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after an encounter with a bully named Snyder, Judge Hooker stops to tend to Leroy. Taking the boy home, the judge is a calming presence as Marjorie in Gildersleeve panic. Was the attack due to any provocation by Leroy? It started when Snyder called Gildersleeve a name connected to his piano teacher, Miss Piper. What’s an “old chicken shaker” anyway? As guilty tries to sort out his woman troubles, Marjorie reminds him he should call Mrs. Ransom.
After their last meeting, Gildersleeve is ready to apologize for dating his younger woman. Instead, Leila is eager to meet Miss Piper. She shares a little bit of the gossip that’s going around town about Gildersleeve and JoAnn. The dinner date is planned, and will be a double date.
Gildersleeve shows up with JoAnn in his new blue suit, and Birdie loaned out to cook for Leila. The girls compare notes on the kind attention the townspeople showed on them when they first came, especially from Gildersleeve. Leila’s date arrives, and it’s a young Mr. Albright, a clerk from the bank. Mrs. Ransom quickly rearranges the seating so the youngsters sit together, while she and Gildersleeve’s sit closer. The young Mr. Albright shares an experience or two from his wartime service. Will it upstage the great man in the eyes of Miss Piper?
The wartime experiences get to be too much for Gildersleeve, but will switching to music around the piano be any better? JoAnn plays, and Gildersleeve serenades. Now it’s Leonard’s turn to do the serenading with the more recent song that appeals to the youngsters. Will it be a little too much for Gildersleeve?
