A globe-trotting engineer and his butler fall heir to three orphans.

Dismayed at the prospect of caring for three children, Bill decides to send Cissy away.

When Bill returns from Africa bearing gifts, Cissy presents him with a hand-knitted tie. Buffy and Jody also want to give Bill a gift, and end up purchasing a horse for him from a retiring carriage driver.

Cissy thinks Bill is trying to get rid of her.

French is astonished at how much attention he attracts when he endorses a brand of marmalade.

When Cissy gets her own phone, Buffy is so unhappy that Bill suspects a case of jealousy.