After a demonstration of the mysterious speaking tubes that connect the suite with those bowels of the hotel where dwell valets and maids and waiters, the Colonel withdrew.

As Clay spoke, the maid withdrew, not wanting to be present at the premature waking of her mistress.

Sometimes when the Japanese maids, in crisp white uniforms, had withdrawn, a Roosevelt appointee would ask timorously, "These Japanese, can they be trusted?"

The maid withdrew.

She made the briefest motion possible with her hand, and the maid withdrew.

The maid withdrew on her second errand.

When the maid withdrew and the door closed behind them, he pulled her into his arms and nuzzled her temple.

The maid escorted the tall, gray-haired Rivan Warder into the room, curtsied again, and then quietly withdrew.

The maid withdrew, and Derues assisted Madame de Lamotte to a seat near the fire, which he revived with more fuel.

Presently an elderly maid handed her the envelope and withdrew.