The imperious young gentleman who gobbled the biscuits (and indeed it was time to refresh himself, for he had breakfasted at Richmond full three hours before) was our young friend George Osborne. Uncle Jos and his mamma were on the quarter-deck with a gentleman of whom they used to see a good deal, and the four were about to make a summer tour.

The young gentleman was our friend George Osborne. Uncle Jos and his mamma were on the quarter-deck with Dobbin, and they were about to make a summer tour.
