489 - May 9, 1968

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Today, a child returns to Collinwood

unaware of the events that have changed

so many lives during his absence.

Events that have aroused the suspicion of a young lawyer.

The appearance of a mysterious portrait,

a marriage between total strangers,

the death of a prominent doctor,

have all been caused by one who's real identity

is known only to herself.

I was told that you wanted to see me, Mr. Peterson.

Yes.

I think it's time you and I

had a serious talk, Mrs. Collins.

About what?

Dr. Lang.

Dr. Lang? What about him?

I don't know how or why,

but I think you had something to do with his death.

Father! Father!

Mrs. Johnson, what's going on here anyway?

What do you mean?

Well, I mean, you've been so quiet

since you pick me up at the train.

And why didn't my father pick me up?

Ask me no questions David and I'll tell you no lies.

David!

Hello, Father!

Well, you must have enjoyed your trip,

you look wonderful.

- I feel fine. - Good.

Mrs. Johnson, would you please go into the study

and tell Cassandra that David is here.

Who's Cassandra?

Well, you'll find out in a minute.

Let's go and wait in the drawing room.

I just accused you of k*lling a man,

don't you have anything to say?

I can't talk to you now, Mr. Peterson.

Perhaps you'd better wait for me in the gazebo,

I'll join you there as soon as possible.

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Well...

Mrs. Johnson, you're back!

Yes.

David and his father are in the drawing room.

Oh, do I look all right?

Well, you look fine.

Shall I tell them you'll be along in a minute?

Oh, no, please wait for me until I'm ready.

Oh, I'm so terribly nervous.

Well, there's no need to be nervous,

David won't bite you.

I know.

I'm just so afraid I won't make a good impression.

Mrs. Johnson, do you feel all right today?

- Do I feel all right? - Yes.

Well, how should I feel?

I feel worn out.

Oh, didn't you sleep last night?

Yes, I always sleep good.

Then why do you feel worn out?

I always feel worn out.

You mean you feel no different today

than you do on any other day?

Is there any reason I should?

I don't know.

I'm just rather concerned about you.

Well, don't be concerned about me.

I'm the healthiest person in this house.

Yes.

I suppose you are.

Well, I guess I better get in there

before they wonder what's happening to me.

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David.

There is something else

that I think I should prepare you for,

your new mother Cassandra is

quite a bit younger than I am.

Younger?

David, I wish you'd stop responding with questions

and say something.

I'm sorry. I just don't know what to say.

Well, I'd like you to react to something.

I'd like you to know - I'd like to know whether you're

disappointed or angry or happy?

Well, if you're happy, I am too.

Well, that tells me absolutely nothing.

Ah, Cassandra, come here, dear.

I want you to meet David.

- Hello, David. - How do you do?

Your father has told me many wonderful things about you.

Well, David, say something.

Roger, he doesn't know what to say

and I don't blame him.

Well, if I were in your position,

I'd be pretty shocked, too.

I'll tell you what,

I'll do my best if you promise to do yours

to make certain that we become good friends.

Will you do that, David?

David, what is the matter with you?

- Cassandra is only trying to be friendly. - Oh, Roger, don't scold him,

it's going to take time for him to get used to me.

I think that's only natural.

Listen, I know you two have quite a lot to talk over,

and you probably want to be alone and talk man to man.

- Well, we've already had our little man to man. - Roger, don't worry.

David and I will have plenty of time

to get better acquainted.

There's no reason to rush anything, is there David?

I guess not.

I feel exactly the same way.

So, I'll just for a stroll

until you can get all your talking done.

Well, David, I must say, I'm a little disappointed in you.

I'm sorry.

Take try little effort to be civil to someone,

even someone you disliked.

Anyway, I can't see how you disliked her,

since you haven't given yourself a chance to even to know her.

- Well, I didn't say that. - Well, you certainly gave that impression.

I'm sorry, I just didn't know how to act in front of her.

Well, I suppose she was right.

It must have been a bit of a shock to you.

But if you'll give Cassandra a chance,

I'm sure that you will grow to love her as much as I do.

Yes.

Well, son, why don't you run outside

and play for a while, hmm?

- Don't you want to talk to me? - Well, what about?

Well, I don't know, I just thought--

Well, I don't think talking will do us any good right now.

I - I think, the thing to do is for you and Cassandra

to become good friends.

I know Cassandra is going to try.

I only hope that you will do the same.

Yes, father.

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Oh, always so serious, Mr. Peterson.

I don't think I've ever seen you smile.

Listen, I didn't come here to talk about me,

- but about you. - Yes,

you did say something about my being

responsible for Dr. Lang's death, didn't you.

That's right.

Now do you think that possibly be true?

Yes, I do.

You wanted him dead, didn't you?

Oh, where did you ever get such an absurd idea?

I was Lang's lawyer for six months before he died.

Yesterday, I went to his home to get some papers

necessary for cleaning up his estate.

When I got there,

I realized that I've been there before.

- Well, if you were his lawyer-- - No, no,

he never invited me there himself,

but I was there,

a few days ago.

Still isn't very clear to me,

but I went there to get something for you,

something you wanted badly.

A medallion.

What bugs me is I - I don't know why I did it.

It seemed to do some pretty strange things

when I'm around you.

And you feel that you do these things against your will?

- Yes. - And that I am responsible.

That's right.

Mr. Peterson, look at me.

I'm just an ordinary young woman,

how could I possibly force you

to do anything you didn't want to do.

No, don't look away,

look into my eyes as deeply as you can,

now deeper, deeper.

Oh, can you hear me, Tony?

Yes.

Good.

Sit down.

I want you to help me again.

What do you want me to do?

Your Julia Hoffman's lawyer, aren't you?

Yes.

I've reason to suspect that she's interfering with my plans.

She's trying to prevent the dream curse

from reaching the person it's in tended for.

The dream curse?

Yes.

It's a frightening dream

that travels from one person to another

becoming more terrifying and more horrible

for each person who experiences it.

Julia had the dream, the night before last.

She was suppose to tell it to Mrs. Johnson,

but - but she hasn't.

It won't be possible for Mrs. Johnson to have the dream

and to pass it on

unless - unless Julia tells her about it.

It's why I want you to help me, Tony.

What do you want me to do?

I want you to watch Julia very carefully,

where she goes, who she sees, what she does.

You're not to do anything to her.

Just find out why she's resisting.

All right. I'll do as you ask.

And I want you to do one more thing, Tony.

I want you to forget that I had anything to do

with Dr. Lang's death.

I'll forget.

Uh, where was I?

You were - you were telling me about your

recent strange behavior.

That's right.

Now, listen, I don't know - I don't know why you're so

interested in me, I mean, you're a married woman,

I - I shouldn't be seeing you alone like this.

But you are seeing me.

Yes and I don't understand why.

You have some strange effect on me,

I don't know what it is.

- Don't you, Mr. Peterson? - No.

Well, it's very surprising,

don't you think it should be quite obvious by now.

What?

Don't you know what's happening to you, Mr. Peterson?

No.

You're falling in love with me.

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Cassandra, darling, did you enjoy your stroll?

Oh, very much.

How is your little talk with David?

Well, he's hardly gotten used to the idea of having a stepmother,

especially one as lovely and as young as you are,

but you make the adjustments sooner or later.

Now, come on, let's go on upstairs

and get ready for tomorrow.

- For tomorrow? - Mm-hmm.

We're going to take the o'clock plane

out of Portland.

- Where are we going? - My darling, on our honeymoon remember?

Roger, don't you think it's very short notice.

Well, we only put off going until we could tell David

about our marriage.

- Now, he's home and he knows-- - I know,

but he's only been home for a few hours,

how can we possibly abandon him so suddenly.

That's a strange choice of words,

we're not going to abandon him.

We have every intention of returning.

- Yes, I know, but I just don't think that he should-- - Now, now, no buts about it,

come along, I've made all the arrangement,

David can survive a month without us.

And we can at last be alone together just the two of us.

Come on, let's go upstairs.

Now, you go on up alone.

I'll pack my bags after dinner.

Mrs. Collins, do you know where David is?

Oh, no, I've been out walking, I haven't seen him.

It's nearly time for his dinner and he does a disappearing act.

- Mrs. Johnson. - Yes.

Have you seen Julia Hoffman today?

Oh, she was here earlier, but she left.

Did she talk to you?

About what?

Anything?

No. She didn't say anything at all to me,

- but then she hardly ever does. - And today it was no exception?

Why should today be any different?

It shouldn't.

Well, you make it sound as if it should.

Well, it is isn't.

Did she seemed different?

Different how?

Not herself?

Well, I don't know that's hard to say,

I don't know what's on her mind.

Do you know where she went when she left the house?

Well, she went to Dr. Lang's.

Dr. Lang's?

Why did she go there?

I don't know, I didn't ask her.

If you'll excuse me, I have to get dinner ready.

- Mrs. Johnson. - Yes?

Do you believe in dreams?

What in heaven's name makes you ask that?

I don't know. I'm just curious.

You're curious about a lot of things today.

You haven't answered my question.

No, I never have any dreams, Mrs. Collins.

- Never? - Never.

Why Mrs. Johnson, everybody has dreams.

Everybody who has time for them.

I'm a practical woman, I have much too much work to do

to be bothered with dreams, if you'll excuse me, please.

David, when did you come in?

Just now.

Oh, Mrs. Johnson is looking for you,

I think she has your dinner ready.

I don't care about my dinner.

I want to talk to you.

To me? Oh, what about?

I was in the gazebo

when you and Mr. Peterson were there.

I'm going to tell my father.

I saw you kissing Mr. Peterson!

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David, you really didn't see what you thought you saw.

Yes, I did. You don't love my father.

Yes, I do.

Well, I don't believe you.

I'm going to tell him!

How are you going to do that, David,

if you can't speak!

Well, let me go!

Look at me, David!

The words will not come out of your mouth.

You're not going to be able to say anything.

Try to say something David, go ahead.

Now, you see,

you're not going to tell anything to anybody.

You're going to go over there and sit down.

Go on, David.

And starting right now,

we're all going to be very, very concerned about you.

Roger!

Roger, where are you?

- What's happened? - It's David, come quickly.

What's wrong?

He can't - there's something wrong with his voice,

- he can't speak. - He can't speak?

David, what is it? What's happened, son?

It's no use Roger, he won't be able to answer you.

Can you hear me?

Did anything happen to you outside

while you were playing?

Did you have an accident?

I think he's suffering from shock.

Now, David, here's a pad and pencil,

I want you to write down whatever happened to you

while you were outside.

Will you do that for me?

Yes, write down David,

and then we'll know what's know what happened to you

and we'll be able to help you.

Don't you understand, Son, we're trying to help.

Go on, David, there's nothing to be afraid of.

Just start writing.

Go on, David.

I'm going to take him upstairs and call for the doctor.

Yes, I think you'd better, poor child.

Come along, David.

I, uh, I think until we found what's bothering him,

we'd better cancel all of our plans,

I'm terribly sorry.

It's all right, Roger, I understand.

David's health should be our first consideration.

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