309 - August 31, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[Victoria narrating] - This is a time of suspicion,

a time when trust has slipped away into the darkness,

and doubts run high.

There are those who find the finger of suspicion

pointed at them.

They react with a sudden fear of exposure.

- You seem very uneasy tonight.

- I'm not, really.

- What was that you injected into me?

- Oh, a drug that will speed up the change

in the cellular structure of your blood.

- Well, I hope it works,

because I'm growing very impatient.

I watched the point of the needle

as you placed it into my vein.

It was very shaky, Doctor.

- Not any more than usual.

- It was quite a lot more than usual.

Now, why are you so nervous tonight?

- I-- I'm not, I told you.

- Now, Doctor, you must give me credit

for more sensitivity than that.

Something's bothering you.

Something that I should know.

I want to know what it is you are hiding.

- I'm-- I'm not hiding anything.

- I will not go for lies! - Oh!

- Now, what is it that you're hiding from me?

Tell me! Tell me right now!

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- Let... Let go of me!

- Not until you tell me what it is

you're hiding from me.

- All right, but, please--

please let go of me!

I never understand why you distrust me so much.

- Because sometimes I can't be sure

if you are being completely honest with me.

And this is one of these times.

Now, something disturbing has occurred.

I want to know what it is

and why you are holding it back from me.

- It may not be that important.

- I'll be the judge of what's important.

Now tell me.

- Sam Evans and Joe Haskell were here.

- What did they want?

- They were asking questions.

- What questions?

- Well, for one, they wanted to know

what I was doing here.

I put them off by telling them

that it was part of my disguise as a researcher.

- But surely this couldn't have been

what you are hiding from me.

- No, it isn't.

They-- they came to see you.

- What about?

- They-- they were looking for someone,

and they wanted to ask you some questions.

- Whom were they looking for?

- Sarah. - Sarah!

What do they want with her?

- Oh, to find her, question her.

- They know that she can supply them

with some information about Maggie.

What do they know about her?

- Oh, practically nothing.

They just know that she seems to appear

near this house.

- Well, how do they know that?

- Oh, David told them.

But don't worry about David.

I've questioned him, and he knows nothing.

- There are only a handful of people

who know who I am, what I am,

and Maggie Evans is one.

- But Maggie doesn't remember anything,

and I'm controlling her.

- Then there's Willie.

I control him.

And then there's you, Doctor.

- You've nothing to fear from me.

- I trust not.

And then there's Sarah.

Sarah...

She knows all about me.

- But Sarah is only a...

- Yes.

She's come back, but not in the way I have.

- Perhaps she's done everything she is going to do.

- No, there is more to it than that.

She's come back for a reason.

What is that reason?

- Well, there-- there may not be a reason.

- No...

It means something, I know.

In my previous life,

Sarah loved me more than any other person.

She didn't know what I had become,

only that I was different,

and that my family despised me.

But, in spite of that,

her love for me never wavered.

She believed in me until her sad death.

- Oh, Barnabas, you mustn't!

- She was the only one who ever needed me,

and I failed her.

Tragically.

And now she's come back,

not to me but to my enemies.

It means she's come back to destroy me,

and now she, too, is one of them.

I can't let that happen.

I can't let it happen!

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[knocking]

- Oh!

- Hello, Vicki. - Hello, Burke.

- You seem overjoyed to see me.

- Do I?

- Well, I can't remember a warmer greeting.

I-- I have a feeling that

the door is going to close before I'm asked in.

- Sorry, please come in.

- Thank you.

- Oh, it's all right to close the door now,

unless you feel my visit will be a very short one.

- That would depend on you.

- No, it'll depend on you,

and how ready you are to accept my apology.

- I see.

Well, let's go in here.

I'm not sure I know what it is

you have to apologize about.

- Well, that was my feeling about it at first.

But then I analyzed it, and I realized...

that I had said something offensive.

- It wasn't me you offended, it was someone else.

- Well, I'm not concerned about someone else.

He can take care of himself.

It's you I'm concerned with.

- Don't you think I can take care of myself?

- I don't think you're always aware

of the evil that can be around you.

- Then we're right back where we were the other night.

- No. No, we are beyond that.

- Your tone is just the same.

- I said I apologize.

- Reluctantly.

- No, genuinely.

- Does that mean that you no longer have

any suspicions about Barnabas?

- It means that I made too much out of practically nothing,

and I'm sorry that I was so outspoken.

It's one of my faults,

which I hope you will get used to.

- I hope so, too.

- There were things about Barnabas,

questions that I tried to answer

and that I thought you might be interested in

knowing the answers to.

- Well, I'm not interested.

His personal life is his business.

It doesn't involve me.

- Well then, if it doesn't involve you,

I don't care either.

- My involvement with Barnabas

extends as far as friendship.

- Well, I can't blame any man

for wanting to be a friend of yours.

Vicki,

please forgive me for being such a suspicious nut.

All I really care about is us...

and our future.

Vicki, you know I love you.

- Yes.

- And you love me.

- You know that.

Burke, would you do something for me?

- Of course.

- It's not going to be easy.

- The tougher the better.

- Would you apologize to Barnabas?

- Well, I said tough, but not impossible.

- He was really very offended.

It would be a great gesture on your part

if you would say something to him.

- Well, it certainly would be.

- He'll be here any minute.

He's bringing me a book.

Please, Burke, as a favor to me.

- But Vicki, I-- I...

- Surely you're not still suspicious of him!

- No.

No, I'm not.

- Well, then can you say that to him and mean it?

- Sure. Sure, I can.

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[knocking on door]

- Barnabas. - Good evening, Vicki.

- Please come in. - Thank you.

- I see you found the book.

- Yes, it was at the bottom

of a stack of books in the attic.

- Oh, you shouldn't've gone to all that trouble.

- It was my pleasure.

I think you'll find that this book clarifies

and supplements the others.

It gives a better picture of the period and the motivations

that were the basis for the changes in that time.

- Pardon me. Hello, Barnabas.

- Oh, hello, Devlin.

I didn't know you had a guest.

- It's very fortunate that you stopped by.

Burke would like to talk to you.

- Do you?

- Uh, yes. Yes, I do.

I wonder if we could use this room?

- Please do.

- Well, if you'll forgive me.

- Of course, I'd like to read this book.

- We'll just be a moment.

- What is it you want to talk to me about?

- I'm afraid I've been the victim

of an overactive imagination.

- Oh?

- And I'm afraid I've caused you some discomfort.

I guess I've been acting rather like a snoopy neighbor,

peering out from behind the drapes.

I also went too far.

I-- I talked about something I didn't really see,

and I mentioned my suspicions to Vicki.

Oh, I shouldn't say suspicions.

I should say questions.

- That is a better word.

- You have to admit that you're...

the most unknown quantity in town.

- Well, I hadn't thought of myself that way,

but if you say that's the impression I give,

well, then I'm willing to accept it.

I am afraid I've sought privacy too hard.

I didn't know the cost would be so high.

- I suppose I'm a natural small-towner.

You should be aware that, in a town such as this,

people tend to ask questions,

to... to wonder.

And when they-- they don't find answers,

they-- they make up their own.

- As you did?

- No, I didn't quite get that far.

I got only to the point of...

recognizing a deepening mystery.

- And you haven't learned anything about me?

- Just a series of question marks.

I hope you'll forgive me for the nonsense I carried on.

- Then you're no longer suspicious of me?

- That's right.

- Well, does that mean that you are not interested

in what I do during the day?

- That's right.

- Would you like me to tell you what it is I do?

- No.

No. That's your business entirely, Barnabas.

- Well, is there anything

that I can clarify you that might help

to improve our relationship?

- If you'll accept my apology,

that will improve our relationship just fine.

- I accept gladly,

but with the regret that it had to come to this.

- And I accept you for what you are,

a man who likes privacy

but rather interesting nonetheless.

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- Hello?

Barnabas, is that you?

Willie?

Who's there? Who is it?

Sarah?

Sarah, is it you?

Sarah?

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- Sorry to have kept you waiting so long.

- Oh, it didn't seem like long at all.

I was very absorbed in the book.

- Well, we've had a very nice talk.

A very nice talk indeed.

It's helped our relationship tremendously.

- Yes, it has.

- I'm very glad to hear that.

- Well, I have accomplished more than I expected to tonight,

so I think I'll leave you historians

to come to your grips with the past.

- Why not join us?

I think you'd find the Collinsport of the past

quite fascinating.

- I find the Collinsport of the present

quite fascinating.

So, get me some other time for the history lesson.

Good night, Barnabas.

- Good night, Burke.

Well, I'll wait inside.

- Well, I did it.

I don't know how, but I did it.

- Thank you. I appreciate it so much!

- That's why I did it.

- And I am very proud of you.

Not every man would have done that.

- I'm not every man.

See you tomorrow night?

- Yes, you will.

- Sarah!

Where are you?

Sarah!

- Barnabas, there were some questions

I wanted to ask you about Chapter Two.

- Well, before you ask them,

I would like to thank you very much for playing the--

well, the unpleasant role

of intermediary between Burke and myself.

- It wasn't unpleasant at all,

seeing as the result was so successful.

- Vicki, I would like to ask you a question.

Please be frank, as I know you will.

- All right.

- Of all the questions that Burke has raised,

did the possibility that his suspicions

might have some foundation ever occur to you?

- No, Barnabas, not at all.

- Well, I'm very glad to hear that.

And I want you to know that I offered

to answer any questions

that Burke might want to ask.

I make the same offer to you.

- I appreciate that offer,

but the only questions I want to ask

are about Chapter Two.

- Thank you.

I appreciate very much

your confidence in me.

Now, about Chapter Two.

- Barnabas. - What is it?

- She was here! - Who?

- Sarah! - You saw her?

- Well, no, not-- not really, but-- but she was here.

- How do you know?

- Because-- because I felt it, I sensed her.

I even went out into the woods to look for her,

because, for a moment,

I really felt I almost saw her.

- You imagined it. - No.

- You did. Why would she appear to you?

- I don't know.

Look.

- What is it? - This book.

It was closed.

I closed it, definitely closed it.

She opened it-- I know she did.

- Are you certain of this?

- Yes, because the book is opened to a picture of her.

Sarah.

- Then she'll come to me, I know.

Sooner or later,

she will come to me.

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