So why was the old butler now planted in his way?

"I once asked an old butler in Ireland what had been the happiest times of his life," he says.

He opened his eyes again; the old butler looked at him anxiously.

The old butler refastened the door and came back slowly into the hall.

The door to the study trembled open and the butler, old enough to be the duke's father, stumbled through.

If anybody gets the blame, it will be the old butler.

Vernon, the old butler, was virtually on the retired list.

He started by asking the old butler what his plans were.

To the best of my belief there were only the old butler and his wife.

He held the door like some kind of an old butler.