These two individuals seated themselves on chairs near the door, and called for beer.

The girl brought in the ale, and I sat down by the fire, poured myself out a glass, and made myself comfortable.

Presently a gig drove up to the door, and in came a couple of dogs, one a tall black grey-hound, the other a large female setter, the coat of the latter dripping with rain, and shortly after two men from the gig entered; one who appeared to be the principal was a stout bluff-looking person between fifty and sixty, dressed in a grey stuff coat and with a slouched hat on his head.

This man bustled much about, and in a broad Yorkshire dialect ordered a fire to be lighted in another room, and a chamber to be prepared for him and his companion; the landlady, who appeared to know him, and to treat him with a kind of deference, asked if she should prepare two beds; whereupon he answered "No! As we came together and shall start together, so shall we sleep together; it will not be for the first time." His companion was a small mean-looking man, dressed in a black coat, and behaved to him with no little respect.

Not only the landlady, but the two men, of whom I have previously spoken, appeared to know him and to treat him with deference.