347 - October 24, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[Victoria narrating] - Deepest night lies over all of Collinwood

and sleep has given quiet rest

to all who live there.

But there is a house where night and sleep are not companions,

and the dark hours are the hours of action.

- Are you sure you want it this way?

- I am through arguing the point.

Treatments must be accelerated without further comment.

- And you're aware that I advised against it?

- Thoroughly.

- And I accept no responsibility for its consequences.

- If we don't hurry, it will soon be morning.

Now begin the treatment.

- To proceed without a minimum of caution

is against my principles.

- Come Doctor,

you gave up working out of principle

a long time ago.

- All right, I'm ready.

- And so, Doctor, am I.

[instruments whirring]

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[eerie music] ♪♪

[instruments whirring]

[whirring stops]

- How do you feel?

Can you speak to me?

- Eh -- yes.

- Can you move all right?

- Yes.

- Do you feel any pain, or numbness?

- Numbness.

- Where?

- I'm not sure.

Here in my hand.

- Like ice!

- I knew we shouldn't have accelerated the treatments. - Wait!

It's -- it's going away.

- The numbness?

- Yes.

I can feel.

It's working!

I'm -- I'm going to be all right!

- I wish I could be that certain.

- But I - I - I - I can feel a difference.

- The coldness is going too?

- More than that.

I -- I, I can't explain it but I'm changing.

- How? What do you mean?

- All through me,

as if new blood was rushing through my veins,

new, young fresh blood.

- Try not to get too excited.

- I can feel myself coming alive.

It's working! It's -- it's working!

- It's too soon to be that certain.

- No it isn't, Doctor.

You've done what you promised to do.

- I certainly hope so. Now, sit down.

- Oh -- I am far too excited for that.

- I have to make a few tests, it's very important.

- Later, another time. Not now.

- Where are you going?

- I don't know.

Yes, outside in the fresh air.

- Not before I have made my tests.

- Well then hurry. Please hurry.

- You are far too excited.

I don't think you should go anywhere.

- But you can't know how I feel.

- I know you have had an exaggerated reaction

from an exaggerated treatment

and I don't like it.

- Of course, I, I, I -- I know where I shall go. - Where?

- There is a room at the top of the house

that looks out across the cliffs toward the sea.

I will go up there and I will watch

and then the sun will rise.

I will stand there

and I will watch the pale sky grow lighter and lighter;

the colors of pink and blue

and then a golden light

and I will watch it come up out of the sea -- the sun!

The sun!

- You can't, it's too dangerous!

- It will come reaching across the water

and flood the room

and it will cover me and warm me at last.

- It could mean your destruction.

- No, no, no -- it won't, it can't!

- We can't be sure of the results

of the treatment so quickly.

- Are you sure you're -- you're not trying to minimize

- your own success with the experiments?

- Why would I?

- You know how I feel about Vicki.

You know how I feel about her.

- I'm -- I'm not going to argue with you, Barnabas.

But you are tempting your own destruction

to go this quickly into daylight.

All right, if you want to destroy yourself,

then go ahead.

- Well -- how much longer must I wait?

- I don't know.

I -- I only know that you must.

- Tomorrow?

- Perhaps.

- If I can only be sure.

- Yes, that's how it must be. - What?

Tomorrow --

My, my first view of the sun

cannot be wasted on myself alone.

No, it is an event that must be shared.

It must be shared with one person

and one person alone.

- Vicki.

- If I must wait, I will wait for that.

And when the sun comes out of the sea

it will shine on the two of us together.

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- Vicki, were you up all night again,

sitting by the phone?

- No. No, honestly.

- Well, I bet you're up much too early this morning.

- Carolyn, I just couldn't sleep, that's all.

- Vicki, please, you're just going to wear yourself down.

- No, I will be all right. Really.

- Good morning, Vicki.

I didn't think you would be up this early.

- She won't admit it,

but I'll bet she's been up most of the night.

I'll ask Mrs. Johnson to bring in some coffee.

- Burke will be back, I, I know he will.

- I'd rather not talk about him.

- I understand.

Well, I'm glad you decided to go ahead with your plan

of restoring the west wing.

A matter of fact, I was rummaging around

and I think I found the missing parts

for the chandelier in the foyer.

- You did! Where?

- Oh, in an attic trunk.

I'm not sure, but --

we'll have to see if the crystals match.

Isn't beautiful?

- Yes.

- It seems so clear, but if you look,

there are a thousand colors inside.

Can you see them?

- Yes.

Oh, Barnabas will be so pleased if this is a match.

- Yes.

Here and let's look at it over in the light

and you can really appreciate it.

Did you ever try to find the exact center

of a piece of fine crystal?

- No.

- It's like an extraordinary journey

with sudden turns into some beautiful distance.

Keep searching for the center.

Look deeper and deeper.

- It's lovely.

- Let the colors flow past you, one after the other.

Don't stop.

Keep going --

deeper and deeper toward the center.

- Deeper and deeper.

- When you reach the center you will hear

the tinkling of crystal.

Do you hear it?

- I'm getting tired.

- Don't stop --

deeper and deeper -- the sound will come.

[crystal tinkling] Search for it.

Listen for it.

Find it.

- I think I hear it.

- You're close to the center.

Keep going!

- I hear it.

I have found the center.

- Good.

Now, I will show you the way back.

And on the way, you will see things that you will never quite

remember having seen.

Is that clear?

- Yes.

- You will do as I tell you when I tell you.

- I understand.

- Otherwise, you will never find your way back.

Never!

Never!

Never!

- You will show me the way back and I will follow.

- Yes. You will follow me.

Come, I have something very important to show you.

Something that few people have seen and survived.

Follow me.

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[crystal tinkling]

Don't be frightened.

- Where are we?

- Don't you know?

- In the old house.

- That's right.

What part of the old house?

- The basement. But it can't be.

- Why not?

- Because there is a coffin.

- That's right.

- Why is there a coffin?

- Because it's necessary.

- I don't understand. Whose coffin is it?

- That's what I have come to show you.

What you see here you will never forget

and you'll never remember.

Is that clear?

- Yes.

- Then you may open the coffin.

- Open it?

- Yes. Open it.

- I'm afraid.

- You have nothing to fear.

You trust me completely, now open the coffin.

- No! I -- I don't want to!

- You must.

This is the journey back.

Otherwise, you are lost forever.

- No.

- Open it -- and tell me what you see.

You'll make no sound.

[lid creaking open]

- [gasps]

- You will look again.

You will look again!

And you'll never forget.

And you'll never remember.

[sighs]

[lid creaking closed]

Now -- tell me what you saw.

- A coffin.

- And what was inside the coffin?

- A man.

- Is that all? You don't know his name?

- His name? No!

- Tell me his name.

- Barnabas!

- Good. Splendid.

Now, we can make our journey back.

[crystal tinkling]

Follow me.

We are almost back.

Back past the colors,

back past the sudden turns,

back, back.

It is fascinating, isn't it?

- Yes.

- I only hope it matches the chandelier

in the west wing, don't you?

- Yes.

Oh, Carolyn, let me help you.

- I'm sorry it took so long.

Mrs. Johnson isn't feeling well, so I had to make it myself.

It didn't take long at all.

- Well, let's have some coffee now.

- No, no, I can't.

I promised mother I would help her.

Would you like me to help you with anything?

- Vicki, I made this coffee for you at great expense

to my time and temper.

So, you had better drink it and enjoy it.

- Carolyn enjoys dramatizing sometimes.

- Yes. I guess so.

Could I see the crystal again? - Oh, yes.

Shall we go see if it matches?

- Oh, no.

I -- I'd rather wait until I can show it to --

- What is it?

- Nothing.

- What was it you're going to say?

- I was -- only going to say that I

wanted to wait until --

Barnabas could see it.

He'll be so pleased if it is a good match.

- Is something the matter?

- No.

No.

Nothing.

I -- I hope that you don't mind my waiting.

I -- I just think -- it will make Barnabas -- happy.

- Well, if it will make Barnabas happy,

then wait by all means.

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- Vicki, Carolyn told me you were in here.

May I join you?

- Why -- yes, of course.

- What's the matter?

- Nothing.

I -- I -- I must have fallen asleep over my book and I --

I'm just not quite awake yet.

- Well, I wouldn't want to disturb you if you're tired.

- No, please come in and sit down.

I -- I have something very special to tell you.

- Oh?

Well, as a matter-of-fact,

I have a special request to ask you.

- What is it?

- Well, you had something to tell me first.

- Yes.

Julia thinks that she found a crystal that will match

the one in the foyer of the west wing.

The one in the chandelier.

- Really?

But you're not sure about it?

- No, I -- I wanted to wait until you could come with us.

I -- I know how much -- how excited you are

about that chandelier in particular.

- Well, how thoughtful of you.

How extremely thoughtful of you.

- You are the one that is always being

so thoughtful, Barnabas.

Now what was your request?

- Well, it's a rather stupid one but --

I'm afraid -- but I've been thinking,

that's this superstition of yours about Widow's Hill --

- Yes, I suppose I have been a little bit silly.

- Well, this may even sound more superstitious,

but, if you could only come to think of it as a place

of happiness and light.

- I don't understand.

Well, please don't dismiss this as the absurdity

that it probably is,

but I was going to suggest

that you could do something as simple as

watch the sunrise from Widow's Hill.

- Watch the sunrise?

I know it sounds ridiculous,

but it could give you a whole new association with it.

Oh, I know it sounds absolutely preposterous,

but just forget that I even mentioned it.

- No, no, maybe you're right.

- No, no, it's nonsense. Just forget it, please.

- No. Really, it isn't.

You know, that that's my favorite time of day.

- That's strange, it's mine as well.

- Is it really?

Well then, let's do it.

Yes, we'll - we'll watch the sunrise.

I think it's a wonderful idea.

- You do?

- Barnabas, your hand!

- Oh, I -- I injured it this afternoon.

I -- I, I had forgotten.

- Injured it? How?

- Well I, I -- I had forgotten all about it.

The pain had gone and --

and now, that I remember it --

- Oh, why don't you let me put something on it?

- Oh no, it's all right. Just forget about it.

- Oh no, don't go.

- Oh, I must.

Good evening. You have been very kind.

- But what about tomorrow?

- Perhaps we had better postpone it.

Some other time perhaps.

- But Barnabas!

[door opens]

Barnabas.

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- Oh, I thought you had gone to see Vicki.

- I have returned.

- So I see.

- What else do you see?

- What do you mean?

- Look at me.

What do you see?

Look closely. Do you see any difference?

- Oh, you seem to be upset about something.

That's all. - That's all?

- Yes.

- Well, look again!

You and your treatments!

Look closely

and maybe you will see me age before your very eyes!

My hand.

The hand of a very, very old, old man.

- Oh!

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[eerie music] ♪♪