Wonderful! You summed it all up perfectly. Love this:This sounds like the backstory for some desolate Gothic hero, but luckily, Bertie has probably never read that sort of book in his life, or if he has, he skipped the boring expositiony bit and got right on to the part with the things going bump in the night, so he has no idea that he ought to be tragically affected by all of this.
One of the reasons I love Bertie.
I also love the list of Jeeves's duties.
Perfect!