THE INIMITABLE JEEVES * * * * * * WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT When either Bertie Wooster or his friends found themselves in the soup or in dangerous proximity to the tureen, the instinct of one and all was to turn to Jeeves--Bertie’s man. He understood human nature, especially that of gilded youth. It did not matter if the hope of an ancient house had fallen in love with a waitress, or if Bertie’s cousins Claude and Eustace had been playing dido; Jeeves never failed. His was a sound brain. The only thing in which Jeeves failed, that is in his master’s eyes, was that he could not always go the whole way with him in the matter of spats, socks and ties, particularly in the Spring--Jeeves was a purist. In this volume are told some of Jeeves’s more remarkable achievements. _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ PICCADILLY JIM 2s. 6d. net A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS 2s. 6d. net THE COMING OF BILL 3s. 6d. net INDISCRETIONS OF ARCHIE 2s. 6d. net A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE 2s. 6d. net LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS 2s. 6d. net JILL THE RECKLESS 7s. 6d. net THE GIRL ON THE BOAT 7s. 6d. net THE ADVENTURES OF SALLY 7s. 6d. net THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT 3s. 6d. net * * * * * * THE INIMITABLE :: JEEVES :: by P. G. WODEHOUSE Herbert Jenkins Limited 3 York Street · St. James’s London S.W.1 [decoration] MCMXXIII [Illustration: A HERBERT JENKINS’ BOOK] Printed in Great Britain by Wyman & Sons Ltd., London, Reading and Fakenham CONTENTS CHAPTER I. JEEVES EXERTS THE OLD CEREBELLUM II. NO WEDDING BELLS FOR BINGO III. AUNT AGATHA SPEAKS HER MIND IV. PEARLS MEAN TEARS V. THE PRIDE OF THE WOOSTERS IS WOUNDED VI. THE HERO’S REWARD VII. INTRODUCING CLAUDE AND EUSTACE VIII. SIR RODERICK COMES TO LUNCH IX. A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION X. STARTLING DRESSINESS OF A LIFT ATTENDANT XI. COMRADE BINGO XII. BINGO HAS A BAD GOODWOOD XIII. THE GREAT SERMON HANDICAP XIV. THE PURITY OF THE TURF XV. THE METROPOLITAN TOUCH XVI. THE DELAYED EXIT OF CLAUDE AND EUSTACE XVII. BINGO AND THE LITTLE WOMAN XVIII. ALL’S WELL THE INIMITABLE JEEVES CHAPTER I JEEVES EXERTS THE OLD CEREBELLUM “’Morning, Jeeves,” I said.