Give Satisfaction

Hope it's fine for me to hop in! Personally, while I think Plum intended it as satire (since that's kind of the point of the Jeeves series) if we're talking about that statement as something coming from Bertie's writing, I read it as self-deprecating humor as he looks back on how acutely he felt Jeeves's absence, what with him sort of being an unreliable narrator who frames things in a very dramatic way and all. Not sure if I made myself clear. If i may ask, where's this "what does Jeeves symbolize" thread? Is it over on indeedsir? There isn't often super philosophical Discourse(TM) in a fandom for a super lighthearted comedy franchise so that sounds really cool!