I’m trying to track down a Bertie an Jeeves quote.
As I recall it, after Jeeves has saved the day, Bertie says to him, “have you always been this smart?”
Jeeves replies, “My mother thought I was gifted, Sir.”
To which Bertie says, “That’s nothing! Mothers always think their child is gifted. My mother thought I was gifted!”
Can anyone point me to the story or book where this is found?
Thanks!
It’s from Just Enough Jeeves. Here you go:
Wooster: “Tell me, were you always like this, or did it come on you suddenly?”
Jeeves: “Sir?”
Wooster: “The brain. The grey matter. Were you an outstandingly brilliant boy?”
Jeeves: “My mother thought me intelligent, sir.”
Wooster: “You can’t go by that. My mother thought me intelligent.”
The quote is from the story Episode of the Dog McIntosh, which was originally published as Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh in Strand Magazine (1929). Episode of the Dog McIntosh was originally first published in book form in the short story collection Very Good, Jeeves (1930). (Just Enough Jeeves is something of an omnibus of Jeeves materials, with short story collections, including Very Good, Jeeves, and a couple of novels.)
Parts of the story were used in the Tuppy and the Terrier episode of the Jeeves and Wooster series with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Gordon is right, and I was just about to make the same point. Just Enough Jeeves is a compilation, and it icnludes the short story collection Very Good, Jeeves.
The dialogue comes from “Episode of the Dog Macintosh,” a story in Very Good, Jeeves.
Perfect! Thanks, guys!