On the bottom step he turned and took her in his arms.

I opened my eyes to find myself still standing on the bottom step.

He sat down on the bottom step and closed his eyes.

"But I will come back," he said and went out, leaving her on the bottom step looking at the closed door.

Both stopped with a foot on the bottom step, ready to run up to him should he need them.

If only they could reach the level of that bottom step!

I put my foot on the bottom step and started to move up.

She sat on the bottom step and began to cry.

At the bottom step she turned left into another hallway.

The one who had come to meet her was standing on the bottom step.