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Clean break

SIR – Chris Moore’s letter (September 15), about his cat signalling to guests that it wanted to go to bed, reminded me of a former colleague in Ethiopia.

Though he was a generous and frequent host, at about 10pm he would leave his assembled guests and start to run a bath. We always said hasty farewells before it could overflow. Roland Minor

London SE3

SIR – Once after dinner our host, clearly wanting us to go home, went upstairs and reappeared wearing his pyjamas and dressing gown. We left, but bought him a nightshirt and nightcap for his next birthday.

Pam Booth

Hathersage, Derbyshire

SIR – My late husband was not subtle when he thought guests had overstayed their welcome. He would play a recording of Time for Man to Go Home. It always worked.

Barbara Madoc-Jones

Cilcain, Flintshire

SIR – Letters regarding hints to guests who overstay their welcome have reminded me of the definition of hospitality: it is the ability to make people feel at home when you wish they were.

Derek Wellman

Lincoln

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