What few of us realised at the time was that Osborne, while endorsing most of Jimmy’s jeremiads, also had a sneaking sympathy for his father-in-law, Colonel Redfern, an upper-class relic of the Raj.

I watched her without knowing, with a prevision that she was going to address me, though with no sort of idea as to the subject of her address.

The uncaring parents starved the child of love.

The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.