He clearly heard footsteps walking in front of him the whole way.
While countless parents and spouses and siblings stayed glued to television sets, watching the war play out as loved ones have never before been able to, an unlucky few told of premonitions, of fitful sleep, of hoping against hope, until hearing a car pull up, footsteps in the front yard, a knock at the door or the dreaded ringing of a telephone.
You just followed the footsteps of the man in front of you, and looked after the man behind if you could".
But village or urban sprawl, there is always an antenna that I keep raised in public places for footsteps behind me, shadows in front of me, a stranger approaching.
We walk like pilgrims, heads bowed, following in the footsteps of the man in front across the snow, some with walking sticks, others carrying heavy packs, all with the steadfast belief that we are damn well going to get a photo of ourselves on the Troll's Tongue doing a star jump.
My dad Tom Banks worked at Foote, Cone & Belding, aka FCB for many years in advertising and when he passed away I really wanted to follow in his footsteps, or at least in front of the camera.
Avoid falling into the habit of emailing your coworkers and boss about absolutely everything when just a few footsteps would have you in front of their desk and able to talk face to face.
And, of course, the piece follows in the footsteps of Dickens, who loved to perform his own writing in front of a live audience.
Still working at the front of the house, they listened for footsteps in the yard, expecting the tea that had come before in the morning, but no tea came.
