Maybe Jeeves could be sanding a burn or a gouge mark out of the butcherblock table in the kitchen.... with some stubble, and maybe his hair gets a little messy and Bertie rushes in because he's afraid of the turnip lantern and needs some hugs?
Bertie had some rough edges as a boy which some people have worked hard to knock off... but in the Soapy Sid escapade he's ready to just keep that pearl necklace (I was deeply shocked). I agree that the greatest danger would be Jeeves accidentally killing someone. But one wonders about how his old employers are all either dead, in prison, or call him to fix their problems (Joy in the Morning) and don't seem to understand that he works for Bertie.
I totally loved that little detail in the embezzlement story where Jeeves puts his arm around Bertie and how it made him (Bertie) swallow. So cute!
I am totally swept away with the idea of Aunt Agatha as failed Jeeves!!! That is the best read of Aunt Agatha ever! And so totally true-seeming. She engages in many nephew-crushing activities and it's pretty clear that she molded Uncle George into a perfectly respectable Lord Yaxley and somehow got Uncle Willoughby to be the proper inhabitant of Easby. (Although I am starting to wonder who is on which side of Bertie's family tree.)
The stories (especially the ones written while having servants was much more common) are SO different from the show... in the stories, Bertie clearly has a very sharp notion of class. Bertie is also very conscious that Jeeves rules the roost and henpecks him and is above himself... Bertie just isn't sure how to handle it because he somehow can't treat Jeeves the way he treats other servants.
... will keep thinking about all these points! Thanks so much for this fascinating conversation!
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Bertie had some rough edges as a boy which some people have worked hard to knock off... but in the Soapy Sid escapade he's ready to just keep that pearl necklace (I was deeply shocked). I agree that the greatest danger would be Jeeves accidentally killing someone. But one wonders about how his old employers are all either dead, in prison, or call him to fix their problems (Joy in the Morning) and don't seem to understand that he works for Bertie.
I totally loved that little detail in the embezzlement story where Jeeves puts his arm around Bertie and how it made him (Bertie) swallow. So cute!
I am totally swept away with the idea of Aunt Agatha as failed Jeeves!!! That is the best read of Aunt Agatha ever! And so totally true-seeming. She engages in many nephew-crushing activities and it's pretty clear that she molded Uncle George into a perfectly respectable Lord Yaxley and somehow got Uncle Willoughby to be the proper inhabitant of Easby. (Although I am starting to wonder who is on which side of Bertie's family tree.)
The stories (especially the ones written while having servants was much more common) are SO different from the show... in the stories, Bertie clearly has a very sharp notion of class. Bertie is also very conscious that Jeeves rules the roost and henpecks him and is above himself... Bertie just isn't sure how to handle it because he somehow can't treat Jeeves the way he treats other servants.
... will keep thinking about all these points! Thanks so much for this fascinating conversation!