Suddenly, a sound of footsteps in the corridor.

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One night, as I walked down a street in Chiang Mai, Thailand with a girlfriend to a bar we were meeting friends at, I became aware of the faint sound of footsteps behind me.

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He heard the sound of footsteps, and moments later the deaf-mute girl was kneeling at his side in the little room, digging him out of his tarp, brushing the hair from his forehead with worry in her eyes.

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That made him nervous because the sound of the running water would cover up the sound of approaching footsteps.

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The creak of my footsteps is the only sound as I make my way down to the barn.

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Footsteps could be heard outside, and the sound of two people talking.

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