Dark Edinburgh on Nostr: "It opened directly on a steep staircase of lofty steps, muddy, chalky, ...

"It opened directly on a steep staircase of lofty steps, muddy, chalky, plaster-stained, dusty steps, of the same width as itself, which could be seen from the street, running straight up like a ladder and disappearing in the darkness between two walls."
- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo