Father Carnesecchi, after a time of shrill suspense, came in to fetch me, took me tottering up the stairs.

Of a pleased grandame tottering up and down;

Here is little Dolly Weston, the unconscious witness, with cheeks as red as a real rose, tottering up the path to meet her father.

Tottering up to Cummings, he whispered in tremulous tones:

"Hi!" said Molly, tottering up to him in her strappy shoes with pencil-thin heels.

"The Carpenter must have been a dear friend of yours," quavered old Daddy Longlegs, tottering up to Buster and peering into his face.