[3] In 1882 he shared rooms at 18 Clement's Inn with his journalist friend Hall Caine, where they often hosted intellectual gatherings.
They frequently had their evening meals delivered from nearby Clare Market, which were brought by two young women.
Months later their father's confronted Robertson and Caine demanding marriage, claiming the young women had been ‘ruined’.
[4] Robertson moved to Redhill, Chislehurst and wrote English Poetesses, published by Cassell in September 1883.
[6] At the same period he was appointed to Lahore Government College of the University of the Punjab, where he was Professor of English Literature and Philosophy.