Whichever it was, a discreet knock at the corridor door shortly ended it, and Papa Tignol entered to say that he had finished the footprint molds.

So I had to gang to the kitchen fire and stand before it to dry the damp, dirty footprints o' the offender.

This had been for many years the theatre of her life, where she had acted a conspicuous part in its changeful drama, and where still linger many footprints time will never efface, for true it is, the influence still lives, and will be transmitted to succeeding generations.

They are too many and too swift; how many you would not believe without seeing the footprint tracings in the sand.