It's as old a literary device as there is, the most reticent character finding an inner strength at the crucial moment, but when it works, it works splendidly.
But if he was the most reticent of the Beatles, he sometimes delivered barbed quips.
Mr. Corea, the group's anchor, was also its most reticent member.
He was the most reticent of jazz radicals, but his modesty disguised a visionary innovator.
Despite their deep wells of anger, subway riders were generally the most reticent and the most difficult to engage.
Jacques Rivette, who died today, at the age of eighty-seven, was both the most open and the most reticent of French filmmakers.
"I have been the most reticent, least philosophically attuned to where Enron was going, in my opinion," Ms. Breathitt said.
Then came 15th-century French courtly songs by the wonderful duo Asteria: two singers, with one doubling on that most reticent of instruments, the lute.
Teachers are often surprised, and pleased, to see many of their most reticent, "underachieving" students actively join in the discussion of philosophical ideas.
Most accessible to even the most reticent viewers are the meals and tea ceremonies that are open to all.
