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A humorous novel in which Aunt Agatha demands that Bertie give up his life of frivolity and think instead about settling down with a nice young woman. Luckily, Jeeves comes to his aid.
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THE INIMITABLE JEEVES (aka JEEVES) by P. G. Wodehouse (1923) Chapter 1 – Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum.................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 – No Wedding Bells for Bingo............................................................................................ 6 Chapter 3 – Aunt Agatha Speaks her Mind........................................................................................11 Chapter 4 – Pearls Mean Tears...........................................................................................................14 Chapter 5 – The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded.......................................................................... 20 Chapter 6 – The Hero's Reward..........................................................................................................25 Chapter 7 – Introducing Claude and Eustace..................................................................................... 28 Chapter 8 – Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch.........................................................................................30 Chapter 9 – A Letter of Introduction.................................................................................................. 35 Chapter 10 – Startling Dressiness of a Lift Attendant........................................................................40 Chapter 11 – Comrade Bingo............................................................................................................. 46 Chapter 12 – Bingo has a Bad Goodwood......................................................................................... 52 Chapter 13 – The Great Sermon Handicap.........................................................................................56 Chapter 14 – The Purity of the Turf................................................................................................... 66 Chapter 15 – The Metropolitan Touch............................................................................................... 75 Chapter 16 – The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace..................................................................... 86 Chapter 17 – Bingo and The Little Woman....................................................................................... 96 Chapter 18 – All’s Well....................................................................................................................100 Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum Chapter 1 – Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum ‘Morning, Jeeves,’ I said. ‘Good morning, sir,’ said Jeeves. He put the good old cup of tea softly on the table by my bed, and I took a refreshing sip. Just right, as usual. Not too hot, not too sweet, not to weak, not too strong, not too much milk, and not a drop spilled in the saucer. A most amazing cove, Jeeves. So dashed competent in every respect. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I mean to say, take just one small instance. Every other valet I’ve ever had used to barge into my room in the morning while I was still asleep, causing much misery: but Jeeves seems to know when I’m awake by a sort of telepathy. He always floats in with the cup exactly two minutes after I come to life. Makes a deuce of a lot of difference to a fellow’s day. ‘How’s the weather, Jeeves?’ ‘Exceptionally clement, sir.’ ‘Anything in the papers?’ ‘Some slight friction threatening in the Balkans, sir. Otherwise, nothing.’ ‘I say, Jeeves, a man I met at the club last night told me to put my shirt on Privateer for the two o’clock race this afternoon. How about it?’ ‘I should not advocate it, sir. The stable is not sanguine.’ That was