All at once into this confused scene comes Jeeves. "The stars, sir." "Stars?" "Yes, sir." "What about them?" "I was merely directing your attention to them, sir. Look how the floor of heaven is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold." And so on. Later on in the story, the words of Lorenzo from Act V of The Merchant of Venice have become Bertie's own, and he can write sentences such as: "In spite of the floor of heaven being thick inlaid with patines of bright gold, it was, as I have said, a darkish night."