" Osborne, though in plain clothes, was emphatically a policeman.

"To say the truth," replied sir William, "I believe lord Osborne is not only the rival of Damon, but a very formidable one too.

He believed Osborne to be the possessor of every perfection, to be the handsomest, the bravest, the most active, the cleverest, the most generous of boys.