"So that it would not be at all strange if you failed to hear such a sound?"

"I am always afraid to sleep now, for fear he should call and his mother fail to hear him."

Had she failed to hear the words between the lines?

For the second time that night, the Light failed to hear.

He failed to hear the footsteps until they were very close behind him.

Some of us heard that, but others failed to hear it.

I do not think the Commissioner failed to hear the question.

Failing to hear from him, they were to take matters in their own hands.

I can hardly fail to hear you when we share the same body.

Why had he so often failed to hear or understand the things that were said to him?