713 - March 18, 1969

[bunniefuu]

[Julia narrating] - Collinwood in the year .

Strange and terrifying events of that year

remain a mystery to Barnabas Collins.

He must unravel this mystery in order to save the life

of a young boy in the present.

Now, in the past, he must live by night

for they would claim him as a victim.

But as he returns to the one place he thinks is safe,

he finds terror there.

[lid creaking open]

- Don't take me with you.

You're dead!

Dead...

- Oh, my God!

Rachel.

Who could have done this?

There is only one person who could be monstrous enough.

Angelique!

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Rachel, can you hear me?

- Mr. Collins!

Where am I?

- It's all right. You're in my house.

- How did I get here?

I - I don't remember coming here.

- What do you remember?

I remember seeing you

and then I went out for a walk, for some air.

- Is that all?

- Yes, Mr. Collins, what has happened?

How did I get here?

- I brought you here. - You?

- Yes, I - I found you wandering in the woods.

You seemed dazed, so I brought you here.

When I brought you into this room,

but you collapsed in the chair and fainted.

- Dear God!

What has happened to me? What's wrong with me?

- I don't believe anything is wrong with you.

- How can you say that?

First I - I faint

and I start to choke for no apparent reason

and then you find me wandering in the woods in a daze?

What's happened to me?

- Are you sure that you remember absolutely nothing?

- My mind is a blank.

- You don't recollect seeing anyone in the woods?

- Who would I have met?

- Well, I have no idea.

- Mr. Collins, do you know something

that you are not telling me?

- Of course not,

I am his puzzled about this as you are.

[clock chiming]

Oh, dear, I should go back to Collinwood.

It is late.

- Shall I take you back? - No, please.

You have been so kind already.

It's just a short way.

I'm feeling fine now. Thank you.

[rooster crowing]

[lid creaking open]

[gate opening]

- It's very late. Where were you?

- Magda, I need your help more than ever.

I will pay you well.

- You're in danger?

- Yes, from an old and formidable enemy.

- Who is it?

Do you have an amulet or some other device

that could protect me against a witch?

- A witch?

Yes. - Give it to me.

- If there is a witch here I will need it for myself.

- No, you won't. You are not in danger.

But the governess at Collinwood is!

- I don't understand. It is your enemy.

- I don't have time to explain to you now.

Just give me the amulet by sundown tonight,

is that clear?

- All right, if you promise that if I need it

you will give it back to me. - Agreed.

Now, there are two more things that I want you to do.

First, you must stay with me and guard me during the day. - Why?

- So that no one will get near my coffin.

- You mean the witch? - Yes.

I don't know why she is here or how she got here.

- Didn't you ask her?

- I haven't seen her yet.

- Well, then how do you know she is here?

- She has very effectively made her presence known to me.

- Who is she and why is she after you?

- Her name is Angelique and she has one obsession,

to destroy me!

- Why?

- Never mind.

Now tonight, I want you to go to Collinwood

and I want you to take your cards with you.

Ask for Judith Collins.

- Why Judith? Judith hates us!

- I think she will show more interest

when you told her why you are there.

- And why will I'd be there?

- To tell her that you have seen a sign in your cards.

A sign that may solve the mystery of the missing will.

- The will!

Do you know where it is?

- Don't look so innocent, Magda.

You know very well that Sandor had the will

and was forging a copy of it for Quentin

when I found it and took it from him.

- And where did you put it?

- I hid it somewhere in Collinwood.

Now, you are to tell Judith where it is,

but she is not to know

that I had anything to do with it.

She is to believe that you found the will

through the magic of your cards.

- And why are you willing to make me look so good?

- Perhaps I have an innate fondness with gypsies

who have fallen on hard times.

- I don't believe that is the reason.

- I am doing you a favor, Magda. Don't ask questions.

[lid creaking open]

Don't entertain any thoughts of betraying me.

You know what I can do.

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[clock chiming]

- Rachel! - Oh!

- How are you feeling? - Oh, I'm fine today.

- Good.

When I spoke to Mr. Collins this morning

he was still very concerned about

what happened to you last night.

- Oh, that was very kind of him,

but he needn't have worried.

It is such a lovely day.

I am anxious to take the children out for a walk

after their lessons. - Fine.

How are you getting along with them? - Oh, fine.

Really, they are such lovely children

just as Mr. Collins said they were.

Although Jamison does tend to be a bit of a daydreamer.

- That is because Quentin is back.

He's always been a bad influence on Jamison.

The boy is young and very impressionable.

Quentin fancies himself as a ladies' man.

He's been to sea and traveled everywhere.

He fills the boy with stories of adventure and romance.

None of which are probably true.

- Well, what makes you think that?

- Because I know him.

Quentin never tells the truth to anyone else,

why would he tell it to Jamison?

The boy believes everything he says.

He dreams of someday being like Quentin.

Let's hope that he wakes up in time

to see what a disaster that is.

- Oh, good afternoon Beth.

- Good afternoon.

- Oh! What a beautiful doll!

Where did you get it?

- Yes Beth, where did you get it?

- In one of the stores in the village.

It just came in from Boston.

- Oh, it is lovely.

I'm sure Nora is going to adore it.

- Nora?

- Oh, I'm sorry. I -

Did you get it for someone else, Beth?

I just assumed -- - No, no, you're right, it is for Nora.

- Beth, before you go upstairs,

I would like to have a word with you

in the drawing room.

- Yes, Ms. Collins.

- Beth, would you like me to take the doll up

to Nora's room for you?

- No, no, it's all right.

I will bring it up in a few minutes.

- Have you lost your mind?

- I'm sorry, Ms. Collins.

- Barging through the front door as though nothing wrong.

- I just - I just didn't think.

- You certainly didn't.

Anyone could have been standing on the foyer.

We do have a servant's entrance in this house.

- Yes, I realize that.

- It seems ridiculous to me that I have to remind you

how careful you must be.

- Yes, of course --

- You can't afford to be emotionally involved.

Do you understand that?

- I am not becoming emotionally involved.

- Yes, you are.

If you weren't you wouldn't have been so careless.

- I'm sorry Ms. Collins, it won't happen again.

It's just that I felt sorry for her.

She is so lonely.

- Feeling sorry for her isn't part of your job.

You know what your job is.

If you can't do it without becoming involved,

a change will have to be made, is that clear?

- Yes, Ms. Collins.

[clock chiming]

[lid creaking open]

- Oh, Beth!

Excuse me. - Yes?

- Well, if you're not busy,

I thought maybe you could help me with something.

- What is it?

- Well, how long have you worked here?

- Two years.

- Well, then you were here when Nora and Jamison's

mother went away, weren't you?

- Yes.

- Could you tell me something about her?

- You know very well that I can't.

- But you knew her.

- You know as well as I do

that Mrs. Collins is a forbidden subject.

- Yes, I realize that

but I am finding myself in a difficult position

with the children.

Well, I'm with them so much

and they talk about her now and then --

- What do they say?

- Well, they ask me whether or not she is coming back.

- And what do you tell them?

- Beth, I don't know what to tell them.

I know so little about her.

- That's the way Mr. Collins wants it.

- But why?

- He has his reasons.

- Do you happen to know what they are?

- If I did, I would not be able to tell you.

- Could you at least tell me whether or not

she may ever come back?

- Even though she is still alive,

Mr. Collins refers to her as the late Mrs. Collins.

Does that answer your question?

- Yes, I - I suppose it does.

Beth, does anyone know where she is now?

- No.

No, one knows

and I suggest that you forget about Mrs. Collins.

Don't ask any more questions about her.

If Mr. Collins learns that you are being curious,

it could mean trouble for you.

- Don't worry, I won't tell him you questioned me.

- Thank you, Beth --

- Rachel.

There is nothing wrong with being curious

if it doesn't go too far and become embarrassing.

Beth just gave you some very good advice.

I hope you will be wise and follow it.

- Yes, I will.

[knocking on door]

- What do you want?

- I must see you. It is urgent.

- You and your husband are no longer welcome

in this house.

- I think I will be when you know why I'm here.

- I know why you are here,

to try and ingratiate yourself with me

as you did with my grandmother.

Well, you're wasting your time.

- You are wrong.

I am here to tell you where you can find

your grandmother's will.

Now, may I come in?

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- You have something up your sleeve gypsy,

what is it?

- Only the signs that I have seen in the cards.

- Is that all? You can leave now.

- You don't believe in the cards, do you? - No!

- Yet, you know they were right before

when they told you of the arrival of the stranger.

- That was a mere coincidence.

The so-called stranger turned out to be a relative.

Barnabas Collins.

You probably ran into him in the village somewhere

before you came out here to make your prediction.

- I have seen a sign in the cards

about your grandmother.

If you will not hear it,

then perhaps no one will ever find the will.

- Wait!

Tell me what you have to say.

- The cards will tell you.

Now, sit beside me

and watch carefully the arrangement of the cards.

- The arrangement means nothing to me.

- It will soon.

Now, here we have the queen, your grandmother.

But the card is inverted,

it represents your grandmother after death.

Below the queen, the joker.

On the side of the queen, the tower of destruction.

These three cards surround a single heart.

The ace,

protecting it from the outer circle of kings

and knaves and fools.

- You are making no sense whatsoever.

- The explanation is simple.

The tower of destruction

is the room where your grandmother died.

The secret is hidden in the heart of the room,

safely hidden from all the members of the family.

It is the will.

- What is meant by the heart of the room?

The heart of the room is a book.

A book that was very important to your grandmother.

A very, very old book.

The book of the history of our family.

- Yes.

That is where you will find the will.

- I will look in the family history book tonight.

- And you will let me know if you find the will?

- Don't worry, if there we is a will,

everyone will know soon enough!

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- Well, how did it go?

- I was magnificent.

- She suspected nothing? - Nothing.

She is as greedy as the rest of the family.

- Wait for me at the old house.

- Oh, hello, Mr. Collins! - Good evening, Rachel.

- Oh, let me take your cape. - No, I can only stay a moment.

I came to give you something.

- Oh!

- I want you to wear this.

- What is it?

- Well, let's call it a good luck charm.

If you wear it constantly, no harm will come to you.

Now, I want you to put it on and keep it on.

- You are quite serious, aren't you?

- I couldn't be more serious.

I have been very concerned for you.

- Well, that is very kind of you, Mr. Collins.

- If we are going to be friends, call me Barnabas.

- All right, Barnabas.

I'm not sure that this is going to keep me from fainting

the way I did last night, but I appreciate the thought.

I will wear it just for you.

- Thank you.

Well, now I must be going.

Perhaps I will see you tomorrow night

if you have no other plans.

- No, I don't.

- Good. Then I look forward to it.

And remember, don't remove the charm.

- I won't, I promise.

Good night, Barnabas.

- Good night, Rachel.

[thinking] - I can't believe it!

She said she would take care of me,

but I never imagined that it would be anything like this!

I'm in control now.

Control of everything

and things are going to be very different in this house

from this moment on.

[knocking on door]

Come in.

- Oh, forgive me Ms. Collins,

but may I speak to you for a moment? - What is it?

- Well, I think I said something

that I shouldn't have to Nora.

- What do you mean?

- Well, you remember this afternoon when Beth came in

with the doll and she said she was going to give it to Nora? - Yes.

- Well, without thinking,

I simply asked Nora how she liked her new doll

and she said that Beth hadn't given her a doll.

- I see.

Well, I will speak to Beth

and see that she gives the doll to Nora.

- Jenny.

Jenny, it's Beth, I'm coming in now

with a nice surprise for you.

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