The other evening a visitor could sense that Dr. Sakharov's optimism had been severely tested.
Parts of the once extensive fortification are now in ruins, but visitors still sense how the fort acted as an active military outpost.
That, alone, indicated that the visitor had sensed a hidden motive in Brosset's sudden question.
But more than age, what a visitor sensed about the slightly stooped, impeccably dressed man was the melancholy of enforced absence from his homeland.
A visitor might almost sense the presence of the powerful man who once sat there.
Strolling through the village, visitors can sense the same pride in superior craftsmanship - especially in the stonework.
A visitor to the "Henderson" production unit can sense Freed spirit, too.
If rooms are closed - as many are at this moment - visitors may not sense that anything is amiss.
"We've tried to make a place where visitors can sense the underlying values of the Japanese culture and their esthetic principles."
While interchanging three groups numerous of people around the building, visitors could sense and briefly experience the beauties and wonders of the country.