The Club Book

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From "The Code of the Woosters" on, Bertie gives out information that Jeeves shares with him from the Junior Ganymede Club book. But there are severe penalties for members who reveal specifics about what's in it. If any club members read Bertie's stories, or have acquaintances/employers who do, they're eventually going to realize that someone's been violating Rule 11. Bertie might write under a pen name, and disguise the names and places in his stories, but how many clubs for valets & butlers can there be in London that have a club book the members have to contribute to? It would be obvious to members who and what Bertie was talking about, and relatively easy to find out the identities of the gentleman and the valet responsible for the leak.

What I'm wondering is, by the time Bertie has written "The Tie That Binds", has Jeeves been expelled from his club? Even if Jeeves or Bertie feel secure enough to be willing to share details from the book because Jeeves's position is now permanent, I don't think Jeeves would want to lose that social outlet, nor lose his reputation among other servants. Do they feel secure enough to do it because Jeeves did get kicked out and now has nothing to lose? I don't know. Anybody have any opinions or theories about what went on?

There's also the issue of when the destruction of Bertie's 18 pages was discovered. I'm sure it wouldn't be long before that happened, since they're so popular. Do you think Jeeves would be able to be able to argue his way out of expulsion for it, like in The Code of the Ganymede?