Sat, May 11, 1968
When their father is taken away on Christmas Day by two gentlemen from the Foreign Office and fails to return in the next few weeks, his wife announces that she and the children - Roberta (Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter - will be moving to Oakworth Yorkshire "to play at being poor for a while". They move into a cottage called Three Chimneys.
Sat, Jun 1, 1968
One day a ragged man staggers off the train at Oakworth, babbling in French. He is Russian dissident Szczepansky, who has escaped the Siberian mines for England to find his family. Mrs Waterbury has Szczepansky convalesce at their home and suggests the children say a prayer "for all prisoners and captives".
Sat, Jun 22, 1968
The children find their 'hound with a broken leg. The boy, Jim, is taken to Three Chimneys. When Jim's grandfather comes to visit - it is their Old Gentleman!"When the children wave at the passing 9.15, the whole train waves back as if in celebration. At the station, Bobbie is greeted by an overjoyed Perks. A train from London halts and, as the steam clears, Bobbie sees a tall figure on the platform.