The doctor was right; steps were heard in the passage.

"Two or three times I have heard his steps in the passage, coming and going, just about the hour you name."

Then I heard sounds ahead of me in the open passage, faint at first, but getting nearer.

Then at last my heart leaped within me, for I heard a light step in the passage.

He heard someone in the passage behind him, and glanced over his shoulder.

He had not heard her in the passage, and she stepped into the room.

We heard his quick, heavy step in the passage.

At once the door was shut up, and though I could hear much whispering in the passage beyond, we were alone.

Because I heard a step in the lower passage.

She heard voices in the passage, but could not distinguish the words.