Bertie didn't hear the impatience, but he took up the opportunity to sing the praises of Jeeves.

"It's for my valet, Jeeves. He is a paragon among paragons, the smartest egg to wear a size 9 bowler. Jeeves is the most clever man of my acquaintance, no problem too knotty for him to solve. He's partial to some philosopher fellow named Spinoza, but as he has the collected works thereof I am forced to find a new philosopher for him to sink his mental teeth into."