Sentence:  The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;.... Our table in the dining-room became again the <WSD>abode</WSD> of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. (Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.)<ref name=SOED/>