You shall entertain your friends and play the host to your heart's content.

It will be more comfortable for both of us." Cecil prided himself upon a certain impassivity of features and manner which some fin de siecle oracle of the cities had pronounced good form, but he was not wholly able to conceal his relief.

Such an arrangement was entirely to his liking.

It solved the situation satisfactorily in more ways than one.
"It's a thundering good idea, Andrew, if you're sure you'll be comfortable there," he declared.

"I don't believe you would get on with my friends a bit.