"Ladies stop to rubber at Mr. Potter," explained the remarkable headwaiter over the star's shoulder.
"Harlequin and Columbine"
Booth Tarkington
Such was the headwaiter at the Craig Fernie Inn; known, far and wide, to local fame, as "Maister Bishopriggs, Mistress Inchbare's right-hand man."
"Man and Wife"
Wilkie Collins
He forthwith offered to fill the place, without taking the emoluments, of the invalided headwaiter-on the understanding, as a matter of course, that the landlord consented to board and lodge him free of expense at the inn.
"Man and Wife"
Wilkie Collins