Like most intriguers, he has overreached himself.

He has kept one object in view, and been blind to all else.
"His course should have been to support Nana against Scindia, and thus to keep the balance of power in his own hands.

He has only succeeded in ridding himself of the one man who had the good of his country at heart, and who was the only obstacle to Scindia's ambition.

The fool has ruined both himself and his country.
"I think, Mr.Lindsay, that the best plan will be for you to mount at once, and ride down to Bombay.

Your presence here, just now, can be of no special utility; and it is most desirable that the Government should have a full statement of the matter laid before them, by one who has been present, and who has made himself fully acquainted with the whole politics of the Deccan.
"It is better that you should not go into the town again.