546 - July 29, 1968

[bunniefuu]

- A dark night over Collinwood, for a witch

listens to a mysterious message that

explains why one man, despite her efforts,

remains free from her curse.

And now she seeks a way to make him a vampire again.

- As long as Adam lives, Adam will

drain Barnabas's affliction from him,

but will not suffer from the disease

itself because he lives.

But if Adam dies, Barnabas Collins

will be as he was before.

- So you are Adam.

You must not die through magic.

Nicholas would surely know that I was responsible.

Though it must be done as only another human being

could do it.

♪ [eerie theme music]

- Do you never follow orders, my dear?

- Nicholas.

- And just in time.

- No.

- Adam, you are quite right to be angry with her.

- You will stop where you are. - Who are you?

- Why do you try to hurt me?

You are bad.

- She is very bad, Adam.

I know how bad she is.

She knows how bad she it.

Let go of her, let me take care of her.

- Nicholas. - Let go of her, Adam.

Leave her to me.

I should go out of the room.

I should leave you in here with him.

- You wouldn't do that.

- You tried to k*ll me.

I will k*ll you.

- No.

- Shall I save you, my dear?

- Why are you here?

What did I do to you?

- Please, let go of me? - No.

You're hurting me.

- I will not let go.

You tell me.

- You wouldn't understand.

- He might.

- He hates Barnabas Collins too.

A singularly unfortunate thing to do obviously.

Let go of her, Adam.

- She hates Barnabas?

- Yes.

She thought she would hurt him through you.

If you let go of her, she will leave the room.

- Yes, I will.

- And I promise you she will never, ever bother you again.

- No.

- You must.

You must.

- Yes, for one reason.

Carolyn would not like it if you hurt her.

Carolyn likes you to be gentle.

- She will not try again?

- Ever.

- You swear it is true?

- I swear.

Go to the drawing room, and wait for me there.

You think you can do anything you please.

I shall have to show you that that is not true.

I shall think of something quite, quite unusual for you,

my dear.

- I was only doing what you brought me back here to do.

- You were ignoring my orders.

Adam is not to be hurt.

Now go.

You might say goodbye to Adam, at least.

- Goodbye?

- You shan't be seeing him again, you know?

- She'll try again.

I know she'll come back.

Why does she hate me?

I did nothing.

- An unfortunate fact of the human world, Adam.

When two people wage w*r, the innocent

are often caught in the crossfire.

- I do not understand.

- There is so much I have to teach you.

So much.

But I will get to that, after I finish the business at hand.

- What a fool you are.

You should have known Nicholas would find you out.

He will punish you.

You know what the punishment is.

But he needs you here.

He wouldn't dare.

He couldn't stay if you were--

No, no, it's your last chance.

Now, this minute, before he walks in the door.

If you do nothing, Barnabas will escape you forever.

- You are Adam, made by man, and Adam

can be destroyed as easily as I can tear this doll apart.

You are Adam.

Your heart is here.

When this heart stops beating, Barnabas Collins

will be a vampire again.

You are Adam.

What happens to you depends upon this hand, this pin.

When I put this into your heart, you will crumple,

and you will never, never be whole again.

You will die, Adam, and Barnabas Collins

will be what the curse meant him to be.

- Why?

Why do people hate me?

- Well, Adam, Cassandra is a very unusual case,

but you needn't worry about her.

She will not bother you again.

- I will tell Carolyn.

- Oh, I wouldn't do that.

- She will stop her.

- Carolyn wouldn't like Cassandra to have

found you here, would she?

- No.

Carolyn hid me here.

- Exactly.

And I certainly shan't tell her about anything

that has happened. I'm your friend, Adam.

- Friend?

- I see you've already learned to distrust the word,

well don't, as far as I am concerned.

We are going to be friends.

Very, very good friends.

And I will prove to you that I can be trusted.

- Nicholas will know.

Whatever he does to me, I will have triumphed.

Yes.

Adam will bring the curse to Barnabas.

And now, the first pain Adam.

- Adam?

What's wrong?

Adam?

- One small, pain, Adam.

Small compared to the next, for Nicholas

will know that I have not lost my powers.

But I am not afraid of him, and that what I came here to do I

will still do.

You are still alive, Adam.

And while you live, Barnabas Collins still walks in the sun.

But with this, Barnabas will lose the daylight,

and his world will be as dark as that night he

is forced to live in.

No. Let me--

- What a fool you are. - Let me be.

- No.

I am interested in Adam.

- You can't punish me for doing what I came to do.

- Can't I?

I can punish you for being still in love--

- Oh, I hate Barnabas Collins.

- I can punish you for having such human emotions.

- He has defied me.

- I can punish you for caring about that.

- Nicholas, I disobeyed you.

Punish me for that.

- I am glad you admit it, my dear.

- If you would only forgive me.

- What would my master say?

- He is my master too.

- Not any more.

Your master lives on this earth in the old house

not far from here.

Well, let me see now, what shall I do to you?

- Adam is alive.

Nicholas, remember that.

Adam is not dead.

I tried to k*ll him, but I failed.

Punish me for that.

I won't try again, I swear.

Nicholas, please listen to me.

- You're beginning to sound like a woman in panic.

All right, that's what you'll be.

Perfect. Yes.

Tell me your name.

- You know it.

Angelique.

- No, that is not your name.

Cassandra Collins is your real name now.

- What do you mean?

- You are no longer playing a woman married to a human.

You are a woman now married to one Roger Collins.

You are no longer a witch, a member of our coven.

You are human without power.

You have y the minutes left to live out.

You will die as humans die.

- No. - Look at me.

This hand is no longer the servant of my master.

This hand is no longer the recipient of my master's grace.

This mind is no longer the property of my master,

and this heart is no longer our domain.

You are a woman born in Martinique in , died--

we shall soon know.

You are mortal now.

- No.

No.

No.

Nicholas, Nicholas, you can't turn me human.

- I have.

- But I'll die.

- That is your punishment.

- I have no more powers?

- Try, if your like.

- I can't.

I can't.

How long do I have left?

- I am not a fortune teller.

- But you know, surely you know.

- Your departure has already been arranged, of course.

It will be orderly, designed to cause little concern or regret.

It shall start shortly.

How long it will take is my secret.

- Just tell me. You must tell me.

- Control yourself, my dear.

Your husband is coming down the stairs.

- Roger?

What is he doing up?

- I told you it would start soon.

Roger, I was just on my way to bed.

- It's quite late, isn't it?

Have you seen Cassandra?

- Yes, I just left her in the drawing room.

See you in the morning.

- Cassandra?

- Go back to bed, Roger.

- I want to talk to you. - No.

Not now.

- Yes, now.

- Don't keep me here.

Roger, there's something I must do.

- At this hour? - Yes.

- You're coming upstairs with me.

- No, I'm not.

What you think of me doesn't matter any more.

- When did it matter?

- You can figure that out by yourself.

Now, please, let go of me.

- No.

Listen to me, this marriage of ours is a mistake.

- You think so?

- You're not interested in me. - No.

- You never have been.

- Roger, you're keeping me from doing something I must do.

- What? What is so important to you?

- I've not got time for this.

- When did you ever have time for me?

- Never.

Never. - Cassandra!

- Goodbye, Roger.

- I was willing to do anything for you.

I offered you my life so that you could share it,

but you weren't willing to share it, were you?

- No.

Now you have learned the truth.

There is nothing between us, and there never has been.

- Cassandra, there was in the beginning.

- I used you.

Face it.

I used you.

- For what?

For what?

- For what I'm going to do now.

- What do you want?

- I was the mistress of this house once.

Surely that gives me the right to come here.

- What's happened?

Why are you admitting that tonight?

- When I first came to this house ad Cassandra,

I cried when I left.

This room, it's so different from what it was before,

and yet so much the same.

Josette's portrait, I remember the day you hung it there.

Where is it now?

- Why are you suddenly admitting that you're Angelique?

This is some new trick.

- No.

No more tricks, Barnabas.

- I don't believe you.

- I have come to say goodbye.

- That is all?

- One word.

After such a long history between us.

One word can end years of pain.

Why didn't you ever love me?

- Cassandra.

- Call me Angelique, and tell me why you've never loved me.

- I loved Josette.

- I hate you.

- You've proven that.

- Not successfully.

- Because I am not one a vampire.

- You've escaped.

- And that drives you mad, doesn't it?

- You think you have won.

You can stand there looking at me with pity in your eyes.

- Not pity.

No, not that.

You are too dangerous to pity.

- No more.

I have been told that I wasted my time on you.

I think that's true.

You have never known what I was thinking or feeling.

Why did I love you so much?

Nicholas says that I still do, but even dying, I love you.

- Dying.

What do you mean by that?

- I have been granted one of the privileges of being human,

Barnabas.

- What are you are talking about?

- For once, you should understand.

You could not die either for so long.

But now, you are human and you can die.

We are both human tonight, Barnabas.

- You are a witch.

- Not anymore.

I have only until morning to live.

That is my punishment.

And morning is coming so quickly.

But if I must die, so must you.

- No.

- So must you.

♪ [errie theme music]