I think you got it quite wrong, Rumil. Aragorn's view on Barliman Butterbur, I mean. I think Aragorn knew Barliman was a kind-hearted fellow, and not thinking him a fat bar-steward. In many things Aragorn had a point of view quite the same as Gandalf.
Barliman on the other hand was rather suspicious towards Aragorn, because he was a ranger, and people did not like the rangers in Bree, them being grim-looking men which came and went when they wanted to and not knowing what they really were.
I think Aragorn was indeed thinking Barliman a good man, who knew his business, but not the business of the Rangers and therefore unkindly to them.
greetings,
lathspell
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'You?' cried Frodo.
'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'
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