Jeeves and Wooster (novel)/Quotes

"Jeeves, have you seen that play called I-forget-its-dashed-name?"
"No, sir."

"It's on at the What-d'you-call-it."

—Carry On, Jeeves

Bertie is clarifying Chuffy's plan to use Jeeves as a go-between for Chuffy and Pauline Stoker.
"'He can take a letter from you to her and then one from her to you and then one from you to her and then one from her to you and then one from you to her and then one...'

'Yes, yes. You've got the idea.'"

—Thank You, Jeeves

Pauline Stoker is telling Bertie what Jeeves had to say about him.
"'He spoke most highly of you.'
'Really?'

'Oh, yes, he thinks a lot of you. I remember his very words. "Mr Wooster, miss," he said, "is, perhaps, mentally somewhat negligible, but he has a heart of gold."'"

—Thank You, Jeeves

"If a girl thinks you love her, and comes and says she is returning her betrothed to store and is now prepared to sign up wiht you, what can you do except marry her? One must be civil."

—The Mating Season

'I noticed, Jeeves, that when I started telling you the bad news just now, one of your eyebrows flickered.'
'Yes, sir. I was much exercised.'
'Don't you ever get exercised enough to say "Coo!"?'
'No, sir.'
'Or "Crumbs!"?'

'No, sir.'

—The Mating Season