392 - December 26, 1967

[bunniefuu]

[Maggie narrating] - A séance has been held in the great house of Collinwood.

A séance which has suspended time and space

and sent one girl on an uncertain

and frightening journey into the past,

back to the year .

There, each of the Collins ancestors resembles

a present day member of the Collins family,

but the names and relationships have changed.

And Victoria Winters finds herself a stranger

in a sea of familiar faces.

Here, she learns of the family history as not told her

all the secrets of the family, all their tragedies.

- Do you want the entire village to know

that our son k*lled his uncle in a duel?

- Everyone knows now. - Everyone does not.

Some may suspect.

The others will accept any story we tell them.

And the story is going to be handed out

that Jeremiah met with an unfortunate accident

while cleaning his g*n.

Remember that.

- You would rather save face than mourn your brother.

I'll remember that, too. - Naomi.

- Will your story help Barnabas

forget he k*lled his best friend?

Will it help Josette?

Will it help anyone in this house?!

- We are leaving this house tomorrow.

- The new house isn't finished.

- The workman said it would be quite livable.

- We can't move tomorrow, all that work.

- Have it done.

- But it's not necessary to rush so.

- As far as I'm concerned, it is.

- Why?

- Because I cannot stand in this house one more day.

- Joshua.

- Simply because I control my feelings

doesn't mean that I don't have them.

Too much has happened here, too many tragedies.

Perhaps, Natalie and my sister were right.

Perhaps, there are already evil forces at work in this house.

- And we will leave them when we moved?

- I don't know.

I just know that nothing else must happen.

- Something else is going to happen, Joshua.

And I don't think it can be attributed to witchcraft

or evil forces.

I don't really know what it can be attributed to.

- Well, are you going to tell me or are you not?

- Well, you, you get so upset.

I -- I don't know how to tell you.

- In a moment, I will be upset with you?

Out with it woman.

- It's Barnabas.

He came and told me that,

well, he's -- he's going to marry.

- Marry?

He and Josette, no propriety at all.

She buries her husband one day, and then, the next --

- It's not Josette.

Despite propriety, I wish it were.

- Who is he going to marry?

Naomi.

- Angelique.

- Angelique?

Do you mean that?

Bring Barnabas down here immediately.

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- I'm sorry, Father, that I didn't tell you myself.

I certainly didn't intend Mother to tell you.

- Your father understands that, Barnabas.

- It is the only thing in this entire preposterous

situation that I do understand.

You can't be serious.

- I am.

- But you can't marry this -- this girl.

- I'm going to, Father! - It's absurd.

- I'm sure that you think so.

- How well do you know her?

- Very well.

- But that's nonsense. She's only been here a month.

Why, I haven't -- I haven't even spoken words to her.

- Obviously, Barnabas has.

- I can barely remember what she looks like.

- She's extremely pretty.

- Is that why you're marrying her?

- No.

- You've had a nasty shock.

Josette's marrying Jeremiah, as she did.

But there's no need to rush into this.

There's no need at all.

You simply go to that servant girl --

- Joshua!

- That is a fact; I am not making a disparaging remark.

You simply go to her,

and tell her that you've made a mistake.

- No, Father. - What do you mean, "No, father"?

I'm sure you want to be out of this,

as much as I want you to. - I have no choice!

I promised I would marry her. - Well, then, break your promise.

- You raised me to be a man of honor.

- A man of honor doesn't get involved in anything like this.

- A man of honor marries someone suitable?

I've tried to do that.

- You -- you're hurt. You're bitter.

- Neither of which will stop me from keeping my promise.

- This girl is an adventurous. You know that.

She must be sent out of this house.

I will not let you make this mistake.

I will speak with André immediately.

- Father, it is not a mistake.

- It is a mistake.

You do not love her.

- She loves me.

- Well, that may impress you, but it doesn't me.

- I care, Father. She will make a good wife.

- You don't know that.

- Father, I'm going to live my own life,

and if it is a mistake, at least, it's mine.

- I will do whatever I think is best for you.

- Then, you will let me alone.

- I have let you alone and look at the results.

- Have you thought that I might be happy with Angelique? - Oh.

- Has that possibility occurred to you?

No.

So, leave us alone, Father.

There's nothing you can do to stop us now.

- We'll see about that.

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[thinking] - How can I tell her?

But I must.

When she goes back to the house, someone else will.

Father will speak to André or the countess.

Josette must hear it from me.

But not now.

Not at his grave.

I should be trying to help her.

Perhaps, if I tell her I am marrying,

that will help her.

Perhaps, she will feel less remorse.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

- Are you offended? - Sir?

- That -- that I am here.

- You cared very much for Jeremiah once,

before I came to this land.

- You must not blame yourself.

- I'm afraid I have no one else to blame.

- I k*lled him.

- Yes.

But if I'd come to you that night,

before he and I ran away --

If I'd said to you, I love him,

you'd have let me go.

- I wouldn't have believed you.

Let me tell you now that you did not cause his death.

My temper did.

I grieve as much about him as you do,

perhaps even more.

Do not hate yourself.

Hate me.

Oh, you must.

You are so very young.

And many pleasant things will happen to you.

- No. Not after this.

- Yes, after this.

You must believe me.

- Oh, Barnabas,

what are we going to do?

- We're going to start living again.

A new life for both of us.

Each of us.

We must not let time slow us down.

We must not wait for time to --

to heal the wounds that we suffer now.

We must try to heal them ourselves as best we can.

- I don't know how to do that.

You do?

- I think so.

Josette --

- Please, do not say anything that you would regret.

You've made me feel better somehow.

Of all the things that we once shared together,

I never thought that we would share remorse.

Now, we do.

- There is something I have to tell you. - No, please.

Not here.

Not now.

- Josette, please let me.

- Madam, Josette.

Your carriage is at the gate.

- Thank you, Angelique.

- If you are not ready to go. - No.

I think that it's time for me to go back.

- If Monsieur Barnabas wishes to ride with us,

there is room.

- Yes, of course.

Please come with us.

- I think not. Thank you.

- Please.

Well, you were talking so seriously.

I -- I would feel as though I interrupted something.

- You interrupted nothing.

- Indeed.

- Nothing at all.

- I hope not.

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- Joshua, you must treat Angelique tactfully.

- Tactfully?

That's a word I consider unimportant

when addressing a servant.

- I'm aware of that. That's why I mentioned it.

- I should think that with tomorrow's moving, Naomi,

you would have enough to keep you occupied.

- I think it's more important that I be here.

Now, if you are not kind to her --

- Naomi -- - Listen to me, Joshua.

If you fail this afternoon, if they married,

you'd make so great an enemy

that you'll turn Barnabas against us

and I will not have that.

- Monsieur wishes to see me?

- Well, come in, Angelique. Sit down.

- Is it all right, Monsieur Collins if I sit?

- Barnabas has told his father.

- Naomi, I really think you should go about your work.

- I can, well, I think it will wait for me

that have to be done, thank you.

- You know best, dear.

So, you wish to marry my son?

- He wishes to marry me, sir.

- He did not phrase it that way when he told me.

- Oh, perhaps, you misunderstood him.

- I listened most carefully.

When he spoke of you,

his voice was completely lacking in emotion.

- He's not so when he speaks to me, sir.

- Why do you want to marry him?

- Oh, I love him, sir.

- The reason I find most incomprehensible. - Joshua!

- Well, it is!

Her love seems to have sprung from nowhere.

Perhaps, I don't understand about love. - Perhaps not, sir.

- But I find it absolutely appalling that it could exist

between two people who have never spent

more than an hour with each other.

- I've spent enough time with Mr. Barnabas

to know how I feel about him.

- You are taking gross advantage of my son. - You think, sir?

- You made him promise,

in a moment of personal stress,

to marry you if you cured my daughter.

- The circumstances seem to me unimportant, sir.

We would have married, regardless of them.

- I think you're far too intelligent a girl -- - Thank you, sir.

-- to believe that.

Otherwise, you would have waited,

as a lady should. - Joshua!

- I am aware, sir,

that I entered your house as a servant.

But I understand that in this great democracy of yours,

it -- it is no crime to rise above your station in life

to change your circumstances.

- There is another way that you can rise above your station

and I'm prepared to offer it to you.

- I have the only offer I want, sir.

- You haven't heard mine. - I don't think I need to.

- I am prepared to give you --

- I'm only interested in your goodwill, your approval.

- That you will never have.

- Don't say that, Joshua.

I should think the past few weeks would have taught you

that we cannot say what we -- we shall

or shall not accept in the future.

- Naomi, I will listen to no more of your interference.

I have not finished with this young lady.

Ten thousand dollars in gold.

You can return to Martinique

quite a lady on that.

It is a small enough ransom for my son's future.

Or do you want more?

- I want you to like me.

As impossible as that seems to me now,

I hope you will.

- Never.

- If you do not give me a chance,

I'm afraid your life will be all the lonelier.

- She's right, Joshua.

Realize that now, not in a year or two.

- If you would excuse me.

I must pack for my mistress. - Wait.

When are you planning this -- this wedding?

- We are both anxious to have it as soon as possible.

- Naturally, you wish to cause more talk in the village.

- I do not care about talks, sir.

- Well, I do.

If you were so fervent in your desire to become one of us,

at least pay courtesy by living by our standards.

- If I know them, sir, I will live by them.

- Then you will observe a decent period of mourning

for my brother.

- And you will tell us

when that decent period has ended?

- Common sense will tell you. If not, then I will.

- What you are asking, sir,

is for added time to fight me.

- We understand each other perfectly.

- Then the wedding will take place at once.

- Angelique!

If you will observe our mourning period,

I promise you my friendship for the rest of your married life.

- Thank you, Mrs. Collins.

I have no choice but to accept your offer.

[thinking] He will not make me lose Barnabas now,

no matter how long I wait.

But there is one person who can take him from me.

I must see that she doesn't.

And tonight.

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[Angelique] - Josette.

Josette.

Wake up.

Wake up, Josette.

Hurry.

Quickly.

- Who is it?

[Angelique] - Jeremiah wants you.

- Jeremiah. - [Angelique] He needs you.

- No.

No. Who's there?

[Angelique] - Come to Jeremiah.

Come to him.

- Is there someone in this room?

[Angelique] - Jeremiah is not dead.

- He is. - [Angelique] No.

No.

Come to his grave.

You will see.

You will see him.

- Who are you?

[Angelique] - Come to his grave, now, Josette.

He is not dead.

- Barnabas is going to marry her, Jeremiah.

The man who k*lled you is already courting your wife,

here, by your grave this afternoon.

She has forgotten you, Jeremiah.

Will you let her forget you so quickly?

Would you let her m*rder*r -- your m*rder*r have her?

Hear me, Jeremiah, don't shut out my voice.

Hear me and answer.

- Josette? What's wrong?

- I must go out.

- Now? This late? - Yes.

- You're not alone.

- I will not be alone for long.

- You're going to meet somebody tonight.

- I must go to him. Please, don't stop me.

- I must.

- He -- he's not dead. - Josette!

- He lives.

A voice woke me and told me. - No.

Josette, don't go.

Come back!

- Come to his grave, Josette.

Jeremiah is in his coffin, waiting for you to awaken him.

Waiting for your voice saying his name to bring him back.

Jeremiah.

Jeremiah.

That is all you need to say.

He needs to hear your voice.

He needs a sign of your love.

He thinks your heart belongs to another.

Waken him, Josette.

Waken him.

[Angelique] - Waken him.

Say his name.

- Josette.

- Did you hear that? - No.

- Did you hear that voice? - I only hear the wind.

Come, Josette. - No.

- Please, please. - No.

I must say his name and -- and waken him.

- No, you must come home with me.

- Jeremiah.

Jeremiah.

- Josette, you know he's dead.

Please come with me. You must think about it.

[rumbling]

- [gasps]

[rumbling continues]

[screaming]

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