiful, desert community of Life City.
She was holding her brother's arm, and Guthred was just staring at the strange events unfolding outside his refuge.
Feeling his pulse quickening in hope and anticipation, Xiong could not help smiling as he realized the true nature of the cacophony unfolding outside the chamber.
Taken as isolated incidents, the events unfolding just outside Manhattan were indeed serious, though nothing to panic about.
In a controlled event that was designed to unfold outside the public eye, there was one odd coincidence.
They could even witness the battle continuing to unfold outside the hangar.
It's a scene that should unfold outside the multipaned windows any week now.