461 - April 1, 1968

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The great house of Collinwood stands in the th century

as it did in the th,

a silent witness to the tragedies of the Collins family

then and now.

For time has been suspended here.

The clock's hands have stopped as the result of a séance,

and the girl who is missing,

who's journey to the year began in this room,

at this table,

that girl now is about to die.

Convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to hang.

And now two moments in time are parallel

during one tick of a clock in ,

months have past in .

Now only seconds remain.

Do you want a mask?

Remember, Vicky.

Remember somehow I'll find you again,

no matter what happens now, I'll find you.

Remember what I am saying.

Remember. Remember.

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One woman still stands at the gallows,

her death nearer and nearer.

And two moments in time are parallel

and the great clock suddenly starts again.

The members of the séance stare in horror and disbelief

for where Victoria Winters sat,

there is a stranger who was on her way

to this estate years ago.

A stranger to all except one man

who lived then as well as now.

I don't understand.

Vicky! Vicky!

She's not here.

She's not outside.

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What are you doing here?

Argh!

Argh!

May God have mercy on your unrepentant soul.

Argh!

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It's not her.

That's not the prisoner.

She's not the one we hanged.

Argh!

It's Vicky.

- What happened? - It's not possible.

Is she all right?

- But what happened to Miss Wick? - Look at her clothes.

No left this room, I was standing at the door.

Here, put her in the couch.

I don't understand.

- Roger, call the doctor. - Yes.

No, that's not necessary.

- What do you mean? - Miss Hoffman.

She is still alive.

Her pulse is very slow, Mrs. Stoddard.

Obviously, something is wrong, I should call a doctor.

- I will take care of her, Mrs. Stoddard. - Don't be ridiculous, Julia.

- I'm a doctor. - Miss Hoffman!

I owe you an explanation, I know,

and you shall have it, but trust me for now.

Have you had some smelling salts?

Yes, I know where they are.

Shall I trust you, Carolyn?

Why shouldn't you?

What are we going to do, Liz?

We simply can't forget that other woman who was here,

what's happened to her, where is she?

- We'd better search the house. - Roger wait.

Vicky. Vicky.

Vicky, it's Barnabas.

Barnabas!

Why, Millicent was right, she said you weren't dead.

Well, I'm so glad.

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Barnabas, why didn't you want anyone to know

that you are alive.

I don't understand.

Mrs. Collins.

What did you call me?

Your clothes.

Julia! Roger!

I'm back, I'm back!

I didn't die!

- I didn't die! - Die?

Well, where has she been?

Barnabas, find out what this is all about?

Not now, Roger. Roger, will you help me.

Miss Hoffman.

Yes. I'm going to take you up to her room

and give her a sedative,

she's - she's in some kind of shock.

Are you sure that--?

I'm sure that I'm qualified, yes,

quite sure, Mrs. Stoddard.

- I'll help you. - No, thank you.

- I prefer Roger, thank you. - Of course, of course, come along.

- You'll be all right now, Vicky. - Ah!

What is it?

My arm.

- Let me see. - What is it?

Those - those marks on your neck.

Oh, they hurt!

They - they look like rope burns.

Well, that's impossible.

- Oh, Vicky, what happened, where have you been? - I don't know.

But you must remember something.

Barnabas?

You mentioned Millicent.

Millicent Collins.

Millicent Collins, why she lived over hundred years ago.

I don't know. I don't know.

What are you doing in that dress?

There are so many questions to ask.

This is not the time for the questions.

- Come - help me. - Yes.

I'll talk to you later, Vicky.

That will not be necessary.

Are you in charge here?

For the moment, yes.

Go on, easy.

- Vicky, I-- - Millicent!

What?

Carolyn, come along and help me with her, will you?

Is there anything I can do?

I will send for you as soon as I think it's wise.

Barnabas.

Yes.

You had a premonition about tonight, didn't you?

You didn't want to have this séance?

No, I didn't.

And that girl who never left this room, where is she?

- Back in the time she belongs, I gather. - What?

She said she was coming to care for Sarah Collins

and then her carriage had overturned.

Sarah died in .

Well, the family history book

will tell whether that's Phyllis Wick or not.

Where is the book? It was here.

Roger insisted on it being on the table.

Where is it?

Well, more important things have happened here this evening

than the loss of a book.

You sound as though you know what had happened.

- Please tell me if you do. - I know nothing, of course.

But you implied that Miss Wick was living in -

back in the past.

Somewhere does the past repeat itself constantly?

Well, I cannot believe that.

But you said--

Oh, I mean, I do not want to believe it.

But the short time, Miss Wick was in this room,

Vicky didn't have time to get into that dress.

Well, perhaps their time is different from ours.

Perhaps a moment of our time is a month or a year of theirs.

- You really do believe it, don't you? - Well, Elizabeth.

- You really do believe that Vicky saw Millicent Collins. - No, no.

You do, I can tell by your face that you do.

You always have knowledge that we don't.

That is not true, Elizabeth.

- You knew that Miss Hoffman is a doctor? - I found that out, yes.

Well, why didn't you tell us when you did?

For the same reason you're not telling me

what you think about this evening?

Oh, excuse me, I've - I've given her a sedative,

but - but she asks for you.

Thank you.

No, Barnabas, she asking for Mrs. Stoddard.

You're not going to let me see her, are you?

You are worried, aren't you?

And you are enjoying it.

You really believe that she was in the past,

don't you, Barnabas?

What will you do if your beloved Vicky

is telling Mrs. Stoddard now?

You're always in such control of everything and everybody.

It's quite interesting to see you when you aren't.

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- Is she asleep, Mrs. Stoddard? - She seems to be.

Good because I'd like to try and explain.

I don't think tonight is the time, Miss Hoffman.

Oh, please, please let me.

I came here because - well, because I needed a change.

My work at my hospital was - was getting too much.

Frankly, I thought, I was in danger of having

a nervous breakdown if I continue to work.

Dr. Woodard knew of my interest in the history of the area

and your family's part in it.

I am writing a book, Mrs. Stoddard.

That much is true.

I - I hope you'll let me stay and finish it.

My arm.

You're all right now, Vicky. I've taken care of it.

- It hurts. - What's wrong?

A b*llet wound, I would guess.

That's impossible.

Look at this - this bandage that she had wrapped on it

and it was wrapped around her arm as if -

as if they had no tape.

But how could she have been shot?

The wound was not from a - a modern b*llet.

How long ago was the wound made, can you tell?

Hmm, about a few weeks, I would guess.

But I see her every day.

Peter! Peter!

Vicky.

Mrs. Collins, you have to save him before he hangs--

Oh, my neck, my neck.

That mask.

What mask?

I couldn't see Peter, but I heard him calling to me.

And then they put the rope around my neck.

Where were you, Vicky?

The gallows

and then the man said, "Victoria Winters."

I can't forget his voice.

He said, "Victoria Winters,

may God have mercy on your unrepentant soul."

And that's when I began to drop.

- Vicky. Vicky, you're all right now. - Yes. Now, you are.

It's all over, you're back at Collinwood.

But where is Peter?

Vicky, who is Peter?

Peter.

Peter, I do know someone called Peter.

But how?

Where?

Where was I?

What happened to me?

Peter!

Peter, help me!

Help me!

[dogs howling] [bat squeaking]

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She has been sleeping for some time now,

- you must get some rest. - No.

But at least, let me get you a cup of tea.

No, no, thank you. You - you go on.

But Roger and Barnabas are waiting to hear about it.

I wouldn't know what to say to them,

you're so definite about what happened?

It is my cross in life that everything I do or say

seems definite.

Come, please, I don't know what to say to them.

I should stay here.

But, as a favor to me.

I owe you many favors.

[bat squeaking]

Vicky.

Vicky,

wake up, my dear.

It's Barnabas.

Barnabas?

Are you feeling better, my dear?

Barnabas!

I know I shouldn't have come to your room,

but I was concerned about you.

Why did Josette tell me that you were dead?

Vicky.

She came to the jail.

Why was I in jail?

No, my dear, you are back safe in Collinwood.

I'm so confused, Barnabas.

Are you?

Why?

About you.

Why should you be confused about me?

Because when Josette came to the jail,

she blamed me for - for k*lling you.

I never put a curse on you.

You - you didn't ever think

I'd put a curse on you, did you?

Of course I didn't, never.

I haven't been aware that there is a curse on me.

Poor Josette.

I tried to stop her death.

I told the Countess.

What did I tell the Countess?

I told her that she would lose her ring

on the day she would die, a black onyx ring,

like yours.

But - but they told me that you were dead.

I don't remember anything else.

Only - only that--

Only what?

Only what, Vicky?

Only that - that you weren't dead.

But that's a secret Millicent told me.

Do you know why it is a secret?

- I was there! - Do you know?

- I was there! I was! - Vicky!

I was.

Get out, Barnabas.

No.

You will leave this room immediately,

you are disturbing my patient.

Leave or I will call Mrs. Stoddard and Roger.

And do not come back again.

She will not be alone all night.

You frightened him.

Yes.

I didn't want to.

Julia, I was there.

I was in another time

with people that I'll never see again.

Oh, Julia, what am I going to do?

What?

You must divert the imminent Dr. Hoffman tomorrow evening.

I don't care how.

I'm not sure I can.

I must be with her alone.

With Vicky?

But you were tonight.

Yes, but not long enough.

What are you going to do?

Whatever I must.

But what?

She must talk with me alone or she will never speak again.

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