A handful of old faithfuls came to the meeting.

【faithful】一些多年的忠实追随者来参会了。

We have an old faithful servant, almost a friend, who wants help, but who is very particular; and it would not be right to plague her with giving her any assistance that would really be an annoyance and an irritation'.

我们有一位忠实的老仆人，几乎是朋友，他需要帮助，但非常挑剔；给她任何真正令人烦恼和恼怒的帮助来折磨她是不对的。