[at the Junior Ganymede Club for gentlemen's gentlemen]
Of course, one can't get proper gentlemen nowadays.
[the others murmur in agreement]
They're not what they were, certainly. The one I've got at the moment insists on calling me by my first name!
Well, one tries to be tactful, of course, but one is simply swimming against the tide. I blame their parents. How's yours now, Jeeves?
Oh, really quite promising. I always suspected I could make something of him, and such is proving to be the case.
But you want to see the book, don't you?
I'm not considering another gentleman. This is quite another matter.
The book for Mr. Jeeves, if you please.
Well, I must say mine is coming along very nicely, very nicely indeed. You remember I had to be quite severe with him about wearing a soft hat before Goodwood? [the others smile and shake their heads] Good as gold now, good as gold.
[taking the book] Ah, thank you.
I'm really quite concerned about this first-name business.
I think they pick it up from the cinema.
Why don't you try not answering when he calls you by the wrong name?
Oh, I don't think I could carry that off. One doesn't like to hurt their feelings, does one?
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