On the first morning in Abu Dhabi, Levet was the man left in the lurch. Dubuisson had arranged to meet him for a practice round - and failed to put him in the picture when he pulled out of the event at the eleventh hour.
Far from being cross, Levet was cool about it. He merely shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "That’s Victor for you!"
Levet, though, worries that his compatriot is sending out all the wrong messages ahead of the Ryder Cup, which takes place at Gleneagles in September.
Although he did not say as much, he was clearly concerned as to what might happen if Victor were to fail to make the team automatically and need a pick. Would Paul McGinley, the captain, really want go for someone with a reputation for not toeing the line?
Levet has been doing his best to help his young compatriot with his off-course relationships. Aside from encouraging him to fulfill promises, he recommends that he look people in the eye and give rather more than monosyllabic answers.
"The difficulty," he says, "is that Victor’s very shy, very sensitive. It is hard for him. He does not want to tell too much about himself."
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