Soon she would hear the front door open and shut, and a heavy tread along the lower hall, and she would go down and sit silently at the table opposite her husband, they two alone.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
She examined the fine linen that had been brought to Hester years ago from Scotland by Richard's mother, and while she praised it she listened for steps without; the heavy tread of men bringing a sorrowful and terrible burden.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
"I never eat breakfast," said the other, turning away from the window, and pacing the room with slow and measured tread.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever