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Yes , certain sure the man 's the same ; phiz not to be mistaken . '' `` It is strange , '' said Walter , musing , `` that Aram should know a man , who , if not a highwayman as we suspected , is at least of rugged manner and disreputable appearance ; it is strange too , that Aram always avoided recurring to the acquaintance , though he confessed it . '' With this he broke into a trot , and the Corporal into an oath . They arrived by noon , at the little town specified by Sir Peter , and in their way to the inn -LRB- for Walter resolved to rest there -RRB- , passed by the saddler 's house . It so chanced that Master Holwell was an adept in his craft , and that a newly-invented hunting-saddle at the window caught Walter 's notice . The artful saddler persuaded the young traveller to dismount and look at `` the most convenientest and handsomest saddle what ever was seed ; '' and the Corporal having lost no time in getting rid of his encumbrance , Walter dismissed him to the inn with the horses , and after purchasing the saddle , in exchange for his own , he sauntered into the shop to look at a new snaffle . A gentleman 's servant was in the shop at the time , bargaining for a riding whip ; and the shopboy , among others , shewed him a large old-fashioned one , with a tarnished silver handle .