Jeeves has been covered pretty well already, so here are some Bertie odds and ends.
The big nose bit comes from Right Ho, Jeeves:
"Yes. You have a splendid, chivalrous soul."
"Not a bit."
"Yes, you have. You remind me of Cyrano."
"Who?"
"Cyrano de Bergerac."
"The chap with the nose?"
"Yes."
I can't say I was any too pleased. I felt the old beak furtively. It was a bit on the prominent side, perhaps, but, dash it, not in the Cyrano class. It began to look as if the next thing this girl would do would be to compare me to Schnozzle Durante.
"He loved, but pleaded another's cause."
"Oh, I see what you mean now."
There's also a little bit of more flattering description in Joy in the Morning. Here, Boko and Nobby try to talk Bertie into wearing a Pierrot costume:
" . . . You are tall and slim and elegant. 'Elegant' is the word?" he said, putting it up to Nobby
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The big nose bit comes from Right Ho, Jeeves:
"Yes. You have a splendid, chivalrous soul."
"Not a bit."
"Yes, you have. You remind me of Cyrano."
"Who?"
"Cyrano de Bergerac."
"The chap with the nose?"
"Yes."
I can't say I was any too pleased. I felt the old beak furtively. It was a bit on the prominent side, perhaps, but, dash it, not in the Cyrano class. It began to look as if the next thing this girl would do would be to compare me to Schnozzle Durante.
"He loved, but pleaded another's cause."
"Oh, I see what you mean now."
There's also a little bit of more flattering description in Joy in the Morning. Here, Boko and Nobby try to talk Bertie into wearing a Pierrot costume:
" . . . You are tall and slim and elegant. 'Elegant' is the word?" he said, putting it up to Nobby ( ... )
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