Yet again, Betteredge considers his fortune-telling successful—indeed, while any unforeseen event would have fulfilled
Robinson Crusoe’s prediction, there seems to be very little surprise and astonishment in Betteredge’s life since the initial investigation into the Moonstone, which appears to have sucked all life out of the house, not to mention disintegrated the Verinder family and their network. Franklin’s narration also allows the reader to see Betteredge’s chauvinism from the outside, and his own enduring respect for Rachel from the inside.