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But after, what seemed to the frightened girl, a very long time she ventured to poke her head out again, just as she heard a stealthful step on the stairs.

From The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation by Garis, Lilian

This ugly sound reverberated soft and stealthful at first; like the padded feet of some fabulous, carnivorous monster sneaking into this cavernous mortuary to gloat over the dead souls it had cached here.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett