He had just begun that course when creeping footsteps halted him.

While they listened, wondering who it could be, the footsteps halted just opposite them on the other side of the hedge.

The footsteps beyond the hedgerow halted just a fraction of a second later.

The footsteps halted on the other side of her canned goods revetment.

The footsteps on the street had halted and were coming back.

Then the footsteps halted: they only seemed the length of a room away.

The footsteps halted outside her door and then she heard the door handle turned.

The footsteps halted, and something which could see through the dark paused to inspect her.

The footsteps halted on the smooth stone before a marble wall.

The footsteps she had heard without the hut now halted before the door.