362 - November 14, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[Carolyn narrating] - The skies over Collinwood are lit by lightning

and the crash of thunder resounds

through the great halls.

But Collinwood is deserted save for one terrified woman.

She fears more than the storm.

She fears a dead man who, perhaps,

has returned from the grave to haunt her.

[telephone ringing]

- Hello?

[Dave Woodard] - Julia!

- Oh, who is this?

- Don't you recognize my voice?

- It -- it can't be!

- It's Dave Woodard.

- It can't be. You're - you're dead!

- Yes, and soon you will die!

- No!

- Do you hear me, Julia?

Soon you will die very, very soon --

you -- will die!

♪♪

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[Dave Woodard] - Do you hear me, Julia?

Soon, very, very soon, you will die --

when you least expect it

and it isn't far off.

Perhaps it will happen tomorrow --

or the day after --

or the day after that --

or perhaps tonight!

- Stop it. Stop it.

- Tonight, Julia. It could be tonight!

[whimpering]

[distant rumbling]

[screaming]

[whimpering]

- Who - who - who is it?

Who is there?

- Hello, Julia.

- Barnabas.

- Are you all right?

- How - how long have you been in this house?

- I just came in.

- What - what do you want?

- Carolyn told me you were in the house alone,

so I came to make sure that you were all right.

- That is very considerate of you.

- You look distressed.

And why are you here in the dark?

Why don't you switch on the lights?

- The lights went off.

It must have been the power lines from the storm.

- The lights are burning downstairs.

You simply forgot to turn them on.

You're getting absent-minded.

But then, brilliant people tend to be absent-minded.

- It, it -- isn't -- working, Barnabas.

- What do you mean?

- Your - your plan --

- My plan?

- It, it, it isn't working.

You're - you're planning to drive me out of my mind.

I - I - I realize what you're doing

and I refuse to be frightened.

I will not be frightened.

- You saw the ghost of Woodard again, didn't you?

- Of course I did, because you arranged it.

- My dear Julia.

- Don't say that. Stop calling me that.

- What can I say to convince you

that I have had nothing to do with what you have seen?

- Nothing.

Please, I - I - I - I think you had better go now.

- Yes, the storm is subsiding.

Perhaps you can get some rest now.

Good night, Julia. - Barnabas.

- Yes?

- If - if you are doing these things,

please stop.

I'll - I'll do, I'll do anything you want.

I'll go back to Windcliff. But stop, please.

Please stop.

- My poor Julia, how I wish I could help you.

I wish you could believe that.

I wish you could trust me again

as I have learned to trust you.

- Barnabas, go, please.

- Good night, Julia.

Try to get some sleep.

♪♪

- How is she?

- Terrified and extremely confused,

as I wanted her to be.

- I almost feel sorry for her.

You are being very cruel to her.

- She was cruel to me.

She tried to turn Vicki against me.

She deserves to be punished for that -- and she will.

The eminent Doctor Hoffman

will spend the rest of her life

in a home for the incurably insane.

- How long do you think it will be

before her mind snaps?

- It shouldn't be long, but before that happens,

I must have her notebook.

There must be no evidence left to support what she might say.

- Barnabas, you can have that notebook tonight.

- How?

- I found out the combination to Tony's safe.

- How did you manage that?

- Well, when we had lunch this afternoon,

I had a diamond clip with me.

I told him the clasp on it had broken

and that I had been carrying it around my purse,

meaning to have it repaired.

I - I made him very nervous about my carelessness and --

he insisted that I put the clip in his safe.

When he opened it,

I memorized the combination.

Wasn't that clever of me?

- Very.

- So, you can break into the office

and get the notebook tonight.

- No, my dear,

I won't break into his office, you will.

- Me?

- Yes, you.

- Why me?

- Well, you are a very young lovely lady,

certainly, Peterson obviously is susceptible to your charms.

I think that you will probably be able to get the keys

to the office and return them

without arousing suspicion.

No one will suspect how the notebook disappeared.

- But -- what if I get caught?

- See that you don't.

I must have the notebook, tonight.

♪♪

- Are you sure you can stand it?

- I promise.

- Okay, but I warn you.

It looks better in the dark.

- You could be right.

- Okay, we're here. Next question.

- Well, surely you're not going to ask me

why I wanted to come here.

- Well, you asked me to take you to dinner,

then you asked me to bring you up here.

Usually, the man issues both invitations.

- I was hungry

and I wanted to see your apartment.

Oh, a man's apartment says a lot about him.

- Well, mine says that I don't have much money

and that I don't empty cigarette butts out of ashtrays.

- Well, I don't particularly like neat men,

or rich ones either, for that matter.

- I still don't know whether I buy you or not.

- Good,

I'm glad I keep you guessing.

Just don't lose interest in me.

- Well, you make that hard.

- Are you complaining? - No.

- You -- asked me what I want.

I want two things.

- Name them.

- Well, first of all, I want you to get more comfortable.

- What makes you think I'm not comfortable?

- You don't look it.

- Come on, take off your jacket and loosen your tie.

- I'm comfortable.

- All right,

then you can fix me something to drink.

- Okay, what would you like?

- It doesn't matter, whatever you're having.

- You'll probably have to do without ice.

I always forget to fill those ice cube trays.

I was right. No ice.

- Oh, that's all right.

- How about a splash of water?

- Yes, please.

- I hope you are as bad at making a toast as I am.

- Tony, I have just had the most awful thought.

- What's that?

- Well, there's something I forgot to do.

I - I promised my Uncle Roger I'd run an errand for him

and I forgot.

- Well, can't you do it tomorrow?

- I - I wish I could,

but it's - it's something that has to be done tonight.

Uncle Roger will k*ll me if I don't do it.

- Do what?

- It's something personal,

he doesn't want me to talk about it,

but I have to do it.

- In other words, you're leaving.

- For a little while, yes, I have to,

but I'll be back.

- Look, I don't know what kind of game you're running, kid,

but I'm not sure I want to play.

- Well, I'm not playing any game.

I'll be back really.

Just, just as soon as I run this errand.

- Why don't I go with you?

- It - it would be better if you didn't.

Besides, I - I won't be that long.

I'll do it as fast as possible.

- Okay. I'll give you one hour.

If you're not back by then, forget it.

- Oh, I'll be back long before then,

I promise.

♪♪

[door closing]

- Carolyn? Roger?

- It's Roger.

- Oh, Roger.

- Did I annoy you when I came in?

I apologize.

- No, no, not at all.

I'm glad to see you back home.

- I was lucky to get home.

Some of the back roads are flooded.

- Oh, I should think so. It's a terrible storm.

- Yes, that's one of the charms of living at Collinwood.

Most of the year we enjoy the worst weather imaginable.

- Yes.

- Are you all right? - Yes.

- Yes, why do you ask?

- Why, you look so pale.

- Oh, I just have a headache -- but I - I'm -- fine.

- Why did you call to Carolyn when I came in,

isn't she home?

- No, she went out.

- In the middle of a thunderstorm? - Yes.

- Well, where is she?

- Well, I don't know.

- I know where she must be.

She is probably at the Blue Whale again

with a young man I highly disapprove of.

- A young man?

- Yes, you met him here the other night.

- Oh, did I? - Yes,

he came here to pester me

about some trivial lawsuit he is handling.

I think you met him then.

If I recall, you drove into town with him.

- Tony Peterson?

- Yes, I'm afraid so.

- He has been seeing Carolyn?

- Yes, and how that relationship ever got going

is a mystery to me.

In fact, I never even knew that they knew each other

before the other night.

- What happened the other night?

- Well, he appeared here at the door of this house

and I assumed that he came to see me about the lawsuit,

but it turned out that he had a date with Carolyn.

- How - how often have they been out together?

- Once or twice that I know of -- maybe more.

I have noticed lately that Carolyn has disappeared

almost every night.

- Yes, I have too.

- She's probably been with Peterson --

a young man who purposely insulted you, me,

and the entire family.

- I suppose so.

I'm - I'm surprised that Carolyn is interested in Mr. Peterson,

considering how he feels about the Collins family.

- Carolyn is always attracted to insolent young men

who want to damage the family name.

It seems to be a pattern with her.

It's probably some form of rebellion.

I thought she had outgrown it,

but apparently I was mistaken.

I am very disappointed in her.

- Roger, I - I do have a bad headache,

and I do think I - I'd like to go to bed.

- Of course.

Are you sure you're all right?

You are as pale as a sheet.

- Yes. I'm - I'm quite all right.

I'm just tired. Good night.

- Good night.

♪♪

[telephone ringing]

- Hello?

[Julia Hoffman] - Hello, is this Mr. Peterson?

This is Julia Hoffman. Are you alone?

- Well, yes, why?

- I've got to see you, immediately. - Tonight?

- Yes, as as soon as I can get into town.

I'll - I'll come to your apartment.

[Tony Peterson] - I'm afraid that's impossible.

- It can't be impossible.

I've got to see you.

- Can't we talk about it on the phone?

- No.

- Look, Miss Hoffman, I'm expecting somebody.

- I'll be at your door in minutes.

- Now wait, Miss Hoffman,

I just said that's impossible. I --

[phone disconnects]

Miss Hoffman? Hello?

Miss Hoffman.

♪♪

Do you always barge in on people uninvited?

- I'm sorry, but it, it was necessary.

- I can give you about seconds of my time,

Miss Hoffman, I'm expecting somebody.

- I know who you're expecting.

- Oh? Who?

- Carolyn Stoddard.

- What makes you say that?

- I know you have been seeing her.

- All right, what about it?

- She isn't interested in you.

You're making a mistake.

Carolyn is only using you.

- Using me? - Yes.

She is a very selfish and determined young lady.

- What exactly do I have that she wants so desperately?

- My notebook.

- Your notebook? - Yes.

She'd give anything to get that notebook -- anything.

- So, we're back to the mysterious notebook again.

You know, you people act like a bunch of spies

and counter spies.

I would give a month's salary to know what was in that book.

- The point is, you can't trust Carolyn.

- I'm not sure I can trust anybody at Collinwood

including you.

- I don't care if you trust me or you don't.

I don't think you should trust Carolyn --

and I don't think you should be seeing her.

Look, Miss Hoffman, I'll see who I want to see.

Now, if you came all the way down here

to rearrange my social calendar, you are wasting your time.

- No, I - I - I came to warn you.

- Consider me warned.

Now, if you don't mind --

- I'll go in a minute but -- but first I want to know.

Is my notebook in a, in a bank vault?

- I'm arranging to take it up to a bank in Bangor.

- Arranging?

You mean, you mean it's still in your office safe?

- No, it's here.

- Here?

In, in this apartment?

- Yes, I brought home with me tonight.

I'll take it up to Bangor first thing in the morning.

- Well, where is it? - It's locked up.

- I'd, I'd like to see it.

- Miss Hoffman!

- Please, I must see it.

- Okay.

If you promise me, you'll leave after I've shown it to you.

- All right, I promise.

- I have to get my keys.

You see, Miss Hoffman, I do take some precautions.

Well, that's funny. - What is?

- My keys.

I -- put them in my coat, but they're gone.

♪♪

[wind howling]

[door unlocking]

[thinking] - It isn't here.

He must have put it someplace else.

♪♪

[eerie music] ♪♪