595 - October 3, 1968

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NARRATOR:The great house of Collinwood

is shrouded in darkness.

And a cold night wind seems to whisper secrets,

ominous secrets.

In the old house on the great estate,

a frightened man waits,

not knowing what will happen next.

If he knew, his fear would mount to terror,

for he is about to be confronted by one of the living dead.

[CLOCK CHIMING]

[THINKING] Where could Julia be?

What did Adam mean?

How can we conduct the experiment tonight?

Who could he possibly find to provide the life force?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Yes?

Adam asked me to come here.

Who are you?

My name is Leona Eltridge.

She is the one, Barnabas.

She will provide the life force for my mate.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ [EERIE THEME MUSIC]

Adam.

I told you I would find someone for the life force,

Barnabas, and I have.

Is Julia here?

No.

I told you that you must find her.

Well, she's, she's not at Collinwood,

I don't know where she is.

You must find her, Barnabas.

The experiment must be completed tonight.

Oh, are you tired?

Yes, very tired.

Come, I will take you upstairs.

You can rest there until the experiment is ready to begin.

Wait!

For what?

I don't know who this lady is or where she comes from

and I want to know.

I told you who I am.

My name is Leona Eltridge.

BARNABAS: Adam has told you about this experiment?

Obviously.

And you're willing to participate in it?

Yes, quite willing.

Why?

For a variety of reasons.

All of them I think quite valid.

BARNABAS: Where do you come from?

Where did you and Adam meet?

It's a long story and I'm very tired.

She cannot talk now Barnabas, she must rest.

I must talk, I want to know more about this

and where she comes from.

I must know this.

Barnabas, the questions you want to know are not important.

They are to me.

Barnabas, find Julia.

Now.

Adam!

Find Julia so we can begin the experiment.

Barnabas.

Julia, where have you been?

I didn't know what to do,

so I went to see Professor Stokes.

Did you tell the Collins family the truth?

- No. - Thank God.

Then no one has to worry about a visit from the police?

But we have a great deal more to worry about.

Many things have happened since you left the house, Julia.

Things I, I just can't explain.

Come.

Barnabas wanted to know who you are.

And I don't know myself.

Nicholas told you who I am.

I am a friend of his.

Then you must be quite a good friend of his

to be willing to go through with this, to do this.

I am.

How long have you known Nicholas?

You ask as many questions as the man downstairs.

I'm sorry.

I'll let you rest now.

LEONA: Adam.

Yes?

You know what Nicholas said.

There are two things you must remember.

First, no one must know we only met tonight.

I will remember.

And most important of all,

no one must know my relationship with Nicholas.

No one must know Nicholas has anything to do with this.

No one will know.

- I promise. - Good.

DR. JULIA: But it isn't possible.

Julia, I spoke to her.

Carolyn was dead, Barnabas, I swear it,

she was dead.

Julia, you're wrong.

It isn't possible, Barnabas.

Miss Stoddard believed that she had only fainted?

Yes, in fact she was prepared to go on with the experiment.

She didn't seem to be the least bit upset.

TIMOTHY: Obviously you refused her offer.

Of course.

At the time I thought we'd reached an impasse.

But then Adam decided he wanted to go ahead with the experiment.

He said he would provide the life force.

And so, just a few minutes ago he came back with this girl,

the girl that's upstairs now.

What did she say her name was?

Eltridge, Leona Eltridge.

And that's all she told you about herself?

Yes.

She wouldn't answer any more questions.

There's no logical explanation for anything

that's happened tonight.

Eltridge.

Rather an odd name, I don't believe I've heard it before.

How do you spell it?

I don't know.

ADAM:Julia?

You are here.

Good, we can begin the experiment now.

No, we can't begin right now, Adam.

It'll take a little while for me to set the equipment.

All right, but do it quickly.

This time the experiment must succeed.

This time my mate must live.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You will tell me when you are ready?

- Yes. - Good.

Adam.

I will not answer any questions, Professor.

I wasn't intending to ask you any.

Not now.

That seems rather strange.

You were the one who always asked the most questions.

I'd like to make a simple request.

I'd like to speak to your friend, the girl upstairs.

No, you can't speak to her.

Why do you refuse?

She is resting.

I won't disturb her rest for long.

ADAM: You will not disturb her rest at all.

Obviously, you're afraid of allowing her to speak to anyone.

ADAM: I am not afraid.

She does not want to see anyone.

Did she tell you that?

No, I assumed it.

Assumed, that is a word that you taught me, Professor.

I also taught you that all assumptions

are not necessarily correct.

Perhaps the young woman wouldn't object to my speaking to her

for a few moments.

You could at least ask her.

All right, I will ask her.

But if she refuses to see you, you will stay away from her.

[THINKING] If this experiment succeeds,

if I am allowed to live again through that creation,

I will destroy all these people,

all of them.

All of them.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR] [DOOR OPENING]

Hi, I thought you might have been asleep.

No.

There is a man outside who wishes to see you.

Who is he?

His name is Professor Stokes.

Professor Stokes.

Yes, Nicholas has told me about him.

Shall I tell him that you do not want to see him?

No, tell him I will be glad to see him.

That might be a mistake.

He is a very intelligent man, most serious.

And most suspicious.

He might suspect something is wrong.

Don't worry about that.

He'll believe every word I say to him.

Tell him to come in.

ADAM: All right.

- Professor. - Thank you.

You are Miss Eltridge?

Yes, and you are Professor Stokes.

That is correct.

- Please sit down. - Thank you.

Frankly, Miss Eltridge, you're a bit of a mystery to all of us.

That's not surprising.

Would you mind telling me how you met Adam

and became involved in all this?

Not at all, but it's a very long story.

Long stories are often the most interesting ones.

All right.

To begin with, I've know about this experiment all along.

How did you know?

Eric Lang told me.

I was under the impression that Lang wanted to keep

his experiment a secret from everyone.

Everyone but me.

You see, Eric and I kept no secrets from one another.

- We were in love. - I see.

So, I want his experiment to succeed.

It meant everything to Eric, so it means everything to me.

You must have loved Dr. Lang very much

to risk your life for the sake of his experiment.

I did love Eric.

But I'm not exactly risking my life.

What do you mean?

I'm going to die anyway.

I don't understand.

Eric and I first met as doctor and patient.

We fell in love and then he discovered,

all the specialists he sent me to agreed with him that,

that I'm suffering from an incurable disease.

And, it's very difficult for me to talk about this.

That's very understandable.

The fact is, I'm going to die.

Soon, very soon.

And the death will be a painful one, very painful.

I don't like to think about it.

I don't blame you.

If I'm going to die, I want to die the way Eric died.

In an attempt to make his experiment a success.

I admire your courage.

I'm not really very courageous but,

I'm not afraid to die.

I haven't had much of a life without Eric.

You still haven't told me how you happened to find Adam

or he happened to find you.

So many questions.

I'm sorry, Miss Eltridge,

would you prefer to end our conversation now?

I'm willing to answer all your questions, Professor,

but this waiting...

It's making me so nervous.

If I could only go to sleep for awhile.

I'll go now so that you can get some rest.

What you've told me is enough to clear up most of the mystery.

LEONA: Thank you for being so considerate.

Thank you for seeing me.

Of course.

Did he believe what you told him?

He believed every word of it.

And he'll tell the others, and they'll believe it, too.

All of them.

So, that was her story.

TIMOTHY: That was it.

And did you believe it?

She made it sound very convincing.

- Still... - You think she was lying?

I don't know, there's something curious about that woman.

BARNABAS: Well, we have to use her for the experiment,

we have no choice.

Eltridge.

What?

E-L-T-R-I-D-G-E.

That must be how she spells it.

Why are you so interested in the spelling of her name?

It might be important.

What do you mean?

- Never mind. I must go now. - Why?

There's something I must do,

Something that could be important.

I'll explain later, good bye.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[MACHINE BEEPING]

[BEEPING STOPS]

[WHIRRING AND PULSATING]

[WHIRRING AND PULSATING STOPS]

Hello, Julia.

We are ready to start.

Then we can begin the experiment.

Yes, yes, Barnabas, we can begin.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Barnabas, Barnabas,

I don't believe one word of that woman's story.

Well, I'm not sure I do, either.

It's too pat, too sentimental.

Nevertheless, we must go through with this.

We must choose that girl for the life force,

we have no other choice, whether we want to or not.

I suppose so.

She is ready.

We will begin now.

You are aware of the risk involved?

Yes.

And you're willing to go through with it anyway?

Yes, I explained why to Professor Stokes.

Surely I don't have to explain to you.

Julia, you are wasting time, begin now.

All right, if you will lie down on the table, please.

Soon, you will live.

And you will be mine.

Adam.

If this experiment is a success,

she will come alive.

But she will come alive without knowledge

and without experience.

She must be educated. Who is going to do that?

I told you that I would.

Do you think you're capable of that?

ADAM: I will take care of her, no one else.

She will be mine.

All right. Let's get this thing done.

What's that?

Oh, it's an injection.

I just wanna give you something to help deaden the pain.

I don't want an injection.

But it's nothing dangerous,

it's just something that will make it easier.

I don't want an injection, I can stand the pain.

ADAM: Stop arguing with her!

Too much time is wasted arguing.

BARNABAS: Julia.

You must be prepared for what will happen.

At first, you will feel a slight shock and then a tingling.

After that you will lose consciousness.

And after that?

I can't say, there are too many unpredictables.

I understand.

All right, we're ready, shall we begin?

Yes, begin.

Is there anything I can do?

Yes, Barnabas, you stay here with Miss Eltridge

and take her pulse.

If her pulse beat begins to weaken let me know

and I'll shut off the equipment.

Very well.

I suppose it's useless to ask you to leave.

Yes, it is useless.

Well, then at least sit back there

where you're not in the way.

No, I will stay here with her.

I want to see the moment she comes alive.

I'm going to turn on the first control, Miss Eltridge.

Be prepared.

LEONA: I am.

[WHIRRING AND BEEPING]

How do you feel?

Strange.

Dizzy.

[LOUD STATIC BUZZING]

[LOUD STATIC BUZZING]

How is her pulse beat, Barnabas?

It's getting weaker.

LEONA: I'm...

I begin to feel it now.

The gauge is at , in a moment it'll come to .

The pain.

DR. JULIA: Her pulse?

BARNABAS: Weaker, it's much weaker.

How much weaker?

[LOUD STATIC BUZZING] I, I...

[SCREAMING]

The gauge, the gauge it's reached .

It shouldn't go any higher.

Julia, come here quickly.

DR. JULIA: What, what is it?

I don't think there's any pulse at all now.

Something is wrong.

DR. JULIA: Adam, please.

[WHIRRING STOPS]

She's dead.

Oh no.

I don't want to think of what we've done.

Why are you doing that? What is happening?

It's over, Adam. We failed.

You mean she will never come alive?

DR. JULIA: No.

I should k*ll you both.

We did all we could.

ADAM: I don't care.

[MOANING]

ADAM: Eve!

It's not possible!

DR. JULIA: I don't know.

I wanna see her.

I must see her.

Be be careful, Adam, Adam.

I will, I will be careful.

Her eyes are open!

Barnabas!

She is alive! She is alive!

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ [EERIE THEME MUSIC]