Sentence:  At last, when nothing else would do, he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met Mr. Hosmer <WSD>Angel</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (dot=) originating as a nickname or, rarely, as a patronymic.