Sentence:  We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to <WSD>remain</WSD> permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.