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  • So did Yvette Garnier, who brought considerable dignity to the obligatory Faithful Family Retainer part of Viney, and Michael Cummings as her son Percy, whose unenviable task it was to wait on Annie and Helen in the garden house while Annie was teaching Helen to eat with a fork.

    The Miracle Worker deliasherman 2010

  • So did Yvette Garnier, who brought considerable dignity to the obligatory Faithful Family Retainer part of Viney, and Michael Cummings as her son Percy, whose unenviable task it was to wait on Annie and Helen in the garden house while Annie was teaching Helen to eat with a fork.

    The Miracle Worker deliasherman 2010

  • A moment later he - it - was on the porch, grinning at us like De Ole Family Retainer, and then, with no pause, he - it - was at the bottom of the steps, and once more darting into the weeds, grinning at us all the time.

    Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

  • Retainer medicine may work for office visits, but not for anything that involves hospital stays and tests or prescription drugs.

    What Will Happen 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • One simply doesn't ignore a summons from a Retainer.

    Archive 2006-10-29 Miss Snark 2006

  • One simply doesn't ignore a summons from a Retainer.

    Red Letter Writing Contest #9 Miss Snark 2006

  • The Retainer speedily advanced and paid his obeisance.

    Hung Lou Meng 2003

  • Hastily taking his hand in his, he smilingly observed, “You are, indeed, an old acquaintance!” and then pressed him to take a seat, so as to have a chat with more ease, but the Retainer would not presume to sit down.

    Hung Lou Meng 2003

  • This case had been settled through the exclusive action of the young priest of the Hu Lu temple, now an official Retainer; and

    Hung Lou Meng 2003

  • Withdrawing from the Court-room, he retired into a private chamber, from whence he dismissed his followers, only keeping this single Retainer to wait upon him.

    Hung Lou Meng 2003

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