Yet this man, with his companion, appeared before him with arms in hand, came right up to him, their host and entertainer, holding guns.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
The quality of his guests spoke volumes for the social position and popularity of their entertainer.
"The New Tenant"
E. Phillips Oppenheim
This vain and haughty speech dwelt in my mind for many a day, and showed me how my father deemed that it was not his splendid style of living, his exquisite dinners, and his choice wines that drew guests around him, but his own especial qualities as host and entertainer.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever