afoot

• There was evidently some mystery afoot, and the expectation of its unravelment gave a spice of excitement to the coming visit. —  More About Peggy
• In these ordinarily quiet little villages the majority of the inhabitants were afoot, the feeble feminine half with the juveniles threading their way through the rows of vines half-way up the mountain, basket on arm, while the sturdy masculine portion were mostly passing to and fro between the press-houses and the wine-shops. —  Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
• His deafness had kept him in complete ignorance that there was anything untoward afoot, and he now approached Mr. Goble with his watch in his hand Eight twenty-five," he observed. —  Jill the Reckless
• I was next to him--afoot. —  The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo
• Four miles further he and a single ranchman with him came upon three troopers limping along afoot, their horses killed in the running fight, and one of these, grateful for a long pull at Folsom's flask, turned back and showed them the body of the fallen brave. —  Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.

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