750 - May 8, 1969

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NARRATOR: Collinwood in .

A time of terrifying events

that would affect the Collins family

for generations to come.

On this day,

as the sun slowly moves toward the horizon,

one man lives in mortal fear.

Quentin Collins would trade his soul

to hold back the night.

For he knows that with the coming of darkness,

the curse would be placed on him.

But what it will be and how it will destroy him,

he does not know.

You must hear me Jenny.

I know your spirit does not rest.

But before the sun rises in the morning

you will have the peace you seek.

I make this solemn vow to you.

Your death will be avenged.

There will be no escape for Quentin Collins.

His punishment will be worse than death,

and he will suffer it all the days of his life.

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We will go back to the house now.

No, I want to stay here a little longer.

We must make plans to leave here after tonight.

Leave?

Magda, when the curse begins to work,

our lives will be in danger.

No Sandor.

I know of something that will protect you and me,

but the Collins family, they will be in danger.

Each of them could be a victim of Quentin's curse.

I don't want to leave Collinwood,

I want to stay here and watch them be destroyed one by one.

[ mysterious music ]

JUDISH: Beth.

Yes Miss Collins.

Come into the drawing room, I want to talk to you.

This is for you.

What is it?

A letter notifying you that your employment at Collinwood

is terminated.

Terminated?

The envelope also contains two weeks severance pay.

You can thank Mr. Edward for that.

Frankly, I was against it.

May I ask why I'm being dismissed?

Well let's say now that Jenny's gone,

your services are no longer needed.

I see.

Well, I'm afraid I don't know what to say.

This comes as a shock to me.

Well I don't see why it should,

you were only kept on here to take care of Jenny.

And her children.

What's to become of them?

They'll remain in Collinsport with Mrs. Fillmore.

But now that Jenny's gone, they could be brought back here.

That's not very practical.

I think it would be rather difficult

to have two infant children

suddenly arrive at the house.

The only way would be,

to tell the truth

that the children belong to Jenny and Quentin Collins.

You know that's impossible.

Quentin must never know about those children.

I know that Edward and you decided that a long time ago,

but I never understood why.

It seems to me that Quentin should know about them.

You seem to be very concerned about Quentin lately, don't you?

What is that supposed to mean?

It means that your infatuation for my brother

has not gone unnoticed.

The servants have been

whispering about it for over a month.

Is that the real reason I'm being dismissed?

The reason for your dismissal is stated in the letter.

Thank you.

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JUDITH: Quentin?

Yes?

Where have you been? I've been looking for you.

Carrying out my end of our bargain.

Have you spoke to the two gypsies?

- Yes. - And?

Everything's settled,

you'll be rid of all of us by nightfall.

Splendid, where are you going?

Aho, don't tell me you care.

Not at all.

I simply want to know where to send your mail

and refer any creditors you might have accumulated.

[ laughs sarcastically ] You do think of everything.

I try to.

[ pounding on the door ]

What are you doing here?

I've come To pick up my sister's possessions.

Or have you also buried them?

I'll have Beth get Jenny's things together,

they'll be ready this afternoon.

In the meantime, I suggest you pack your own things,

so you'll be ready to leave tonight.

What makes you think that Sandor and I are leaving?

Well if you think you're going to be given more money

than you've already gotten.

I would not take any money from you,

I would not take a penny from you.

You have always treated us very badly

because we are gypsies.

An inferior to the great Collins'.

But we are faithful to one tradition

that you do not practice,

we do not betray our own flesh and blood.

You didn't take the money?

Of course not,

I gave it back to your brother, the m*rder*r.

All right Magda, that's enough.

Oh, you're beginning to get frightened

now that the time is drawing closer, heh?

I'd advise you to try your silly curse on someone else.

I'm leaving Collinwood tonight.

Hmm, you think that leaving will stop the curse?

No, you cannot escape it Quentin,

no matter where you go.

Get out of here.

Whatever you say.

I will send Sandor for Jenny's things.

You are an unspeakable liar.

I confess, you're absolutely right.

- Give me that money. - No, the money I'm keeping.

You have no right to it.

You want me to leave Collinwood, don't you?

Yes, but you agreed to get the gypsies to leave too.

QUENTIN: I did my best, I'm sorry,

but for once they didn't seem interested in money.

Then you didn't keep your end of the bargain.

Oh stop complaining,

I gave you a signed agreement

waiving all my rights to the will.

JUDITH: I'll give it back to you.

I don't want it back,

all I want to do is get out of here,

but I can't do that until I have a small financial stake.

I hardly call ten thousand dollars a small stake.

QUENTIN: No, you may be right,

but I'm not as good at pinching pennies as you are.

Quentin, give me that money.

You want the money Judith, sue me.

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[ clock chimes ]

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What are you doing?

Packing the rest of Jenny's things.

Good, when you're finished

you can start packing your own things.

Why?

We are leaving Collinwood tonight.

We?

QUENTIN: You and I.

I see.

Then I don't have any choice in the matter do I?

I thought you wanted to go with me?

I thought so too.

What does this mean? You're changing your mind?

I don't know.

So much has happened.

Beth I gotta leave Collinwood whether I like it or not,

now I want you to go with me,

I assumed you knew that.

Strange, I never thought before about leaving Collinwood.

Well you can start thinking about it.

You're not needed here any longer,

I can't see any reason why Judith

would want to keep you on.

Miss Judith has dismissed me from my job.

Well then there's nothing more to think about is there?

I suppose that would be true,

if I didn't have the memory of Jenny.

Beth, you can't afford to start thinking about Jenny now.

I can't help but think about her,

that pathetic, sad face,

the way she looked at both of us just before she died.

It's something that couldn't be helped.

Was it?

QUENTIN: What do you think I k*lled her deliberately?

I don't know.

I guess that's why I feel the way I do, I'll never know.

But I didn't, I was trying to protect the two of us,

she had a knife in her hand, she would have k*lled us.

Oh Quentin, please don't talk about it anymore.

Now look, are you coming with me?

I don't know.

Beth, you have to leave Collinwood anyway,

I mean, you don't have any reason to stay here do you?

Or do you?

Beth, will you please answer me?

Do you have any reason for wanting to stay at Collinwood?

I guess I don't.

QUENTIN: Well are you going to go with me?

I'll let you know Quentin, later this afternoon.

Now look, this afternoon is going to be--

[ pounding on door ]

I come for Jenny's things.

They're all ready Sandor, come in.

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This is everything?

BETH: Yes.

Wait a minute Sandor.

I want to talk to you.

We don't have nothing to say to each other.

QUENTIN: I think we do.

Beth will you excuse us?

SANDOR: Well?

I'll come right to the point Sandor.

I think you're a very practical and sensible man,

and I'm prepared to make you a very handsome proposition.

You got a short memory Quentin.

Your proposition has already been turned down.

Ah, this proposition isn't quite the same.

Now I offered you and Magda ten thousand dollars,

now I'm offering the same amount to you alone.

And you expect me to take it?

QUENTIN: Oh you didn't fool me

down at the old house Sandor [ laughs sarcastically ].

When I mentioned that kind of money your eyes bulged.

Of course, it ain't easy to turn down

ten thousand dollars.

Well, take it, keep it all for yourself,

Magda need never know about it. [ laughs ]

And if I take it,

what do you expect from me?

Being a gypsy,

you know as much about the curse as Magda does.

Am I right?

Maybe.

Well, when she places the curse on me,

after she's done it, you remove it.

How?

Whatever's done can be undone.

Even a gypsy's curse.

It might be true, but I wouldn't know how to undo it.

Sandor, we are talking about ten thousand dollars in cash.

It will all be yours.

How miserably you fail to understand us, Quentin.

Now you can stop preaching to me, if you don't mind.

You would cut your best friends throat

for tenth of what I'm offering you and you know it.

Of course, of course you're right,

of course you are right,

it hurts me to see ten thousand dollars

slip through my fingers,

but it would hurt me even more to lose Magda.

That is why I can't betray her.

Sandor, Sandor, now wait a minute, listen,

I'll give you all the money

if you just tell me what the curse is.

What good would it do you to know?

I want to know what to expect so I'll be ready for it.

You're beginning to sound desperate Quentin.

QUENTIN: Will you tell me what it is!

No, I think you should wait and find out for yourself.

No, maybe you can't tell me,

because maybe there's nothing to it.

Nothing at all, just a lot of gypsy gibberish,

like Edward said.

You don't really believe that.

Why shouldn't I believe it?

If it were anything I should be afraid of,

you would tell me all right, you would relish telling me.

You have only a few more hours Quentin,

only a few more precious hours.

[ dramatic music ]

[ wind howling ]

How much longer Magda?

Oh be patient Sandor.

You know I don't like graveyards.

In a few minutes, the sun will disappear over the horizon,

and then the moon will rise and it will be time.

Will it take long?

For us it will take a few moments,

but for Quentin Collins, it will last a lifetime.

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[ clock chimes ]

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[ knock on door ]

Come in.

You decided to come with me, huh?

Yes.

Hey, well you don't sound too enthusiastic about it.

Quentin, why do you want me to go with you?

Are you serious?

Yes.

But I think it's been obvious for a long time.

I love you Beth.

I see.

Hey, now what's the matter with you?

I've had a great deal of time to think about us,

since the other night.

And?

If we're going to go away together Quentin,

we must start by being honest with each other.

QUENTIN: I don't know what you mean.

You don't want me to go with you because you love me,

because I'm not sure you do Quentin,

I'm not sure you love anyone.

That isn't true.

You want me with you

because you're the kind of person who can't ever be alone,

or do anything alone.

People don't mean anything to you Quentin,

you use them.

And when you're tired and bored with them,

you discard them in favor of new ones.

If that's the way you feel,

why have you decided to come with me?

I love you and I care about what happens to you.

Every instinct of mine tells me not to go,

but I'm going with you anyway.

Well you won't regret it, believe me, you won't regret it.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Now, let me take your bags to the carriage.

No, not yet.

There's something I have to do before I go.

Well, what is it?

A personal matter in Collinsport.

Beth, there isn't time,

now look, it's going to be dark in a few minutes,

we gotta get out of here.

I'm sorry Quentin, but I must go.

Beth!

[ wind howling ]

The moon, the moon is in the sky, Sandor it is time.

Let my voice be carried by the wind,

let it be taken to the surrounding countryside,

let it be heard by all the tribal chiefs and prophets,

by the masters of the chains,

by the guardian of the twelve days.

I speak for one of us who has been struck down,

and for whom we must secure justice.

Listen,

hear my words,

honor my wish.

I place this curse--

upon Quentin Collins

and upon all his male kin of succeeding generations.

No, no!

Please Quentin, let me go.

Not until you tell me what it is you have to do in town.

I can't tell you.

Then forget it and come with me.

It will only take a few minutes.

[ door slams ]

Don't you understand?

We don't have a few minutes.

Why not?

Because it's getting dark out

and the gypsy told me that by tonight...

By tonight what?

[ anguished cry ]

Quentin, what is it?

Pain, pain, I never felt anything like it,

it's like tearing my insides, I can't bear it Beth.

There must be something I can do.

I feel like I'm going to die.

No!

Beth, get a doctor, quick!

Oh Quentin.

Just do it before it's too late.

[ anguished cry ]

[ wolf howls ]

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