He knew that the West player held length in both red suits.
Instead East took the first four tricks in the red suits.
North had no way to avoid the loss of a trick in each red suit for down one.
He's given the familiar red suit and a big white beard, too.
He can see the reflections of her red suit broken up in the water.
After a passive lead in a red suit South would have had no trouble.
East could judge that there were 13 points on her left in the red suits.
It seemed to him almost certain that West would have shown great length in the red suits.
If it had lost, West would have been forced to lead a red suit.
The red suit is worth more than black of same rank.