462 - April 2, 1968

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The séance which kept Collinwood frozen in time is over,

but the effects are not, and will perhaps never be.

For one has returned from the shadows of another century

with dim, haunting memories

which terrify one man who lived then

as well as now.

Go back, back in time, Vicki, back.

Run through the days, the months, the years,

remember where you were.

I don't want to go back.

I will protect you.

You think I am the witch, Countess.

Countess?

You and Abigail went to my room and you went through my things.

You got the book.

Tell me about the book.

You know all about the book.

But Peter says that we should use it in trial

because it will make the judges believe

that I do come from the th century.

Oh, the Collins Family History, yes, of course.

Tell me, Vicki, where is that book?

If only Barnabas were here. If only I could see him.

He'd help us.

Do you know what has happened to Barnabas?

He would get Peter out of jail.

Vicki, it is very important. You must try to remember.

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

You must.

The bat, the bat at the window.

Josette said the bat had - had--

Tell me what Josette said.

She won't help me. She thinks I'm a witch, too.

You know that.

How would I know that?

Peter says that you've changed,

that you don't think I'm a witch,

you - you've got to help him.

I can't. He is in jail and I'm here.

You've got to save him, Countess, or he'll die.

You've got to. I've got to go to him, I must.

Now, Vicki, you must lie down.

I must go to him and you can't stop me.

- Close your eyes. - No.

You must close your eyes and when you open them,

you will be awake,

but you will remember nothing.

No.

I've got to help him. You can't stop me.

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I must save Peter.

Where's Barnabas?

If only Jeremiah were alive, he'd help us.

- Vicki, look at me. - No.

Vicki, I am not the Countess.

I am Julia Hoffman.

Vicki, look at me.

You will close your eyes.

When you open them,

you will remember nothing of this.

Nothing at all.

Now, open your eyes.

Open them.

Well, how do you feel now?

Well, a little better.

I think you should stay in bed today.

No, I - I feel I have to--

You feel you have to what?

Find something.

What?

To make some sense out of what's happened.

If only I could remember clearly,

then I wouldn't feel as though it were all a dream.

It was not a dream.

You believe that?

Yes.

I have to prove it to myself.

How can I do that?

We will help you.

How?

We worry about that tomorrow.

In the meantime, you must have some rest.

Here, take this and you will rest.

I have to go into town. I have some business.

No, I'm afraid to.

I'm afraid that if I go to sleep,

I'll go back there.

You do not need to worry about that.

Besides, Mrs. Stoddard will sit with you.

There's no need for that.

Yes, there is.

I'd rather you didn't talk to anyone else

especially Barnabas or Carolyn.

Why?

Oh, you don't want to have to answer all those questions.

I'll tell Mrs. Stoddard I'm leaving now.

Victoria...

Victoria Winters.

Victoria, Victoria.

You said I could help you.

Let me help you.

I watch over you even now.

Jeremiah!

No! No!

-Come to me. - No!

Do not be afraid.

I will help you.

I am the first he k*lled.

Barnabas didn't want to k*ll you.

I am the first but not the last.

Many will die in his hands.

I do not believe you.

I have heard them crying in their graves,

so shall you!

No!

For the last he will k*ll is--

No! No! Let go of me.

I am not the one for you to fear.

No, don't touch me!

Look at me!

- No! -Yes!

See the truth.

Ah!

You run from the wrong one.

The last he will k*ll is you.

Beware of Barnabas or you will end as I.

As I.

As I...

No! No!

No!

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Why, Dr. Hoffman.

Well, good evening, Barnabas.

I almost didn't recognize you.

Oh, an impulse.

I'm sure I'll regret it.

Well, I must tell you how much I like your hair.

You seem to be, what is the phrase,

changing your image completely.

You are no longer here under false pretenses.

I merely substituted lies.

Well, you couldn't hardly very well

tell the complete truth, could you?

Not without endangering you.

Thank you.

You are complementing me, Barnabas.

You must want something.

Your directness seems to make me more devious

than I am perhaps.

You want to know what Vicki has told me.

Well, are you willing to tell me?

No.

Then, you will be placing Vicki in danger.

That is blackmail, Barnabas.

Why won't you tell me.

- Do you enjoy torturing me? - No.

You won't even let me see her.

I want to protect both of you.

Don't protect me, Doctor.

Someone must.

Very well, then, I'll make a bargain with you.

- Help me and I'll leave Vicki alone. - Hmm.

You don't trust me?

I'd be a fool to.

The séance has changed me.

You don't know the panic that I felt

when I saw that girl sitting in Vicki's chair.

When I looked at her and realized

that it was Phyllis Wick.

You knew her, of course.

She was Sarah's governess

until she was tried for witchcraft.

Was she hanged?

She was to hang the day my coffin was carried

to the mausoleum and chained.

Barnabas, Vicki took her place.

The past is constantly being relived.

- If Phyllis Wick knew your secret-- - And so does Vicki.

Well, Vicki only remembers patches.

No consistency to her story.

She lives moments, but she can't connect them.

It is as if she were afraid of remembering all of it.

Well, what would make her so afraid unless she knew about me

and dreaded admitting it was true.

Julia, help me like you did before.

Can't we go back to the time when we were friends,

when we worked together?

I - I don't know.

Well, you were ready to save me then.

Yes.

Well, surely, you can see that my life completely depends

on what she knows.

If you won't let me, you must find out.

I am trying to.

And if you succeed, will you use it to help me or hurt me?

That depends entirely on you, Barnabas.

I cannot count on you.

I must do what I can myself.

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Oh, Julia.

You look very different. It's nice.

I think I expected a haircut to make me feel all new,

it doesn't.

But you shouldn't be up.

What's wrong? Didn't you rest well?

No.

Well, then, I'll give you a stronger sedative next time.

Do you have one that can stop dreams?

Dreams come from your subconscious.

You have thoughts that are buried,

that want to come out.

Tell me.

A ghost came to me. Jeremiah's ghost.

Peter Bradford was not in your dream?

No.

Have you thought about him since?

You mind my talking about him, why?

It's just strange to hear someone else say his name.

Sometimes, I feel as though I've made him up.

You didn't.

I know.

I went to town for a reason.

I wanted to check the records

to if there was a Peter Bradford in .

There has to be.

Yes, there is. He was a jailer.

That was the first mentioned.

What else did it say?

Tell me, Julia.

Vicki--

- I'll go to the courthouse myself. - It's closed.

Well, then I'll go in the morning.

He was - he was tried for m*rder.

m*rder?

Who did he m*rder?

- One Noah Gifford. - No.

A seaman.

- No! No! - Vicki.

I k*lled Noah. I k*lled him.

- Oh, Vicki-- - They have to know that. They have to.

There's no way of letting them know that.

It all happened over - almost years ago.

What happened to him?

You know, don't you?

He was - he was hanged.

Oh, no.

Oh, Vicki.

They don't understand.

Oh, Vicki, please.

Let me give you this. It will calm you.

No. It won't do good.

I don't want it.

Don't you understand? I loved him!

I loved him!

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But I cannot believe Vicki is in love.

- She said so herself. - But he is dead.

You love Josette.

I do not like you to mention her name.

But she's dead. Death does not stop love.

You know that as well as anyone else.

She will forget Peter Bradford.

- In time, perhaps. - But I have no time.

Now, Vicki has remembered this. What would be the next?

I - I don't know.

There is a storm coming up. I must go before it starts.

Please excuse me to Cousin Elizabeth.

Of course.

Goodnight.

Barnabas, you promised you would do nothing.

Remember that.

I know all I've told you is very upsetting,

but I can handle her as I handled Maggie.

Whatever Vicki remembers, I can make her forget it.

I will do that for you, Barnabas.

You have my promise.

She will forget Peter Bradford.

-In time, perhaps. -But I have no time.

- Vicki! - Barnabas, why are you here?

- You're frightened. - No.

But you are.

Forgive me. I shouldn't be.

You're my only link.

To what?

To what happened to me.

How am I a link?

I don't want to talk about it.

But I do very much.

- Tomorrow. - Tonight, Vicki.

I am very concerned for you.

Vicki, let me help you.

I don't even see how you can help me.

I - I don't see how anyone can help me.

I used to talk to you so much about the past.

I loved it so much. I wanted to live there.

But I was wrong.

No, you weren't.

Yes.

I saw all the terrible things that can happen to people.

All the terrible things.

I learned too much about Joshua,

Naomi, Josette.

What about Josette?

You didn't tell me the story the way it happened.

She didn't come to marry Jeremiah.

She came to marry you.

- Me? - Oh, I - I didn't mean that.

I'm so confused.

Yes, yes, you are.

Even when I'm asleep I dream of them,

you and Jeremiah.

His ghost came to me tonight.

Jeremiah?

What did he do?

He warned me.

About what?

- I don't want to talk about it. - You must.

For your own sake, you must.

He warned me about you.

Now, do - do you see how ridiculous I've become?

You, the one person who has always been kind to me,

the one person who has always wanted to help me.

Do you really believe that?

Yes, of course, I do.

You will let me help you?

But how?

Come to me.

Barnabas.

Come.

Is something stopping you from trusting me?

No, nothing could.

Then let me prove it to you.

I can give you peace. Would you like that?

Yes.

I can make you forget. Do you want to forget?

Yes.

I can make everything seem so far away.

Please. Please.

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