692 - February 17, 1969

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[Chris narrating] - The light of a new day has never been more welcome

to those who live at Collinwood

for they have just been subjected to a night of terror.

They know now that this great old house

is haunted by the spirit of an evil man.

They will soon learn that the spirit will never rest

until everyone who bears the name of Collins

has been driven from the house.

- When I came into the room I found the children unconscious

and then the music started.

- What music?

- Well, I don't know whether I can describe it to you,

it had a tinny sound.

As if it were being played on one of those old gramophones.

- Where was it coming from?

- It was impossible to tell, it was in every room.

They got louder and louder.

It was frightening.

But not nearly as frightening as the site

of those two poor children.

- Were you finally able to control them? - Yes,

but you should have seen the way they behaved earlier.

It was as if they've taken leave of their senses.

There's no question that - that Maggie is right.

- About what?

- There is a ghost in this house

and he has taken possession of the children

and he is using them to terrify the rest of us.

[clock chiming]

Where is Professor Stokes?

He said he'd be here at o'clock.

- Well, I'm sure he'll get here soon,

but before he does, I - I want to say that,

I think, that Maggie is only half right.

- What do you mean?

- I think the children are possessed, yes.

But not by one ghost, by two.

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- Two ghosts?

How do you know that?

- Barnabas and I saw a strange woman in the house one night.

We followed her to Chris's cottage.

When we got inside the cottage, she'd vanished,

but the next night, Chris saw her, too.

- Well, why didn't you tell me this before?

- Mrs. Stoddard, would you believe me

if I told you that there was

a woman that was a ghost in your house?

- Before last night, perhaps not.

But I believe you now.

[knocking on door] That must be Professor Stokes.

- Good morning, Professor. - Good morning.

I'm sorry to be so terribly late Mrs. Stoddard,

very long and tedious faculty meeting.

Why there are such uncivilized hours

remains a mystery to me.

Good morning, Julia. - Good morning, Professor.

- Yes.

Yes, a definite change.

- What's the matter, professor?

- The very atmosphere in this room has changed.

- Well, compared to last night, it's completely normal now.

- Take my word for it. It isn't.

I will explain why later.

Now, tell me what happened last night?

- Well, you know most of it from our phone conversation.

- I want you to tell it again

with all the details that you can remember,

no matter how unimportant

they may have seemed at that time.

[phone ringing]

- Hello!

- I've been calling you all morning,

where have you been?

- Well, I've, uh - I've been out working the grounds.

- I was under the impression

that you weren't working on the estate yet.

- Well, you were wrong.

- Look, Sabrina would like to see you.

Now when can you see her?

- Gee, I don't know.

- Come on, you mean that you don't care?

- No!

- Look, you make it soon,

very soon

because she's getting impatient

and I'm getting impatient.

- What does that mean?

- Anything you want it to mean.

[phone disconnects]

So, Ms. Evans and Mrs. Johnson are both convinced

the children are aware of these apparitions.

- We're all convinced of it now.

- Have the children been confronted

and questioned about it?

- Yes, but they have admitted nothing as yet.

- That's hardly surprising.

- They stubbornly insist that we are the ones

who are imagining things.

- It's not their stubbornness

we have to contain with, Mrs. Stoddard.

I can assure you

that the disturbances in this house last night

were not a product of your imagination.

Anymore than what I can sense in this house now

is a product of mine.

- Well, what is it you sense?

- There is a supernatural presence here.

I could sense it at the first séance a few months ago.

Last week at the second séance it was stronger.

Now, it is like that music you heard last night.

One cannot pinpoint the source of it

because it is everywhere.

- What can be done about it?

- I don't know yet.

The overall behavior of the children

is the most disturbing aspect of all this.

- Why?

- Because it exhibits all the classic symptoms

of true possession.

- And you think Maggie Evans is right.

- I'm afraid there is no question about it.

Each of the children has been possessed by a spirit,

probably the spirit of someone who lived in this house

in the past.

Tell me, are there still times

when the children revert to their normal behavior?

- Yes, but we can't get anything out of them then either.

- The important thing is that the possession

is not yet complete.

- You mean it could be?

- Eventually it could mean complete loss of identity

and freewill.

- Then I must get the children out of the house right away.

- Now, that will only solve a part of the problem.

- What do you mean?

- Removing the children will not remove the spirits

who inhabit this house,

nor will it put an end to their machinations.

- But if the children are in danger,

we can't leave them here.

- It depends on how imminent the danger is.

- Well, after the last night, I think it is imminent.

- Not necessarily.

The two spirits in this house

are not here without motivation.

They want something

and they're using the children to get it.

Naturally, it is to their advantage to possess them

only when it suits their needs.

On the other hand,

it maybe to our advantage to keep the children here. - Why?

- Because it's the moment they represent

the only existing link between our world

and the world of the supernatural.

- Professor, if you're thinking of using the children --

- I don't know yet what I'm going to do.

But I won't know until I talk to them.

I'd like to speak to Ms. Evans

and Mrs. Johnson as well.

- Very well.

They could all meet here.

- No, I prefer to speak to them separately in their rooms,

if you don't mind.

- No, of course not.

- Thank you.

- Julia, he is a cautious man, isn't he?

He won't put the children to further jeopardy.

- No, Mrs. Stoddard, I'm - I'm sure he won't.

I really feel that if he felt that they were in any danger,

he would suggest moving them out of the house.

[phone ringing]

- Hello.

- Mrs. Stoddard, this is Chris Jennings,

is Barnabas or Dr. Hoffman there?

- Just a moment.

It's Chris Jennings for you.

- Yes, Chris?

- Julia, I have to see you right away,

can you come down to the cottage?

- Well, can it wait a little bit,

something has happened here.

- Well, I hate to disturb you,

but I think it maybe an emergency.

- Why? What's happened?

- Nothing yet,

but there maybe someone who knows about me.

- I'll get there as soon as I can.

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- She was a very pretty girl.

- Not was, is.

- But I thought she was dead.

- Did Ned actually say she was dead?

- No, but he kept referring to her in the past tense.

- I think he just may have wanted you to think

she was dead.

- But why? - I don't know.

I don't know what he's after,

I don't know what he wants with me.

- Well, how did you find out that she's still alive?

- He came over to Collinwood yesterday.

Not only is she alive, she is in town.

- Well, why didn't you tell us that yesterday?

- Well, you know, I just got panicky

when I heard about it.

- Because that you think that she may know about you.

- Of course, she knows about me,

didn't Barnabas tell you what happened

the last time I saw Sabrina?

- Yes, she witnessed one of your transformation.

- So she does know about me, there's no question of it.

- Now, wait a minute Chris,

we got to think this through rationally.

- Think it through rationally, what is there to think about?

I remembered what happened.

I remembered quite vividly.

- That is impossible, you told me yourself

that when the transformations happened you black out. - Yeah.

- Now, isn't that true? - Yeah. Yeah.

- Then you don't know what happened to Sabrina

after the change.

- She was in the same room with me,

now how could she have gotten out of there alive.

- Obviously, she did.

- Then she knows about me and she can identify me.

- Well, not necessarily.

- How can you say that?

- Because if it were simply a case of her -

of her identifying you,

then Ned Stuart's behavior doesn't make any sense.

After he found you,

why didn't he have you arrested

and have Sabrina tell the police everything?

- I don't know.

- Neither do I.

- Chris, when you saw him yesterday,

did he tell you why they're here?

- No, that's what's so upsetting about the whole thing,

I couldn't get a straight answer out of him

for any question I've asked.

- Well, what did he say?

- He just says she was in town

and he wanted me to see her.

- Which poses another question,

why didn't he bring her here to see you?

- I didn't even ask him that.

- Chris, I'm - I'm afraid the only way

you're going to find your answer is one way.

- Do you think I've got to go on now and talk to her?

- Yup.

- I can't, Julia.

I just cannot face her again.

- I'm afraid you really don't have that much choice

if you want any peace of mind,

you've got to find out why they are here.

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- Watch out, Mrs. Stoddard!

- Professor Stokes, what's happening?

- You very nearly k*lled.

- But how, there was no one else in the room.

- A letter opener doesn't move by itself, Mrs. Stoddard.

Tell me, where does that panel lead to?

- It's a way to the west wing, I think.

As far as I know, it hasn't been used in years.

- I suspect the children have been using it recently.

- Why, did they tell you that? - No.

- You have talked to them, haven't you?

- Yes and to Ms. Evans and Mrs. Johnson.

- What did you decide?

- That we have a great deal more to worry about

than the children.

- I don't understand.

I'm not convinced Mrs. Stoddard,

that every life in this house is in danger.

- Chris, I'm sorry, but - but I think the only answer

is to call Ned Stuart and tell him

you'll come and see him.

- I'm afraid, Julia.

I'm afraid of what I'll find out.

- And what will you be if you don't go?

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- Well, just get here as quick as you can.

Yes, we are both looking forward to seeing you.

Sabrina, that was him.

He's on his way here to see you now.

- Did you find anything?

- Only a convenient shortcut to the west wing.

- What makes you think the children

have been using the panel?

- Ms. Evans told me about a time

when the children came into this room and disappeared.

The only other way out was the window.

She said that was locked from the inside.

- What do you suggest?

- With your permission Mrs. Stoddard,

I'd like to perform an exorcism of the entire house.

- Exorcism?

- Please sit down and I'll try to explain what that entails.

[knocking on door]

- I was expecting you to come here alone.

- Well, you didn't tell me that.

- I'd like to know why you found the need

to bring a doctor with you.

- I'm not here as a doctor, Mr. Stuart.

I'm here as Chris's friend.

- What's the matter with you?

You know this is no social reunion.

- I didn't know what it was up until now,

you haven't told me anything

is there anything wrong with bringing a friend,

is there any reason why I can't see Sabrina

with a friend around?

- No. No, I guess not.

- Where is she?

- I'll get her.

- I don't think I'm going to be able to go through with it.

- Well, it's too late to turn back now.

- My God, Sabrina, what happened?

- She - she can't answer you, she's in a state of shock.

- That's right Doctor,

she can't hear and she can't speak.

- How long has she been this way?

- Nearly two years.

- Do you know what caused it?

- If I did, I wouldn't be here.

- What do you mean?

- I found her like this one morning

after she come back from your place.

She'd been there to put up decorations for a party

that she was going to give for you.

You were supposed to be out of town.

But I don't think you were,

I think you were there when she arrived

and I think you know what happened to her.

- I would never --

I would never have done anything to hurt her

and you know it.

- Listen, if you weren't there, somebody was.

- How do you know?

- Because I went there the next morning with the police

and I'm telling you the room was a shamble.

It was a complete wreck.

As if there'd been some kind of violent struggle.

One of the radiators had been torn off the wall.

- Was Sabrina physically hurt?

- No.

No, every doctor who examined her

couldn't find anything physically wrong with her.

But they all agreed,

if she could see you again.

- If she could see me?

- That's right, she can see.

And did I say she couldn't hear?

She can hear every word,

everything we said.

And if you are the one --

If you are the one who was in that room,

it's just possible that seeing you again

might snap her out of it.

- Mr. Stuart, the fact that you found evidence of a struggle

in Chris's room -- - If you are not here as a doctor,

I hope you're not here as a lawyer either!

Sabrina.

Sabrina, he's here now and you can see him.

Try - try to remember.

Try Sabrina.

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Her hand, it moved!

It moved.

What is it?

Sabrina, what is it?

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