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The circumstances spoke, that is, they disclosed their meaning.
The overt sentence contains the verb “spoke” with “circumstances” as its subject. Literal speech belongs to beings capable of articulation, whereas circumstances do not pronounce words like human speakers. If “spoke” is understood as indicated or disclosed, a figurative extension appears in the verb's meaning.
This analysis places the transfer in verbal signification. “Circumstances” retains its usual referent, while the verb communicates expressive disclosure rather than literal utterance.