The gatekeeper, on hand to let the party out, snickered.
"Sjambak"
John Holbrook Vance
I wish now I could have stayed behind and got the frescos to tell me just how far I ought recognize her sorrow in my tip, but one must always guess at these things, and I shall never know whether I rewarded the aged gatekeeper according to the century of service his generations had rendered those of the frescos.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
The small room was almost dark, but he could see Nance kneeling on the floor beside the big gatekeeper.
"Calvary Alley"
Alice Hegan Rice