597 - October 7, 1968

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR:Peace at Collinwood on this starless night

is an illusion.

For in an old house on the estate a miracle has occurred.

A body has been brought to life,

and one man is convinced that only tragedy can result

if she is allowed to live.

Adam, you trusted my feelings before.

You must now. That woman is evil.

I don't understand, Professor, she has not been alive one hour.

- Adam, listen to me. - She has done nothing.

I have reason to believe...

I have reason to believe

that you are no longer a friend of mine.

Adam, that woman upstairs is the reincarnation

of the most evil woman who was ever born.

When she lived in the th century,

she was the most feared woman in the world.

- She committed every crime. - Now stop it.

You are talking of someone else, not her.

I am very seldom wrong, Adam.

This time you are wrong, Professor, and I know it.

[RATTLING]

[WIND HOWLING SOFTLY]

[CHANDELIER TINKLING]

I remember you.

Yes, I do.

You have come after me.

No, no, mon petit, I will not go back with you.

I am alive. I am alive.

I will never go back.

♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

♪ [EERIE THEME MUSIC]

Adam, you will admit

that I have never advised you incorrectly.

I am grateful for that.

You must listen to me now.

Adam, you now how strongly Professor Stokes

feels about this.

Do you, Barnabas? Do you believe him?

I honestly don't know,

but I have no reason to discount what he says.

Well, I do.

Professor, how can you expect me to possibly believe

that this is true?

Barnabas and Julia made that body.

With their own hands.

It has nothing to do with the body.

My objections have to do with the life force,

but you become impatient whenever I mention it.

Why?

What is the secret of that woman you brought here?

There is no secret.

I'm impatient because I want to be with Eve,

and you have no proof of anything that you say.

Let me get proof.

I can't stop you from trying.

Glad you realize that.

Will you permit me to question her?

BARNABAS: Adam, you owe it to Professor Stokes.

Don't you tell me what I owe.

What possible objections can you have?

Unless of course you're beginning to doubt her yourself.

You make me feel there's so much I don't know.

You make me feel now as I did when I first came to your house,

unable to read or write.

You make me feel that there's so much that I just don't know.

Then you will let me.

Adam, I promise you that if I'm wrong

I will come to you and admit that I am.

I must see her first.

Adam, if you're going to prepare her...

You talk as if she's as worldly as you.

She is not.

Adam, what she is no one really knows.

Give me a few moments with her.

Let me warn you that I will hold you both responsible

for whatever happens to her when you are in that room.

You shouldn't have let him go to her.

I know what I can stop and what I cannot.

- But he'll warn her. - Perhaps.

Perhaps not. He's frightened, you know.

I don't believe that.

I know him better than you do.

He knows that I am more often right than wrong.

[DOOR OPENING]

You should not leave me alone.

I'm sorry.

I do not like it.

Are you afraid?

Does it please you to think that?

If it does, yes, I'm afraid.

It's not a matter of pleasing me,

it is a matter of truth.

Do you know the truth about you and me?

Do I have to?

Yes.

It is important.

You see, I was created as you were.

We are not like other people.

You don't mind?

No.

That is curious.

I did when I first heard.

You still do mind.

I don't think so.

I have changed since you...

What are you thinking about?

I...

I almost remembered something while you were gone.

What?

What did you remember?

Tell me.

Leona?

What did you call me?

Leona.

I was thinking about her.

Leona Eltridge.

What a funny name.

You don't remember it?

No. Should I?

No, I suppose not.

Have you ever heard of Nicholas Blair?

No.

Are you sure?

I do not like questions.

- I must ask them. - Why?

Because others will.

Your friends downstairs?

You can stop them.

You are so strong.

If you insist, they will leave me alone.

They know so much more than I do.

I thought you would understand that.

You are different from me.

I know you're not what they say.

What do they say?

Tell me, what do they say?

[KNOCKING]

They're here now.

You do not have to let them in.

I must.

Or they will...

- They will think that... - What?

What will they think?

That you're not as good as I know you are.

Don't turn away from me.

I do not kiss men who are weak.

[KNOCKING]

♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

[KNOCKING]

I can only do what I must, and I must let them see you.

You will have to forgive me.

Will I?

Sometime.

We haven't met.

I am Timothy Stokes.

You've met Barnabas Collins, I believe.

What is my name?

Your name is Eve.

Eve?

Eve.

I would not have chosen it.

A little obvious, perhaps.

I realize how astonished you must be

by all that has happened in the past hour.

Surely you must be as curious about us as we are about you.

I am a woman, I accept what happens to me.

But how can you?

How can I not?

I have no choice.

I opened my eyes and I am here, in this house.

TIMOTHY: A fascinating situation, Mademoiselle.

What did you call me?

[CHUCKLES] Oh, I'm sorry, a French word.

Adam, if you have no objections,

we would like to be alone with Eve.

It will be all right.

Of course.

Remember my warning.

Now, won't you sit down?

If our interest in you seems, well,

somewhat excessive, you must understand,

the experiment that was responsible for your existence

has produced only one other person.

Hmm. Adam.

Yes.

Naturally we're curious as to why you're not as he was

when the experiment was over.

[LAUGHS] You would prefer me helpless?

- Not at all. - Good.

We are most interested, though, in something you said

when you first spoke,

that you came from another time.

Did I say that?

Another place.

I don't remember.

BARNABAS: But you must.

How can I remember when I have no memory?

If I did not exist?

But how can you speak if you have no memory?

EVE: You tell me.

You've obviously been well taught,

but there's something in your usage that suggests

the possibility that English is not your native language.

- Really? - I should have said French.

Whatever that is.

Your knowledge is curiously spotty.

You understand, or seemingly so,

everything we say.

And yet you profess not to know the name of

one of the principal languages of the world.

I cannot explain my mind to you,

I do not know it well enough myself.

Would you mind if I mention a few names

that might help you remember?

I should actually like that.

Why, have you remembered something?

Some little thing since you came into this room?

- Well, then... - No.

Perhaps these words may give you a frame of reference,

at least.

Guillotine.

Marie Antoinette.

What a pretty name.

No, if I remembered anything, it would be that.

Danielle Roget.

You shall be asking me next about Leona Eltridge, I think.

Adam seemed to think her name would mean

something to me, too.

How strange you all are

to spend your time this way, with questions.

BARNABAS: It astonishes us that you have so few.

I have one.

Am I to stay here?

I see.

That has not been decided.

When will it be?

Do you wish to leave?

You have not answered my question.

TIMOTHY: Where would you go, do you know?

I am used to my questions being answered.

When were you used to that? When?

I...

I do not know.

I do not know.

What do you want me to say?

Tell me and I will say it.

You have made me, given me life.

You must have some reason.

Tell me what I am to do and I will do it.

But let us talk no more.

Adam, can I get you something?

Adam, you must trust them.

I used to trust Professor Stokes.

You must still.

No.

Now he's Barnabas' friend.

No, Adam, he's not Barnabas' friend

any more than he's your friend or my friend.

He's concerned about your mate because he cares about you.

Surely you can understand that.

No.

Why is he so suspicious without reason?

He thinks he has a reason.

Do you think so?

I don't know what I think.

I don't believe you, Julia.

You always have an opinion.

Not this time.

I just want to take her away from here where it won't matter.

Where what won't matter, what she is?

I didn't say that.

But you meant that, didn't you?

No, I didn't.

I just want to take her where no one knows us.

Where no one will think us different,

where we can live like everyone else.

That's all I want.

We must leave before they ruin everything.

She's not what they say, Julia, I know it!

What do you think?

Her memory blanks were most curious.

Yes.

Do you believe everything she said?

No, and yet I don't know why.

Mr. Collins, are you prepared to let her leave?

What evil might she remember tomorrow morning?

What do you think she's capable of doing?

Almost anything.

And yet I have no reason to think that.

You have the best reason of all, your own intuition.

They must stay until we know more.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You see?

She is not what you said.

You must have found that out.

Adam, we want to speak to you about her.

Are you still suspicious?

Just be calm.

Come into the drawing room,

I'll only take a moment of your time.

No, we have talked enough of her.

I daresay you're right,

but there's one woman we haven't discussed at all.

Leona Eltridge.

How did you happen to find her?

I told you, she came to me.

And offered to be the life force?

She was Dr. Lang's friend.

Where did you meet her?

- She found me. - How?

You make everything out to be a crime, Barnabas.

No, I will not answer any more.

You and I made a bargain,

but I supplied the life force that you could not.

Now you have given me a mate

and I will take her away with me now.

Adam, I've decided that it would be wise

for you both to stay here.

No.

For the time being, at least.

When you thought that she could not speak,

you were perfectly willing to see us go.

Why have you changed now?

Because the experiment has not worked out as expected.

We want to keep her under observation.

I know what that means.

- Locked up in that cell downstairs! - No.

Don't lie to me, Barnabas, I will not let you do it.

- She can stay where she is. - No.

Adam, there's no necessity for you to leave here tonight.

Tomorrow morning Dr. Hoffman can run a few simple tests

to determine your mate's physical condition.

Now you are lying to me, Professor.

No, Adam. She should be checked out.

Nothing has happened this time that happened before.

That woman downstairs is dead.

ADAM: No, there is another reason.

You still believe what you said about her, admit it.

Very well, I will.

You asked for the truth, you shall have it.

Nothing happened in that room upstairs to change my mind.

Nothing happened to prove you right.

I did not expect the woman to be stupid, Adam.

Well, what will she think if I let her stay here

and let you watch her as if she were an animal?

What would she think?

If she is innocent she will think nothing,

but if she is Danielle Roget...

[BANGING]

DR. JULIA: What's that?

- The door! - No, no, keep away from it.

DR. JULIA: The candles, we must light them.

- No, it will do no good to try. - Why?

Why do you say that?

Because there is someone besides us in this room.

I can feel it, Mr. Collins.

About these things I am always right.

But what is it?

Who could it be? Why is it happening now?

Who are you?

What do you want?

Tell me what you want.

[JINGLING]

TIMOTHY: Can you speak to me?

Can you speak?

Show me, then.

Show me!

Lead me to what you want.

[THUDDING]

BARNABAS: The cellar door.

TIMOTHY: The body!

The body is gone.

Who could have taken her?

I don't know.

But one of us has been upstairs all evening.

When you deal with spirits, do not expect the logical.

Where is Adam?

Well, he's upstairs, he went to eat, I'm sure.

♪ [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

They're gone.

We must get them back.

I know one place where they may be.

♪ [DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ [EERIE THEME MUSIC]