“And, ten to one, you’ll win, Sir!”

[Answer]

43.

My FIRST is company; my SECOND shuns company; my THIRD calls together a company; and my WHOLE entertains company.

[Answer]

44.

My FIRST is a sound, of tranquillity telling,—

A cozy and complaisant sound for your dwelling.

A place which for criminals fittest is reckoned,

Yet where saints find ineffable peace, is my SECOND.