Indeed, Sir

Mm. Well, there are unfortunate splashes of cold water on every pairing in this fandom if we take Jeeves as absolutely and completely hidebound, staid and conservative, aren't there? If he's as adherent to a hierarchy as all that, we have to discount the idea of his ever being in a relationship with Bertie. Moreover, along those lines, it's actually less unlikely that he'd have taken up with a lift operator. The major difference between American and British society at this point in time (and still, to an extent) was that, where British society was violently and hideously classist, American society was deeply racist. Racism in Britain was in a very different form - there were many people of colour in visible and important positions, even at the turn of the century; there were Indian MPs in the 1880's, and there was a black man in Parliament by 1902. Provided that these people were of a very high class, their race was irrelevant (not to say that people didn't look at them funny, of course, but there you are). In 1829, as Prime Minister, Lord Wellington passed a motion stating in no uncertain terms that men of all colours were equal - the way it is phrased leans towards basically saying 'Here is a poor white man. Here is a poor black man. They are both EQUALLY YOUR SERFS HA HA,' so isn't quite as progressive re: the class issue as it is often made out to be, but brings us to my point, which is:

Jeeves is going to be far more concerned with class than with race. He is a servant. So is the liftman. Bertie, however? Well.

*makes case for plot-bunny*