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Are you not here? I come.

Mr. Burns, did you see where Jody went?

As a matter of fact, I did, Buffy, yeah.

But you're not going to tell.

Correct. Then I won't ask.

Go away. Go away.

What are you doing?

Shh. Hiding.

It's no fun to hide.

It's a lot of fun if you're not caught.

What will happen then?

I'll be it.

Is that bad?

Haven't you ever played hide and seek before?

You're playing?

Sure. You want to get in the game?

Come, Johnny.

May I stay here and play?

I think not.

It's okay. I'll show him how.

No, no.

I do not allow him to play with you.

I see you, Jody. I'm good.

You're it.

You never would have caught me if it wasn't for Johnny.

Who's Johnny?

That kid over there with his mother.

I never saw him before.

He's kind of weird.

What do you mean, weird?

He's not like us.

Well, why didn't you ask him where he lived?

I didn't have time.

His mother wouldn't let him play with me. She probably didn't know Jody was

to play with.

Am I, Buffy?

Sometimes.

Hi, kids.

Hi, Uncle Bill. Hi, French.

How are you?

I'm grand.

You didn't notice anything funny about me? No.

That's good, because I spent practically the whole afternoon in the chemistry

lab in a sulfur experiment.

Phew.

No, you're all right. How about you guys?

I had a good day.

Jody didn't. Yeah. I met a boy whose mom wouldn't let him play with me. Why not?

I don't know.

Did you see the boy?

I know, sir, but the children have been discussing the matter.

Well, maybe his mother just wants to be careful who his friends are.

You can't blame a mother for that.

Indeed, you cannot.

Why wouldn't you want Jody for a friend?

I'd make a good friend.

Sure you would.

Yes, sir. Well, should we encounter the lady again, I'll be happy to vouch for

Jody.

What does vouch mean?

That means you're okay.

Good one, Buff.

You let it go on purpose because I'm so far behind.

No, I didn't. I missed it.

How about that? I thought you were being good and you were just being bad.

Hey, Buffy, come quick.

Look, it's him, Johnny.

I'll go get Mr. French so he can vouch for you.

Well, I suppose it's time to be collecting the children.

Mr. French! Mr. French!

Something wrong, Buffy?

Please come quick. You've got to vouch for Jody.

This way.

Hi, remember me?

Yes, you are the Hyder.

We must hurry along.

But we just got here.

Please, do not disobey me.

Oh, good afternoon, madam.

May I introduce myself? My name is Mr. French, and this is Miss Favisham. Mr.

French is in charge of these children.

He's going to vouch Jody.

Then I can vouch Buffy.

I assure you the Davis household is of unquestioned respectability.

Thank you, Miss Favisham.

You're welcome, Mr. French.

And now, if you will excuse me.

Good day.

Good day.

What do you want?

Only, madam, to dispel any doubts you might have about the suitability of Jody

as a friend for your boy.

Thank you, but...

If you do not mind, we appreciate being left alone.

But can't Johnny and I be friends?

I'd like us to be.

Please, I do not have any friends.

I'd be a friend too, Johnny.

Where do the children leave, Mr. French?

Oh, in that building over there with their uncle, Mr.

William Davis.

Mr. French's uncle Bill is gentleman's gentleman.

And what kind of work does Mr. Davis do?

Madam, I fail to see the relevance of your inquiry.

Oh, I thought I recognized his name.

My Uncle Bill's an engineer.

Now can we play with Johnny?

Hey, could Johnny come to our house for dinner, Mr. French?

May I, please?

It would be an imposition, Johnny.

Oh, no, not at all, madam. It would be no imposition whatsoever.

But I cannot allow Johnny to go home with comparative strangers.

Johnny's mother could come, too, couldn't she, Mr. French?

Sure. There's plenty of food, even if we won't have as many leftovers tomorrow.

Of course, you're both very welcome.

Now, madam, may I inquire as to your name?

White.

Elena White.

And thank you, Mr. French.

We accept.

I'm Sissy Davis.

You waiting for my uncle?

I'm a guest here.

Duffy and Jody have invited us to dinner.

It has been approved by Mr. French.

Oh, you must be the mysterious lady from the park.

As you can see, not so mysterious after all.

Do you live in the neighborhood?

Not far.

On this side of the park?

Please, let us not discuss me.

I would so much prefer to hear about you.

Why don't you come in my room and wait for Uncle Bill with me?

Thank you very much.

You have a very lovely apartment.

Thank you.

You did it again.

Maybe they should make a remote control for the...

chair so it wouldn't keep on getting in the way of the car.

Perhaps it's because they're in the small.

I always thought it was pretty big.

What school do you go to, Johnny?

I do not go to school.

You don't?

I thought everybody had to.

I have lessons at home, in private.

Boy, that's neat.

Only what do you do at recess?

What's at recess?

Joey, why don't you let Johnny try your car now?

Sure.

Here, Johnny.

You see, this is for backwards, and this is for front wheels.

And this is to turn the wheels. See the wheels turn?

There.

Hello, French.

Good afternoon, sir.

We have company for dinner, sir. Yeah?

Yes, the young lad from the park yesterday.

And his mother, Mrs. White.

Oh, the kid that couldn't play with Jody.

The greatest of chums.

You expecting Mr.

White, too?

No, I've ascertained, sir, there is no Mr. White.

And I might add, sir, that Mrs.

White is an extremely attractive young woman, sir.

That's all.

You have a very fine family, Mr. Davies.

You've done very well with them. Thank you.

Perhaps I have a tendency to be overly cautious about Johnny.

Well, that's up to you. I would not tell anybody to bring up their kids.

I'm not so sure I do right myself.

Obviously, you've been more right than wrong, Mr. Davies.

Well, that's about enough of Mr.

Davies, isn't it? Can you call me Bill?

Bill.

Okay.

Now, tomorrow night...

We ought to go out to dinner and go see a show.

I would love to, Bill, but I'm afraid not.

I do not have anyone to stay with Johnny.

Oh, I can recommend good babysitters.

Johnny's never left alone with strangers.

Well, you can stay here. Friends will look after him.

Well, I do appreciate the offer, but... I'll pick you up about six.

It's your house, okay?

You're very persuasive.

Very well.

Sure.

You look like you're someplace else.

Sorry, Bill.

I am enjoying this very much, really.

You worry about Johnny?

Yes.

I would like to phone the apartment.

What for? He's all right.

I want to make sure.

He's not used to being away from me.

Oh, he's playing with the kids and having a good time. He won't even miss

What deal? I, um... French is there. He'll take care of any problems that

up. Just trust me.

But I do.

Every time I think I got you figured out, you slip away again.

There's nothing to figure out.

Well, you never talk about anything. Like your family, your husband, your

background, and nothing.

It's very simple, Bill.

There's nothing to talk about.

See, there you go being mysterious again.

Mystery is what makes a woman interesting.

About as interesting as any woman I ever met.

When am I going to see you again?

There's still much of the evening left.

I know, but I like to look ahead.

What about Sunday? We can take the kids someplace.

A picnic.

Could we go on a picnic?

Sure. We'd go on a picnic.

I cannot remember the last time I was on a picnic.

It would be so, uh, so carefree.

Johnny, do you know about baseball?

Yes, playing baseball is fun.

Almost as much fun as soccer.

Sorry, but we don't have a spin -the -dial soccer game.

What's that?

Initials.

J .F., I thought your name was Johnny White.

They just made a mistake.

Okay. If you be the Yankees and I'll be the Mets, then we'll play the World

Series.

I'll be the umpire, but we better hurry up and play before Mr. French calls the

game on account of bedtime.

Now, listen.

Your team's up first, so, um, off you go to play. Ah, and no talking, gentlemen.

Directly to sleep.

Okay, Mr. French. Good night.

Good night, Mr. French. Good night.

Good night, Johnny.

Good night, Charlie.

Thank you for being my friend.

Uncle Bill, do you mind if I don't go to that picnic?

Oh, that's okay.

When kids grow up, they kind of get away from family doings. Oh, that's not it

at all. I'd love to go with you.

Except I left my studying till the last minute, and here it is.

Okay.

We're ready, Uncle Bill.

Mr. Prince is still slicing pickles, but he's almost ready.

We got plenty of time. I told him I'd pick him up around noon.

Well, maybe we could call him and tell him we'll be early.

They haven't got a phone.

Why not?

Maybe they can't afford one.

Uncle Bill, are they poor?

It kind of looks that way.

If they're so poor, how come Johnny has a big room?

He hasn't got a big room. It's a real small apartment.

That's funny.

What's funny about that?

Well, when Johnny first saw Jody's room, he thought it was small.

Yeah. It is funny.

Well, maybe he used to have a big room. Let's see what French is doing in there.

Picnic for six coming up, sir. All right.

Sister's not going to go.

Hey, what do you think of Johnny and his mother?

Well, they seem quite pleasant, sir. I know. Don't they seem kind of enigma,

sir? Yeah, like they were hiding something, you know.

I, too, have the feeling, sir, they're not quite what they seem.

Right.

You know, the other evening when Johnny stayed over, sir, his bathrobe and

pyjamas were made of fine silk, and they were monogrammed J .F.

Doesn't go with Johnny White, does it?

No, sir, nothing seems to fit, Quentin.

Well, I hope they're not in some kind of trouble.

Maybe they went out to get something.

They're gone.

What do you mean, gone? They moved out this morning.

Are you sure?

Nice -looking woman and a little boy about nine.

Gone.

They were supposed to go on a picnic.

Did they leave a forwarding address?

Not with me.

What about the furniture?

These apartments come furnished, mister.

They moved in with a couple of bags a week ago, and that's what they took with

them.

Thank you.

friends just disappeared. Maybe they didn't have any choice, huh?

Do you think we'll ever see him again?

That's hard to say.

I don't feel like going to the kitchen.

Neither do I.

Oh, Mrs. White.

Sorry to disturb you, French, but I must see Mr. Davis.

Where have you been?

Running.

Running? Well, come in.

Bill, I have an enormous favor to ask.

I really do not have the right.

Well, ask.

May I hide Johnny here for a few days?

What do you mean, hide him?

It is better if you do not know.

Well, I'm afraid I have to know. I've got kids to think about.

Please, Bill, trust me.

Trust works both ways, you know.

All right.

There was a military takeover on a small island in the Caribbean last week.

Yeah, I read about that.

My father was the president.

President?

You mean President Fierro was your husband?

I am not one's mother.

I am Elena Blanco, the daughter of the former Chief Justice.

One's father thought it would be safer for Juan in New York than hiding in the

hills of our island.

Does Juan mean Johnny?

We must hide everything, even our names.

I have learned that the generals have agents in New York looking for us.

Take the boy hostage, I presume.

Yeah, yeah.

That way they could force the father to resign and they could stay in position

there legally.

I probably thought you should hear about this.

Oh, no.

No one outside this apartment must know one is here.

It could be very dangerous.

I have a confession to make.

That first night that I was here, I was looking at your apartment as a possible

sanctuary.

But now I realize I'm asking too much of you. This is not your fight.

Where else would you go?

I do not know.

You would be perfectly justified in turning us away.

I would understand.

Nobody's going to turn you away.

Then is Johnny staying with us?

That's right.

You mean Juan, Buffy.

Thank you, Bill.

Thank you all.

Now, remember, children, no one must breathe a word about Juan being here.

Who's that?

Not a word, not even to Mrs. Beasley. Me too.

Okay, go on back to bed.

I must

leave immediately.

Will you be safe here with us?

Oh, no.

It would be better for one if I tried to lead the agents astray.

Muchas gracias, Bill. Believe me, I know best.

Who is it?

It's the outfit I ordered.

This is really awful, having to live in all this fear.

Well, we made a commitment. I guess we're going to take everything that goes

with it.

Jody, I gotta borrow his mitt.

I'll get it. I know where it is.

Eddie, wait!

Hi, Jody. Can I borrow your mitt?

Sure, Eddie.

Here you go.

Thanks. Aren't you coming out to practice again?

I can't today.

See you, Jody.

You can come on out now.

Go on inside, kid.

Go on.

What? We have come for the boy.

What boy?

The son of the Presidente.

I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place.

We are informed he is here.

You're informed wrong.

Uncle Bill. Call the police. Uncle Bill, it's Elena on the phone.

Juan's father's back in power.

In their face, he's coming right over.

That is why we are here.

To pick up the boy and Miss Blanco.

We were sent by El Presidente.

Is it all right to tell people now?

Of course it is.

I don't think my poli -sci teacher would believe it anyway.

On behalf of Juan's father, you are all invited to be guests at the Presidential

Palace.

We'll take you up on that.

I thought only kings lived in palaces.

This is just a big house.

I like your apartment better.

How come, Johnny?

Because my friends are here.

Indeed they are, Juan.

Muchas gracias, Bill. We will never be able to thank you enough.

Bye -bye now. Thank you. Bye -bye. Bye -bye.

Bye, Johnny.

Bye.

Adios.

I'm going to miss Johnny.

Me too.

But I'm just glad we live in this country.

How come?

Well, because when we play hide -and -seek here, it's just a game.

Thanks for watching. See you next week on Family Affair.