This story by Robert Arthur is an early stalking fantasy. The blind owner of a newspaper kiosk has hearing so acute that he can tell his customers by the sound of their footsteps. One stormy evening, a famous archaeologist asks him to listen and provide a warning if he hears the distinctive scraping tread of a vengeful Egyptian spirit that has been hunting him for three years. Tension builds towards an inevitable conclusion when the blind man tells him that he has already heard the described footsteps. Themes include scientific hubris, despair, perpetual punishment (for defying other-worldly laws), the supernatural.
