She held her breath as the footsteps paused, then came back to stand, motionless, in the door to the hall.

Then her footsteps paused long enough for her to look back at her prisoner.

Light footsteps paused for a moment in the outer room, went past the isolation units, back into the storage areas.

Light footsteps, that soon reached Herb's door and paused there.

The footsteps paused, and a pleasant voice gave quiet reply: "At your service, fair lady!"

He couldn't stop listening, either, as the footsteps approached, paused nearby, and came even closer.

His footsteps paused the other side of the door.

The footsteps paused outside their door, no more than eighteen inches from her now, and Helen realized that she was trembling.

His footsteps paused on the landing and then came slowly into the outer room.

The footsteps paused outside the door, shuffled hesitantly, then began to pace back and forth.