on being a valet

'That,' said the barber, as I took his chair, 'was Lord Sebastian Flyte. A most amusing young gentleman.' - Charles Ryder

'A most amusing gentleman, I'm sure it's quite a pleasure to clean up after him.' - Lunt, Charles Ryder's servant at Oxford, speaking about Sebastian

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

During the holiday season, parents become full-time valets. SJ and I have lugged K's gear (which is quite vast) from house to house. We travel in a van. When K needs a bottle of water, we're on task. If K were to request a plate of lightly buttered bits of lobster, I'm sure someone would run out and hurry back with a plate. One of her grandparents most likely.