ostler's

Only a few years separated Reeve from the starving boy Ladbroke had found abandoned in a church yard; no one wanted the stable ostler's son when his father died.

This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

As the boy took away my horse to the ostler's, I turned to one of the serving women and ordered a skin of their best yellow wine.

The Skrayling Tree Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2003

The keepers put down their muskets and sat around the ostler's fire.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

"Ah," Sam said, retaining his hold on the ostler's heels and staring downward.

Unlikely Duchess Balogh, Mary 1990

He had just spent yet another small fortune on yet another ostler whose sense of honor was quite as mercenary as the ostler's at the Swan had been.

Unlikely Duchess Balogh, Mary 1990

I made for him instantly, sword in hand, but he ran with the speed of lightning through the ostler's yard and was lost in the beech woods behind.

The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

"Read it," he said peremptorily, and he thrust the parchment into the ostler's hands.

Heiress of Haddon William E. Doubleday

Much to the annoyance of the innkeeper, the attempt to connect the prisoner with the loss of his property and the ostler's flight entirely broke down; and disgusted with everybody and everything, the good man returned to the tavern to smile with counterfeited pleasure at his customers, and to vent his rage upon the servants who were left him.

Heiress of Haddon William E. Doubleday

I went to a public house, where I got a glass of brandy, and borrowed the ostler's clothes, and I ailed nothing afterwards.

The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe Henry Woodcock

The parson swung round in time to see Melchard snatch the handkerchief from the ostler's hand.

Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming