And the soft scrape of my broken security chain as it swung across the wood door.

A soft scrape of a boot brought him about sharply.

He took the eunuch by the hand and let himself be led through the black, following the soft scrape of leather on stone.

Then she heard the soft scrape of a boot sole on the hard deck.

He could have sworn he'd heard behind him the soft scrape of a shoe on cement.

A soft scrape, across the room; the sound of someone settling in a chair.

And he heard slow footsteps behind him, soft scrapes of boot leather on stone.

"Tell them there is no need," Sera said, and he heard the soft scrape of the chair as she rose.

The sound was a soft scrape from the skylight of the deserted studio.

He heard again the soft scrape of metal against stone.