IDK. Tough one, maybe what Bertie might grow to- if he lost his good spirit.
Seems there was one old codger who wasn’t sharp and didn’t have a good heart in the stories but I can’t think of him now.
Hard to re-read them , the surprises in the situations are so enjoyable.
Sir Roderick Spode (would-be dictator) or Comrade Butt (would-be Communist revolutionary) resemble Biden more than the harmless, genial Bertie.