 Yet Jeeves admits he had wanted to end the engagement anyway.In fact, he has another engagement of sorts with another girl, Mabel, the waitress whom Bingo had wanted to marry.References to international conflicts are rare in Wodehouse's stories, though a subtle reference appears in this story; Bertie asks Jeeves if there is any news in the papers, to which Jeeves replies, "Some slight friction threatening in the Balkans, sir.