A large mass of equipment went with him down the dark stairway, including the scanner.

The constable's eyes went to the dark stairway "Very well," he said finally.

I heard voices coming from my right, where there was a narrow, dark stairway.

A turn to the left at the end of the hall brought the fugitive and his pursuer to the dark stairway.

We followed him through the big house and down a long dark stairway.

Forrest followed the woman through dull passages and up a dark stairway.

Tanglebones met him at the head of the dark stairway.

That means having to negotiate a dark stairway or walk through a dark room to turn on the light.

There she stood for a moment, gazing down the dark stairway.

One mobster stared down the dark stairway up which the group had come.