private function step2()
    {
        if ( ($position = $this->search(array('e'))) !== false) {
            if ($this->inR1($position)) {
                $letter = Utf8::substr($this->word, -2, 1);
                if (!in_array($letter, self::$vowels)) {
                    $this->word = Utf8::substr($this->word, 0, $position);
                    $this->unDoubling();

                    return true;
                }
            }
        }

        return false;
    }