(1) Baning was employed there as an hostler , and to that extent he was entirely within his rights.(2) So the hostler cracked his whip, spurred on the lead horse on which he was seated, and the carriage splashed into the estuary.(3) No one would have mistaken him for anything other than a stable-boy or hostler , and these aristocratic brats always made it a point never to look twice at a servant.(4) Erial smiled gratefully as the hostler brought up three horses.(5) It didn't take long to pack things up with nine thousand men - not counting the servants, cooks, healers, horse hostlers , officers, and other assorted peoples - to do the work.