and yet , for all the effort that had been put into welcoming the mythic travelers from another world , there was a nervousness in their hosts faces and posture which they were unable to disguise ; some of them , after the songs and the music died away into an awkward silence , began to cast furtive looks at the sky , as if expecting the sun to add his own precious light to the festivities ; others couldnt resist glancing at the roasting meat , which , judging by their collective thinness , was not a thing they frequently enjoyed .