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If they did they would not be likely to recognize you in your present attire , or to suspect that my Irish servant is the crazy boy of the ship . '' After riding at an easy pace for two hours , they halted under the shade of some trees . Fruit , bread , and wine were produced from a wallet on one of the mules , and they sat down and breakfasted . After a halt of an hour they rode on until noon , when they again halted until four in the afternoon , for the sun was extremely hot , and both Gerald Burke and Geoffrey were so weak they scarce could sit their horses . Two hours further riding took them to a large village , where they put up at the inn . Geoffrey now fell into his place as Mr. Burke 's servant -- saw to the baggage being taken inside , and began for the first time to try his tongue at Spanish . He got on better than he had expected ; and as Mr. Burke spoke with a good deal of foreign accent , it did not seem in any way singular to the people of the inn that his servant should speak but little of the language .