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Good night.

Good night.

Do you have to work late at the office tonight?

Yeah, we're trying to finish an estimate.

I'm glad you could come home and have dinner with us.

Yeah, I'm glad too.

Get my batteries recharged.

I was going to recharge my batteries too.

By watching TV, but Mr. French wouldn't let me.

Well, he has to do what he thinks best for you.

We weren't going to watch the late, late show.

Just the early, late show.

Well, he just probably thought that it was too late for a school night. He's in

charge, you know.

We love Mr.

French.

But when will we be old enough not to have somebody in charge?

Too soon, I'm afraid.

Good.

I better kiss you goodnight before you get too old for that.

I'll never be too old for that.

Goodnight.

Good night, Jody. Good night, Uncle Bill.

What are you doing there?

Oh, I was just looking at the page where I was going to put that swell stamp.

Tommy Bradford was going to trade me.

What happened to it?

Oh, Mr. French wouldn't let me go over to Tommy's house on account I didn't

clean up my room.

Hmm.

Well, Mr. French has to wear a lot of hats around here.

But couldn't he let us do stuff while he's wearing his hat?

You know, Jody, what I mean is he's supposed to be a gentleman's gentleman,

know, but he's a cook and a housekeeper and a nanny.

Okay, Uncle Bill. But maybe you could tell him not to wear his nanny cap every

time we want to stay up late.

Good night.

Good night, Uncle Bill.

So I checked his water, put air in his tires, wiped his windshield, gave him

trading stamps, his contest entry, and his set of steak knives.

And he bought one gallon of gas.

Boy,

that's some job.

It's not that bad. I get to meet a lot of interesting cars.

It's precisely 11 o 'clock.

Oh, thank you, Mr. French.

I'm two minutes past.

I had intended that as a reminder.

Greg's not ready to leave yet.

We have school tomorrow, Sister.

Mr. French, I'm over 18 years old.

If I want to have company past 11 o 'clock, it's all right.

I'm a working man now, and if I want to stay out all night, I can.

Till 12.

Mr. French, we're not children anymore.

One for the road.

Greg, you do not have to go.

Good night, sissy.

Good night, Mr. French. Good night.

Mr. French. Yes.

Good night.

Good night.

Bill, did we forget to include equipment rental?

No, that's it.

Hi, Mr. Davis. Hello, Emily.

Mr. Thompson.

Emily, could you come back in about an hour?

Oh, sure.

I got all night.

Hey, how's your son, Emily?

Oh, he's just great, Mr. Davis.

Uh, don't hurry on my account.

No, we'll do it.

Hi, Emily. Hi, Mr. Davis.

Uh, okay now?

Yeah, I can take a break while you're cleaning up.

You've been putting in a lot of overtime lately.

Goes with the territory.

Hey, how about some coffee? I got plenty.

Grand.

Hey.

If late night work really takes it out of you.

Yeah, you have to kind of turn the clock upside down, don't you?

Yeah, and all the time your head and stomach are right side up.

But I got no kicks.

This will help pay for my son's pre -med school.

Why don't you get a daytime job now?

Oh. Thank you.

I don't know that cleaning offices in the daytime is that much different.

Well, you can do something else, can't you?

Sure. Mm -hmm. I could, uh, model fashions.

Bathing suit.

Oh, come on, Mr. Davis.

Be honest. What else can I do?

It'll work for me.

You're kidding, ain't you?

No, I'm not kidding.

We have a man that works for us, but he can use help a couple days a week

anyway. I know that.

You mean come in and give him a hand?

That's right.

Well, be the first time I'll have something besides dirty windows to talk

Okay. I guess we can work out some kind of a deal, huh?

By today?

Yeah, thanks, Mr. Davis.

Better get a move on.

Gotta make a good impression on my new boss.

Oh, Mr.

Davis, thanks again.

Won't be sorry.

Ah, good morning, sir. Good morning, good morning.

Well, I missed having breakfast with you, huh? That's okay. Uncles need rest,

too. We don't have much to talk about at breakfast anyway.

Nothing happens during the night.

Bye.

Goodbye.

Oh, hey, I'm going to have somebody come in and help out here a couple days a

week. Help me out, sir, but I don't need any help.

Well, Mrs. Turner is going to come. She works over at the office at night and

she's looking for a day job, so I thought it would be a good idea.

Well, I appreciate that, sir, but I fail to see what use she can be.

Oh, for one thing, she can do the cleaning. Help free you for, you know,

important stuff.

Sir, this has always been a one -man household.

I know that, and you do a good job, but when you were working for the Duke of

Glenmore, you had a staff, didn't you? Oh, yes, sir. There we had a butler, a

cook, an upstairs maid, a tweenie.

What's a tweenie?

Well, sir, a tweenie is a sort of, well, apprentice maid. She did all the, well,

odd jobs.

Oh, okay.

Emily will be the tweenie and you can be in charge.

Hi. Good morning, madam.

Mrs. Tanner?

Emily.

Well, I, uh...

Trust this isn't your regular uniform.

Well, they don't look so good, huh?

Well, in the Davis menage, madam, one is expected to present a proper

appearance. Well, uh, yeah, I didn't realize.

I'll do better next time.

Hey, this is a real nice place you got here.

Oh, thank you.

It consists of four bedrooms and a den.

Now, as I understand it, madam, your duties will be confined to household

cleaning. Mr. Davis made it very clear that you outrank me.

You give the orders, I jump. But it won't be necessary to jump, madam.

Merely to give full measure for your daily stipend.

I'm with you, Mr. French.

And now I will explain the workings of the kitchen to you. Once.

Boy, I'm going to like working here a lot, Frenchy.

May I inquire what you're doing, madam?

Having my coffee break. Want to join me? Madam, I have been serving in this

establishment a good many years now, and I have never taken the liberty of a

coffee break.

Well, I forgot.

You cockneys drink tea.

Mrs. Turner, you have work to do.

Soon as I have my second cup.

Your second cup?

Gotta get that old blood pumping through those veins.

Well, if it isn't Buffy and Jody in the flesh.

Hi. You must be Mrs. Turner.

That's right, honey. Your uncle's told me all about you ever since you came to

live with him.

We didn't know about you until just yesterday.

Oh, happy to meet you, Mrs. Turner.

The moniker's Emily.

Well, children, I'm sure you have some homework to do.

Mr. French, could we please go down to the park? We told the guys we'd meet

them.

Homework fest, huh? Oh, come on, Frenchie. It's such a swell day. Let

Mrs. Turner, the children know the rules. First homework, then play.

But the guys are waiting for him.

Please, Mr. French.

What do you say, pal?

Buffy, Jody, attend to your lessons immediately.

Sorry, kids. I tried.

Sissy, isn't it?

Yes. Oh, you must be Mrs. Turner.

Say, you're a knockout. You're even prettier than your uncle said.

Thank you.

This is my friend, Greg Bartlett. How do you do?

Oh, you play a violin, Buster?

No, a guitar.

Don't change the subject.

You could use a haircut.

That's what my father always says.

I brought up a son, and he had a haircut every month of his life.

That's cool.

And that boy is an intern today.

I work in a gas station.

Don't go out with him till he gets his hair cut.

Well, I see you've met Mrs. Tanner.

Oh, poor Mr.

French. You must have had quite a day.

How'd it go, Frank?

Oh, well, you know, being her Thursday here... Oh, sure. Well, I want you sure

of the ropes.

House looks good, though.

Oh, thank you, sir.

Yeah, you gotta give her a chance. She'll work out fine, I'm sure.

Well, I hope so, sir. But I must admit, she does take a bit of getting used to.

In this household, we do not take television bricks.

Yeah, I figured that, so I combined it with my coffee break.

Madam, do you know what this is?

Looks like a dusty finger.

Mrs. Turner, I've tried to be tolerant.

But there comes a time when one reaches the limit.

When I was in the service of the Duke of Glenmore, if one of my staff had

displayed such an insubordinate attitude toward me...

she would have been cashiered on the spot.

The only thing is, this doesn't happen to be the Duke's joint, and I'm not one

of your staff.

I'm Emily Turner, day helper.

Well, we should be speaking further on this matter.

Okay. As long as we understand each other, I'll get back to my cleaning.

After I have my second cup of coffee.

Well, Frenchie. Yes, Mrs. Turner?

Gonna let those kids go out to the park this afternoon?

Fact remains, sir, I am unable to work with her.

You know, they say you can catch more flies with honey than you can with

vinegar.

Which holds true only if your desire is of catching the flies.

Well, Emily's been fighting her own battle so long, she... Look, you get

with her, she's just going to get tough right back. So why don't you just take

it easy, you know, just be nice to her, pour the honey on a little bit and...

Once you get her softened up, then you can suggest a couple of changes, huh?

I doubt it, sir, but I'll do my best if you say so.

Let me know what happens.

Oh, yes, to be sure, sir.

Blow by blow, sir.

Good morning, Mrs. Tennant. Morning.

Oh, well, now me, please.

Well, I must say you look rather fetching.

Are you all right?

I'm feeling most chipper, thank you very much. Isn't it a wonderful day today,

the weather?

I don't know, Frenchy.

I think it looks like rain.

You know, it's a very astute observation. We might possibly have some

before nightfall.

Well, it's off to work we go.

Mrs. Turner.

What? A coffee break is served.

Hey, that's a pretty nice spread.

I thought we might share a spot of refreshment, please.

You and me together?

By the way, I understand that your son is an intern.

Is he going to specialize?

Oh, sure.

In general practice.

As soon as he hangs out his shingle and gets some cards made, I'll give you one.

Thank you. I'd be delighted to meet him, even though I have no need for his

professional services.

Oh, bologna sandwiches.

Yes, I ascertained from Mr. Davis that you were very fond of them.

Well, Frenchie, I appreciate you going to the trouble, but the next time you

make bologna sandwiches, don't cut off the crust.

And mustard.

Mr.

French, aren't you going to tell us to hurry up or we'll be late for school?

Oh, no need this morning, Judy. There's plenty of time. Mr. French, I cannot

believe that you finally came to terms with Emily.

Oh, I think you'll be surprised at the new image, is it?

I kind of like the old image, you know? I don't care which image she has, as

long as we get to go to the park.

Oh, shoot.

Uncle Bill, do you think it's sort of just a ceasefire between Mr. French and

Emily, or an actual end of the hostilities?

We'll find out right now.

Morning, everybody.

Hello, Emily.

Hey, you kids better hustle. You'll be late for school.

No, there's no need this morning. This time.

Better safe than sorry.

Sissy, do you call orange juice and coffee a breakfast?

Emily, I'm watching my figure.

Well, that boyfriend of yours won't notice through all his hair anyway.

I can go to work.

Oh, Mr. David.

That tie.

Well, I didn't pick it up.

Well, as long as you're poor and Frenchy, I think I'll have a cup.

Madam, do you realize this is a family dining table?

I'm not dining. I'm just having a cup of coffee.

Before I get that first cup of coffee in the morning, I'll get the disposition

of a wounded elephant.

Sir, we have an impossible situation here.

I guess the honey treatment wasn't a roaring success, huh?

Well, then, sir, I deeply regret it, but I cannot remain with Mrs. Turner here.

I have a feeling we're interrupting something.

No, that's okay. I want you to be in on this anyway.

French and Emily can't seem to get along at all, so one of them is going to have

to go.

Well, that's easy.

Mr. French, you're staying.

Mrs. Turner's real nice, but you're part of the family.

Even if you are strict, it's better than not having you around at all.

Well, there you are.

you, everybody.

Well, I guess I'm going to have to tell her.

Oh, that's very kind of you, sir, but it's my obligation to tell her.

It's not your obligation. I'm the one that hired her.

Nevertheless, sir, she's a member of my staff, and it's my duty to tell her.

Oh, poor Mr. French.

Poor Emily.

Mr. Frank.

Well, if this doesn't knock me for a loop.

Come on in.

Thank you.

I'll take those.

Oh, thank you. No, I shall be here but a moment.

Oh, well, why don't you sit down?

Thank you.

That's a long hike of five flights.

Yes, it is.

That's my son, the intern.

Yes, you've mentioned him.

Yeah.

Scrubbed a lot of floors to put him through school.

It was worth it, though.

Someday he's going to make a whole bunch of sick people feel better.

Mrs. Turner, I had a talk with Mr. Davis.

Mr. Davis?

He is eighth high on my book.

Well, you know...

All those years that I worked in that building, he was the only one who had a

kind word for me and always had an ear to listen to me when I had troubles.

Yes, Mr. Davis is a very understanding man.

Well, if he hadn't given me that swell job with you all, I'd still be working

nights.

And confidentially, Mr. French, an intern doesn't do too good in the money

department. I have to help Jim out once in a while.

I see.

You said you had a talk with Mr. Davis.

Oh, yes, yes.

Well, I acquainted Mr.

Davis with the situation.

Our situation.

I didn't know we had one.

Surely, madam, you must be aware of the fact that we are hardly compatible.

Well, I thought all that was changed.

I mean, I thought we were getting pretty palsy.

Oh, I see.

You being nice to me was just your way of trying to change me so I'd fit into

that swanky layout.

You came here to fire me, didn't you, Frenchie?

Well, I'll tell you something.

You don't even have to fire me.

I quit.

No member of my staff has ever quit without my permission.

Permission denied.

You know, Frenchie, underneath that beard, there's practically a human

Maybe we can still work things out, huh?

One can try one's best, Emily.

Well, well, well. What are you children doing in the house on such a glorious

afternoon?

Homework, Mr. French.

Surely that can keep until you've enjoyed some sunshine and recreation.

What?

You mean we can go to the park?

Precisely.

Hi, Uncle Bill. Goodbye, Uncle Bill. Mr. French is letting us go to the park.

I hope they can do their homework later this afternoon.

Oh, well, Uncle Bill, may I have some kids over tonight?

It's okay with me.

It's up to Mr. French. Mr. French?

Oh, you may.

I shall be happy to provide the refreshments.

Well, thanks.

Now, don't worry. I'll clear everybody out early.

Oh, there's no need. The hour is flexible.

Excuse me, sir.

He sure has changed since he's got a staff to order around now.

Well, I guess he always needs to have a tweening.