hostler a person who takes care of horses at an inn or stable.
glens narrow, secluded valleys.
heath a tract of open wasteland, especially in the British Isles, covered with heather and low shrubs; moor
fagots bundles of sticks and twigs.
fortnight a period of two weeks.
automatons persons or animals acting in an automatic or mechanical way.
morose ill-tempered, gloomy, or sullen.
beguiling passing (time) pleasantly.
obdurate stubborn.
