Sentence:  "I am not in Mr Crosbie's confidence. He is in the General Committee Office, I know; and, I believe, has pretty nearly the management of the whole of it." / "I'll tell you what he is, Bell; Mr Crosbie is a <WSD>swell</WSD>." And Lilian Dale was right; Mr Crosbie was a <WSD>swell</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person of high social standing; an important person.