You and Wilson had better go up first; that will give more room for the ladies to move." "You have got new steps," Bertha said.

"When I came down with Mrs.
Wilson to christen the boat we had to climb up nasty steep steps against the side.

This is a great deal more comfortable.

I was thinking that mamma would have a difficulty in getting up those other things, if it were at all rough." "Yes, I have had them specially made for the present occasion.
Large cruisers always have them, and, at any rate, they are more comfortable for any-sized boats.

But they take up rather more room to stow away, and they are really not so handy in a sea, for the boats cannot get so close alongside.