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This short story ends with Mr. Mead in the police car driving off to the Psychiatric Center. On the way, he passes his house, the only one with all the lights on in the midst of the dark night.

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Upon entering the car, he learns it's actually robotic and that there wasn't an actual human.

Mr. Mead then finds out that he is being taken to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies because of his walking habit.

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For the first time in the history of his nightly walks, the only police car in the city roars to a stop in front of him and a "human-like" voice asks him to identify himself and what his profession was. Mr. Mead was then forced into custody for suspiciously walking at night.

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Mr. Mead checks his watch and learns it's 8:30. He begins narrating some of the topics that could appear on television.

He continues past an intersection which, during the day, has a "thunderous surge of cars" but now is silent

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The story is set in the city at night around 8:30 when Leonard Mead begins his routine walk all alone, just as usual in the year 2053 A.D.