"Yond' brother Robert of yours seems to me to be either a fool or a madman. Two months ago I could have sworn he had the game all in his own hands; and there he runs the country, and quarters himself up in London for weeks together, and by the time he comes back he'll find himself checkmated. Louis, 'there is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune, but, once let slip, never returns again.' I'd write to Robert, if I were you, and remind him of that."
"Robert had views on Miss Keeldar?" inquired Louis, as if the idea was new to him.
"Views I suggested to him myself, and views he might have realized, for she liked him."
"As a neighbour?"

"That brother Robert of yours seems to me to be either a fool or a madman. Two months ago I could have sworn he had the game all in his own hands; and then he leaves the area and stays in London for weeks together, and by the time he comes back he'll find himself checkmated. Louis, I'd write to Robert, if I were you, and tell him not to let his chances slip."
"Robert had views on Miss Keeldar?" inquired Louis, as if the idea was new to him.
"Views I suggested to him myself, for she liked him."
"As a neighbour?"
