Two tweedy women stood behind them on the lower step.

He walked to within a yard of the lower step and stopped.

I stepped forward and put one foot on the lowest step.

They stood there for a moment, Ken on the lower step.

They sat down together on one of the lower steps.

He put his foot to the lowest step, and then stopped for a moment.

She was forced to take the low steps two at a time to catch up with him before he put his hand to the door.

Then he put his foot on the lowest step again.

Another pair sat on the low wooden steps of the house down at the next corner.

On the lower step of the club building, they paused.