360 - November 10, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[Maggie narrating] A cold, penetrating wind blows in from the sea

and the autumn landscape surrounding Collinwood

is bleak and desolate.

For one who has left Collinwood on a desperate mission,

this promises to be a day of terror

and a night on which an alarming discovery will be made.

[knocking]

- Come in.

- Mr. Peterson.

- Ms. Hoffman, this is a surprise.

- I'm sorry to barge in on you this way

but I must see you.

- I'm sorry, I'm afraid that is impossible.

I'm in a big rush to get somewhere

and I'm just on my way out.

- But -- but you will have to find the time to see me.

- I'm afraid I can't, Ms. Hoffman.

I'm due in court in minutes and I'm running late.

- But you'll have to take the time.

It is a matter of life and death.

- Life and death? - Yes.

If you don't see me, someone could die.

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- Someone could die?

- It's -- it's possible.

- Who?

- I -- I can't tell you that.

- You are being very mysterious.

- I have to be.

Please, please see me. Please.

- Well, the judge will m*rder me,

but if it's that important, OK.

- Thank you.

- Now, what can I do for you?

- I -- I'd like to see my -- my notebook.

- Your notebook?

- Yes. The -- the one I gave you to keep for me.

- It's locked up in my safe.

- Well, I -- I'd like to see it --

just to see if it's safe.

To see that no one has touched it.

- Do you want to take it with you?

- No.

No, I just want to see it.

- Ms. Hoffman, I can assure you, no one has touched it.

- It's -- it's -- it's very important, please.

Please show it to me. Please.

- All right.

- I know I must seem very strange to you but,

believe me, I -- I have good reasons

for everything I have asked you to do.

- Well, I'm sure you must, Ms. Hoffman, but --

your notebook is safe with me.

- Well, that's strange -- - What?

- I thought I had put it right here.

- You mean it's -- it's snot there?

- Well, it must be here. No one could have taken it.

- Well, it's -- it's -- you've got to find it.

You've got to. It's -- it's got to be there.

I've got to see it now.

- Now, don't get excited, Ms. Hoffman.

It's got to be here.

- Did you steal it from me?

- What?

- That's it. You stole it.

You are part of the conspiracy.

- What are you talking about?

- He found out that you have it

and he paid you to turn against me.

- He?

- I trusted you.

I -- I never should have trusted you.

- Now just a minute, Ms. Hoffman --

- I can't trust anyone. Not anyone.

- Ms. Hoffman --

- Yes?

- Here is your notebook.

- It's there? It's safe?

- Yes. It was under some papers.

- May I see it? - Here.

- It's -- it's still locked.

The clasp hasn't been tampered with.

- I'm not in the habit of breaking into people's

personal belongings, Ms. Hoffman.

- I'm -- I'm sorry but --

but -- but you would understand --

If -- if -- if you understood how important it was.

If, if anything happened to this,

if this got into the wrong hands,

I could be in a great deal of trouble.

- Well, then, you'd better take it with you

to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

- Take it with me? I -- I can't take it with me.

- You'd better.

Obviously, you don't trust me.

- But I do.

- You just said you didn't.

- I'm sorry.

Please, please take it.

Please.

Please put it, put it, put it where it was.

- Ms. Hoffman, I -- I,

I can't pretend to understand any of this.

I only know that my clients must trust me.

- But I -- I, I do. I -- I --

- A moment ago, you accused me of stealing from you.

- I was upset.

I -- I didn't know what I was saying.

- But you did say it -- and you meant it.

So, I think you'd better find yourself another lawyer.

- No -- No, I can't.

You're -- you're the only person that can help me.

- Help you, how?

- By -- by putting this back where it was.

Please, please -- do this for me.

- All right, Ms. Hoffman, now, don't get upset.

- Please put this back in the safe where it was.

- Are you sure you can trust me?

- Yes.

Yes.

I can trust you.

You are the only person I can trust.

Please, you are the only person who can help me.

- Okay.

- Oh, thank you.

- I wish you'd tell me what kind of trouble you are in,

Ms. Hoffman, so I can help you.

- You -- you can't help me.

No one can.

- No one?

- No, that's not quite true.

There is someone who could --

- Who?

- Sarah!

- Sarah?

- Why didn't I think of that before.

She could help me. She could protect me.

I've got to find her.

Somehow, I've -- I've got to find her.

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- Sorry I took so long.

- Hey, that looks great. - Well, thank you.

- A store bought?

- Joe, it's homemade!

[knocking]

I wonder who that is?

- Well, whoever it is, I hope they don't stay long.

- I wasn't expecting any visitors.

Dr. Hoffman.

- Maggie, may -- may I see you for a moment?

- Of course, come on in. - Thank you.

- Oh, you remember Joe, don't you?

- Yes, of course.

- Hello. - Hi, Dr. Hoffman.

- I've -- I've come to ask you to do me a favor.

- A favor? - Yes.

I -- I'd like to borrow the doll that Sarah gave you.

- Sarah's doll?

- Yes, the one that she gave you to keep you safe.

It's, it's, it's very, very important.

Would you loan it to me?

- I wish I could but I can't.

- Why not?

- I don't have it anymore.

- You don't?

- It disappeared several weeks ago

and I've never been able to find it.

- Oh, no.

- Well, what -- what do you want with Sarah's doll?

- Well, I thought if I had it, Sarah might appear to me.

- Why do you want her to appear?

- I -- I can't tell you that.

It's just -- it's just important for me to see her.

Vitally important.

- Dr. Hoffman, is everything all right?

- Yes, why?

- I just wondered. You seem very upset.

- Well, I am a little upset,

but it's -- it's nothing to worry about.

- Well, if there's anything that we can help you with,

we'd be glad to help you if we can.

- Wouldn't we Joe? - Sure.

- You -- you can help me by --

by telling me where and how I can contact Sarah.

- I don't know how to contact her.

- But she's appeared to you.

There -- there must be a way that she did appear to you.

- Well, she just seemed to pop up out of nowhere,

and it's not because of anything special I did.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

She just seemed that -- to feel that I needed her.

- Oh, I need her --

Oh, I need her desperately!

- Why? Why Dr. Hoffman?

Are you in some kind of trouble?

- Yes, I am, in a manner of speaking.

- But you can't, you can't tell us what it is?

- I -- I can't tell you.

I -- I wish I could but I can't.

- And it's not anything that we could help you with?

- No.

No, no one can help me but Sarah.

I don't even know where I can find her.

All I know is that it was always in

my bedroom when she appeared to me.

- And she appeared to David in the woods

near the old house.

You might try looking for her there.

- I know. I have.

I just thought of a better place to look for her.

- Where?

- Her final resting place, the Collins mausoleum.

Perhaps, I could find her there.

- You're not going up there now?

- Yes. - But it's getting dark.

It's not good to go tramping through the cemetery after dark.

- I must.

- Something could happen to you up there all alone.

- Joe, why don't you go with her?

- All right. - No, no, thank you very much but no.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

If Sarah is to appear to me, I must be alone.

- But tell me something, Dr. Hoffman.

Do you really believe that Sarah is a ghost?

I think it's possible.

I didn't before, but I do now.

- And you need the -- the help of a ghost?

- It does seem strange, doesn't it?

Yes, I need her help.

I need it desperately.

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Well, I've -- I've taken enough of your time.

I -- I'd better go now.

- Are you sure you're going to be all right?

- Yes, yes. I will be.

- I wish I could have been more of help.

- Oh, you were a great deal of help.

You -- you tried to do all you could.

Thank you very much. Good night.

- Good night. - Good night.

- That was strange, wasn't it?

- Very.

- I wonder why she was in such a rush to find Sarah,

or if Sarah could help her?

- I don't know.

Everything about that woman strikes me as strange.

- Me, too.

I hope she's not in any real trouble.

- Well, maybe you shouldn't start feeling sorry for her.

Don't forget, Dr. Woodard didn't trust her.

Maybe he had a cause.

- Well, I used to be suspicious of her, too,

but tonight I just felt sorry for her.

She seemed to have been crying.

I wonder why.

- I don't know.

I just get a funny feeling about her, Joe.

It's a feeling that she is in some kind of danger.

She is all alone and -- and nobody can help her.

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- Stop!

- What?

- Who -- who are you?

- Oh, you startled me.

You -- you must be the caretaker.

- I -- care -- for the dead.

You didn't answer my question.

Who are you? What are you doing here?

- I'm a -- a friend of the Collins family

and I've come to pay my respects to their ancestors.

- The ones who are buried in there?

- Yes.

- You -- you mustn't go in there. - Why not?

- Oh, this place is cursed.

Anyone who enters it, will anger the dead.

The dead take terrible revenge.

- I'm not afraid and I'm, I'm not superstitious.

- Oh -- you should be.

Strange things have happened here --

violent things.

- What do you mean? What -- what's happened here?

- I don't know.

I only know that in the face of violence and sudden death,

you would be wise to stay away.

- I'm -- I'm not afraid.

Besides, I'm, I'm looking for someone.

- Here?

- Yes, I, I know a little girl who plays here sometimes.

Perhaps you have seen her.

- No little girls play here.

This is a place of the dead, not the living.

- She's a little girl who -- who plays here.

She is about years old.

Her name is Sarah and she has very long brown hair.

- Sarah?

- Have you seen her?

- No -- no, but if you find her,

tell her to stay away from here.

She's in danger here.

- I'll -- I'll tell her to stay away.

- And you -- you should stay away, too.

It isn't wise to disturb the dead.

They deserve to stay in peace.

Peace is all they have.

- Yes, I'll -- I'll go soon.

[flute playing "London Bridges"]

Sarah.

- What?

- Don't you hear it?

- I don't hear anything.

- It's Sarah! She's somewhere nearby.

♪♪

Sarah?

Sarah?

Sarah?

♪♪

Don't -- don't you hear the music?

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- I -- I only hear the wind rustling of the leaves.

- It's fading away now. It's gone.

But I heard it. Why didn't you?

- Perhaps what you heard was a -- a warning.

- A warning?

- A message from the dead

warning you to stay away from this place.

- Yeah, I'll -- I'll go in a moment.

- You should go now, right now.

- This is a public place. You can't put me out of here.

- No -- but I can warn you -- just as the dead have done.

You are in danger here.

Danger.

- I'll -- I'll remember that you warned me.

- Yes, remember this and heed my advice.

- Go.

Now -- if you value your life.

[gate creaking open]

- Sarah?

Sarah, please appear to me.

I need you.

I -- I must have your help.

You are the only one who can help me.

Please, please appear to me.

Please.

Sarah? Sarah?

[thunder rumbling]

- Sweetheart, you are trembling.

- I know.

- All right, how come?

- I just had the creeps ever since Dr. Hoffman left.

- Well, now, just forget about her.

- I can't.

I've got a feeling that something is going on.

Something strange and -- and frightening.

- Maggie, don't start imagining a lot of things

just because someone we barely know

was acting peculiar.

- Do you suppose it's starting again?

- What?

- Trouble.

- What are you talking about?

- We thought the trouble was over

when Willie was captured but -- maybe we were wrong.

Maybe it never was.

- Maybe -- - Maggie.

- I don't know.

I -- I just got the feeling that the danger still exists.

It is all around us,

waiting to reach out and touch us --

all of us.

[thunder rumbles]

- Sarah, Sarah, why won't you appear?

You appeared to Maggie and David when they needed you.

Why won't you appear to me, Sarah?

[thinking] She isn't going to appear.

Perhaps, she can't appear to me --

or won't.

It's no use.

Oh, it's suddenly so cold in here.

There is a chill in the air,

a clamminess that's almost unearthly.

I'm afraid.

Why am I afraid?

I'd better go.

I'm not going to accomplish anything here.

That's it. I'd better go.

- Hello.

- Sarah?

- Why did you want me to come here?

- You are here.

You're really here.

I knew someone wanted me to come here,

so I came.

- I wanted you to come because I --

I wanted to ask you something.

I wanted to ask you a question.

- What?

- Sarah, can I trust Barnabas?

- That's a funny question.

- Well, he says, he pretends he won't harm me,

but I'm not sure.

I don't know what he is thinking and I don't know if I can.

Can I trust him?

- That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.

- Can't you tell me?

- I won't tell you.

- Why not?

- I won't tell you anything about Barnabas.

I won't tell anybody.

- All right, but --

but if he, if he does try to harm me,

will you protect me like, like you did David and --

and Maggie?

- I know who you are.

- I'm -- I'm Julia Hoffman.

- And what you did. - What do you mean?

- I know what you did to Dr. Woodard.

- No, I -- I didn't do anything.

- Yes, you did.

- No, Barnabas did it. It was -- it was Barnabas.

- You helped him.

- I -- I couldn't help it.

I -- I had to do it to -- to protect him!

You understand that, don't you, Sarah?

- You shouldn't have done it! I liked Dr. Woodard.

You shouldn't have done it.

- Are you angry with me?

- You shouldn't have done it!

- He forced me to. It was ---it was force.

- I don't understand.

- Will you, will you protect me

if he tries to harm me, Sarah?

- I have to go away now.

- Sarah, answer me.

Will you protect me?

- I have to go.

- You've got to answer me, Sarah.

Will you protect me, will you?

Sarah?

Sarah?

[flute playing] ♪♪

Sarah...

[eerie music] ♪♪