These are so elegantly and subtly written. It's very different to the way Wodehouse would have written, as it has to be considering the melancholy tone you're going for, but it suits the characters and the era beautifully.

I can only hope you'll build on them. They seem to be the beginnings of a very interesting story. But they also work perfectly just as they are. There is, after all, a lot to be said for leaving things to the imagination. :3