351 - October 30, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[Elizabeth narrating] - Tonight the sky over Collinwood glistens with stars,

and the moon is full,

and yet the night is not peaceful.

At the old house on the Collinwood estate,

an act of violence will occur before this night is over.

An act of violence that will cast another deadly shadow

over all our lives.

- What are you doing here, Carolyn?

- I -- I came to see Cousin Barnabas.

- And now you see him.

- But, but you can't be Barnabas!

- But I am.

- But -- what's happened to your face?

You're so old!

- It won't be old much longer.

[screaming]

You may scream all you want but no one will hear you.

Don't be afraid of me, my dear.

I'm not going to hurt you.

I wouldn't do anything

to hurt my own flesh and blood!

[screaming]

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- Carolyn?

- Yes.

- Do you know where you are?

- In Josette Collins' room.

- Are you aware of what happened?

- Yes.

- And how do you feel about it?

- I don't know.

- Do you feel as if you want to run out of the house?

- No.

- Do you like being here?

- Yes.

This is where I belong.

Was it really Barnabas who --

- Yes, it was Barnabas.

You don't know why he had to do what he did?

- No.

- He had to stop aging -- to turn back the years.

- And I was able to do that for him?

- We don't know that yet.

- You mean he may still be old?

- The aging process may have gone too far.

Perhaps nothing could have helped him

become young again.

- Where is he? I want to see him.

- No, you can't see him now.

- I said, I want to see him.

He may need me.

- What he needs now is to be left alone.

What you need now is some more rest.

- No. I'm all right.

[door opening]

Listen.

Someone is coming.

- Well, it has to be Barnabas.

- He depended on me to help him.

I hope I haven't failed him.

I never want to fail him.

Never.

[door creaking open]

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- Roger? - Mm?

- How long have you been in here?

- Oh, just a minute or two.

I thought I would have a nightcap

before going up to bed.

- Have you seen Carolyn?

- No, why?

- I've looked all over the house

and I can't find her.

- Well, she must be out of the house.

- Obviously, but at this hour, where?

- Oh, Liz, she has had late dates before.

- She lets me know when she has a date

and when to expect her.

- Well, it must have been a last-minute date

and she forgot to tell you about it.

- No, in the first place that isn't like her.

In the second place, she hasn't been having dates lately.

- Oh I hope that -- - What?

- That nothing has happened to her.

- Oh, Liz, in heavens name,

what are you getting alarmed about?

I'm sure there is a perfectly good reason

why she is not here.

- Roger, if I sound alarmed, it's because her behavior

earlier this afternoon disturbed me.

- How was she behaving?

- She has become more and more concerned about David.

- Well, haven't we all? - Yes, but --

I got the impression that she was beginning to believe

some of the things that David was saying.

- Is that what she said?

- Not in so many words

but she did say that she had seen

and talked to David's little friend, Sarah,

and that Sarah had told her that David

was telling the truth.

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- You look rather stunned.

- I didn't expect the transformation

to happen so quickly.

- This isn't the first time that you have underestimate

my powers, Doctor Hoffman.

- Doctor Hoffman?

- Yes, my dear, Carolyn.

Miss Hoffman, eminent historian, is really Doctor Hoffman,

blood specialist and psychologist.

Does that surprise you?

- Yes.

- There are many secrets you haven't known before,

but you will soon know all of them

because you will become a part of them.

Do you understand that?

- Yes. I understand.

- And now, Doctor Hoffman,

I would like to speak with Carolyn alone.

You must have things to do downstairs.

Now, tell me, Carolyn, how do you feel?

- Very -- relaxed.

- Good.

Now that you know the true identity of Doctor Hoffman,

as well as myself, who will you tell?

- Who do you want me to tell?

- No one.

- Then I will tell no one.

You're quite sure about that?

- I will do whatever you want me to do -- for you.

- Good.

Now, there are two things that must be dealt with immediately

and you will help me with both of them.

- What are they?

- The first concerns cousin David.

You must convince everyone, once and for all,

that everything he has said about me

is a figment of his imagination.

- I understand

and I will take care of it.

- Good.

And the next concerns Vicki Winters.

- Vicki?

- Yes.

One day, very soon, she will come into this room

and she will replace the Josette that I lost many years ago.

- Vicki will become Josette?

- I was in love with the original Josette

and she might, one day, have returned that love

if she hadn't --

- Hadn't what?

- Hadn't committed the most foolish act of her life.

- Josette k*lled herself.

- Yes.

Now, I will bring her back in the person of Vicki Winters

and you must help me.

- How?

- Well, first you must use your own judgment,

but there is one thing you must keep in mind.

- What is that?

- Vicki must do the one thing

that the original Josette never did.

Vicki must come to me willingly.

- Very well.

I will see that Vicki comes to you willingly.

- Good.

- But, what about me?

- What about you?

- What is going to happen to me?

- I don't know what you mean.

- What is our relationship going to be?

- Well, since we are of the same blood,

I will not give you the same status that I gave Willie.

He was a servant and nothing more.

- What will I be if not your servant?

- Depending on how well you serve me,

your reward will be far greater than Willie's was.

- What do you mean?

- Serve me well and I have, within my power,

the ability to give you the gift of eternal life.

♪♪

You must be very careful

when you go back to Collinwood.

- Careful of what?

- Well, you won't be able to completely hide the fact

that a change has come over you.

They will ask you questions about it.

- I will answer their questions

until their curiosity has been satisfied.

They won't know what has happened.

- I'm sure they won't.

I have every confidence in you.

Good night, my dear.

- Good night, Barnabas.

♪♪

- You look very pleased with yourself.

- I think I have every reason to be, don't you?

- Yes, I suppose you do.

- Carolyn can be invaluable to me.

I'm only sorry I didn't enlist her services

long before this.

- Are you quite sure that she can be trusted?

- She couldn't betray me even if she wanted to.

Well, Doctor, where have you been?

- Downstairs in the lab.

- What were you doing down there?

- Preparing an injection.

We've got to resume the treatments again,

and this time,

I must insist on staying on my timetable.

- Doctor, you, you have a bizarre sense of humor,

or you're not nearly as intelligent

as I thought you were.

- What are you talking about?

- Do you really think that I am willing to resume

the experiments after what happened yesterday?

- Well, the sudden aging that happened

was all your fault.

You were the one that insisted on the massive injection.

- What difference does it make whether I age suddenly

or over a period of a few months?

- If we proceed the way I had planned it

you will not age at all.

- How do you know that?

- Well, because I have calculated.

- Don't tell me what you calculated.

Tell me what you know.

Do you know that I won't age?

Can you guarantee it?

- There are no guarantees in scientific experiments

and you know it as well as I do.

- Precisely!

Which is why we will not continue

your curious experiments.

They have been a complete waste of my time and of yours.

- No, they haven't!

- Besides, in my present state,

there is a guarantee involved.

- If you want to live in your present state!

- Well, I prefer that than becoming a creature as old,

withered and grotesque

as I was just a few hours ago.

- You're wrong if you think you can guarantee eternal life.

Think of the risk of discovery!

- I have survived that risk up until now

and I will continue to resist it.

- Barnabas, why don't we

continue the experiments on a, on a conditional basis?

- Then, if anything goes wrong -- - No, Doctor!

The experiments are over

and nothing you can say will change my mind.

- All right.

- And since they are over,

I'm afraid that you and I will have very little time

for each other from now on.

- What, what does that mean?

- I will concentrate my time and energies

on making Vicki my next Josette.

- Meaning, you have no more use for me.

- Well, I am very grateful for what you have tried to do,

but now that your efforts have failed

I don't see what good we can do each other anymore.

- No, you're wrong, Barnabas. You still need me.

- Oh? - Yes.

You know very well that you are very vulnerable

during the day.

- Well, that's very true.

- You can't tell me that Carolyn can protect you

because you know that that is impossible.

- You're quite right about that.

If Carolyn spends too much time here,

there will be suspicions aroused.

No, I, I must find a servant somewhere else.

- Why? As long as I am here

I can take care of you during the day.

- Well, that's very good of you, Doctor,

but I could hardly ask you, a professional woman,

to assume the functions of a servant.

I wouldn't think of it.

- I'm perfectly willing to protect you, Barnabas.

I'm not applying for a job as your maid.

- Very well then,

I accept your offer until such time

as I find a permanent servant.

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- What time is it now?

- It's almost :.

- I'm sure something has happened.

- Now, Liz, there's no point in imagining the worst.

- Well, if she were all right

she would have phoned me by now.

[door opening]

Carolyn! - Hello, Mother.

- Carolyn, you have had your mother worried

half of the night!

- I'm sorry.

- Where on earth have you been?

- I, I went for a walk.

- A walk, when?

- Oh, it must have been about o'clock.

- You've been out walking alone since o'clock?

- Yes. - But why?

- I was very -- upset about the talk

I had with David earlier today.

I just wanted to be alone

and try to think of something I might do to help him.

I didn't know I would be gone so long.

I'm sorry.

- That's all right.

As long as nothing happened to you.

- What could have happened to me?

- I don't know but I was terribly worried

that something had.

Would you like something to eat?

- No, I'm not hungry.

Good night, Uncle Roger. Good night, Mother.

- Good night, darling.

Oh, Carolyn -- your hands and face are like ice!

- I know.

I'm going upstairs and take a warm bath

and go right to bed.

Good night.

[clock chiming]

- Well, it's :, I think I too shall retire.

- Roger, something did happen to her.

- What are you talking about?

- She was anything but herself just now.

- Well, apparently, she is a little more concerned

about David than we thought she was.

- No.

It's more than that.

- What else could it be?

- I don't know,

but being upset about David wouldn't be enough

to make her act like she is a stranger in her own house.

[clock ticking]

[clock chiming]

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