The males started nodding their heads in acquiescence to what was being said, indicating that they agreed with what was being said by displaying that they agreed with what was being spoken.
This gave the impression that they agreed with what was being stated.
As she stood there in the room, her heart was pounding, and she got the definite feeling that she was being protected by another person for the very first time in her whole life.
This was the first time in her whole life that she had ever felt the way that she did right now.
She could count on one hand the number of times in her entire life that she had even fleetingly experienced this sensation.
It was a feeling that she had never had before, and she found it quite strange. It was something that she could say she had never done before in her entire life.
John was the very first person who had exhibited such a high level of support for her, and he did it for the very first time.