The narrator arrives in Ireland by ferry.

The narrator arrives home from work to find a message from "him" saying he is not coming but will call later.

The narrator arrives in London expecting to have the job waiting for him.

The narrator arrives at a village in rural India where the reports seem to have originated.

As a disembodied narrator arrives on the island, he meets dead souls still in their human form and hears their stories.

After another year, the narrator of "El Paso" arrives, the first man she did not have contempt for.

Returning to the central focus of the narrative, the narrator arrives at Ted Casey's house and rings the bell.

The narrator arrives in Alpine filled with self-pity.

The narrator eventually arrives in a valley with tropical grass extending above his head and a great palm tree in the center.

It lopes along amiably until the narrator arrives home in the evening and discovers "nobody's there."