He hooted and halloed, but no guards challenged him and no servants greeted him.

Formerly, a servant would greet guests in the Vestibule.

"Your servant greets you!"

No servants greeted him; only bats dwelled here now, along with certain wise-faced rats that scurried into hiding at his approach.

And George had a fragmentary vision of himself, in mourning, arriving to take possession of a historic Florentine villa--he saw himself walking up a cypress-bordered path, with ancient carven stone balustrades in the distance, and servants in mourning livery greeting the new signore.

The elderly servants greeted him nervously; silently, Edouard went on a tour of the house.

This is an unexpected pleasure, but I see that my servant has greeted you and supplied breakfast for both of us.

On one occasion, when he was meeting the senior general Guo Ziyi at Guo's mansion, Guo personally greeted him and sent his concubines and servants away - contrary to Guo's typical custom of having the concubines and servants greet the guests.

A servant greeted me politely and told me that Frank wasn't home yet.