"Cohn had a wonderful quality of bringing out the worst in anybody" (page 104). While Bill (another drunk) and Jake meet Robert for their fishing trip they can't help but be annoyed by the guy. Robert can't figure out that Brett doesn't like him anymore, so he acts like he knows everything about her. Even when she's sick (known from the telegram) he "knows" that she's staying for him. The thing of it is, is that he's wrong and he's annoying Jake and Bill about it. Jake is jealous I'm sure, then Bill just seems to be a good friend to Jake and dislikes Robert for him. What I think Robert fails to understand is that Brett doesn't like him anymore. He doesn't understand the lifestyle of Brett and the others. The entire crew likes and hates him for this fact, Bill even calling him "damn nice" (and oxymoron, literary term for the win) (page 107). They like Robert but with this attitude everyone likes to see him fail (hence Jake going to the train station and Bill and Jake leaving him behind at the end of the chapter)
I think this chapter does a great job of separating Robert from the rest by the way Bill and Jake pick on him, and the "superior knowledge" Robert has makes him really stand away from the others.
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