629 - November 20, 1968

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Somewhere in the darkness of this night,

- one man's existence is in terrible danger

of being snuffed out.

On this night, in a house by the sea,

he will soon feel the overwhelming presence

of the supernatural.

[knocking]

- Maggie! - Nicholas.

- Oh, what a delightful surprise.

Come in. Here, let me take your things.

- Thank you.

- Now, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?

- What did you say?

- I said it's delightful to see you,

but is there some special reason for your coming

here this evening?

- No.

- Well, you don't always need a reason.

Always happy to see you, Maggie.

- Nicholas?

- Yes?

I--

- What is it, Maggie?

- I don't know why I'm here.

- What do you mean?

- I was getting ready to go to bed

and suddenly I thought I should come here.

I don't know why.

- Perhaps you wanted to ask me something?

- No.

- Possibly you just wanted to see me.

- Maybe.

- I hope that's it.

- Nicholas?

- Yes?

- I feel so strange.

- Well, in what way?

- I don't know.

- Maggie, what's the matter?

- I can't breathe.

- Maggie, what is it?

- I--

- Maggie?

- Nicholas, the room is getting dark.

I can't see.

Help.

Nicholas, help me.

- Maggie!

Maggie!

What's happening?

What's happening?

- Nicholas.

- Master.

You're speaking to me through Maggie.

Why?

- Prepare for your judgment.

- Judgment?

- Soon you will appear before me.

Prepare.

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- Master, why have you come to me?

- You have failed me, Nicholas.

Eve is dead.

- Listen to me, I implore you.

If I must account for something,

let me account for it but do not harm this woman.

She's not responsible for anything that I may have done.

- I'm aware of that.

- Then, please, let her live.

- Why?

- Because she is innocent.

- And have you become the protector of the innocent

and the pure in heart?

- No, no, of course not.

- It's gratifying to know that you can still lie, Nicholas.

Now, why do you want her to live?

- I told you.

- Is it possible that you've fallen in love with her?

An answer, Nicholas.

An answer!

- Yes.

- I see.

You've become even more human than I was led to believe.

We shall have to do something about that.

- What about the woman?

- She will be as she was when I am finished with you.

- What are you going to do?

- I will decide that after you have been summoned.

- Summoned?

- Nicholas, don't look so surprised and bewildered.

Stop reacting as a mortal.

You will be summoned to give an account of yourself

and your recent actions.

I trust you will come to me fully prepared

to defend yourself. - Master--

- Be ready at midnight, Nicholas.

No later than that.

- Maggie?

Maggie.

- Nicholas, what happened?

- I don't know.

Are you all right?

- Yes, but I don't understand it.

I must have fainted.

I remember I couldn't breathe.

- But you can now?

- Yes, but it was a frightening thing.

I still don't know why I'm here.

- You're going to be all right, Maggie.

Don't you worry.

Now, come along.

I'll take you home.

[clock chiming]

- Dr. Hoffman, could I see you for a moment?

- Yes.

Yes, of course, Mrs. Stoddard.

- Please, sit down.

I, uh, I had a long talk with Barnabas today.

- Barnabas? - Yes, he called me from Windcliff.

Dr. Hoffman, I-- I don't want to offend you,

but when you told me why Barnabas was sent to Windcliff,

were you telling me the truth?

- Yes, of course.

- He was suffering from complete exhaustion, that's all?

- Yes.

I thought he was very close to having a nervous breakdown.

I thought it was important that he

have immediate professional attention.

- How long will he have to stay there?

- Oh, I don't know.

- Well, you must have some idea?

- Probably a month.

I really have no way of knowing.

- I felt so sorry when I talked to him today.

He's completely miserable there.

- Well, he's getting the best proper care.

- Oh, I wasn't criticizing.

It's just that, well, I don't think

it's the place for Barnabas.

Couldn't you arrange to have him released?

- Well, he could hardly go back to the old house now.

- Oh, I realize that, but he could come here though.

Collinwood, where he knows everyone loves him.

And you'd be here to see--

take care of him personally.

- Well, I'm sorry, but it's impossible.

- Why?

- Well, because he needs constant professional

attention.

I could hardly take care of him alone.

- I suppose you know best, but he sounded so sympathetic

this afternoon.

- Your natural impulse was to want to help him.

I think the best way for you to help

him is to have him stay there, for his own good.

- When are you going to see him again?

- Tomorrow afternoon.

- I'd like to go with you.

[knocking]

- Excuse me.

- Oh, I have to go out anyway.

- Oh, hello, Mr. Blair.

- Good evening, Mrs. Stoddard. - Come in.

- Thank you.

- Good evening, Mr. Blair.

- Good evening, Dr. Hoffman.

I'm glad you're here.

There's something vitally important

that I must speak to you about.

- I was just on my way out to go to town.

- I'm afraid I'll have to ask you not to go.

You see, what I have to talk to you about is vitally urgent.

It has to do with you and Barnabas.

Will you stay, Dr. Hoffman?

- All right.

- Oh, you're both welcome to use the drawing room.

I have some things to attend to.

- Have you done something to Barnabas?

- No.

Nothing at all.

- For a moment, I was afraid.

- There's nothing for you to be afraid of as long

as you cooperate with me.

- Cooperate?

- I need your help, Dr. Hoffman.

- You need my help?

That's what I said.

- I don't know whether to be flattered or frightened.

- There's cause for you to be both.

As you know, I made rather careful plans for Adam's mate.

Now that Eve is dead, my plans are temporarily stalled.

- Barring some kind of miracle, I'd say your plans were ruined.

- Yes.

That is true.

But you see, you are going to provide the miracle.

- What do you mean?

- You're going to repeat the experiment.

- That's impossible.

- We both know that nothing is impossible.

- No.

No, I'll never go through that again.

Even if I wanted to, it's too dangerous.

- You don't have to do all of it, just the last phase,

the experiment itself.

The equipment is still set up. You still have the journals.

- Well, yes, but-- - Excellent.

I'll bring you the body tomorrow night.

- What body?

- Eve's body, of course.

Does that shock you?

- Yes.

- I'm sorry, but that's the way it will have to be.

Now, the body has not yet started to deteriorate.

Your purpose will be to infuse it with a new life force

and bring it alive again.

You have all day tomorrow to prepare.

- The answer is no.

- I would suggest that you think about that, doctor.

- I will be honest with you, Mr. Blair.

I am very happy that Eve is dead.

- Yes, I'm sure of it, you are.

- And as far as I am concerned, she will stay dead.

- I'd be happy to indulge your independence, doctor,

but I'm afraid I don't have the time.

Now, I'll give you exactly three minutes to change your mind.

- Something's happened to you. What is it?

- I don't know what you mean.

- Well, ordinarily you would have sent for me

but you have come here.

And though you seem to be very authoritative,

I have a feeling that you're really

quite upset and desperate.

- I assure you that I am not. - I don't believe you.

- Well, you're making a very serious mistake.

- I don't think so.

- I say you are.

- Then why did you come here?

You have powers that you command.

Why didn't you bring Eve to life?

- If that were the case, I could have used them

to avoid the first experiment.

Why didn't I do that?

- You tell me.

- Because it was imperative that Eve be created artificially,

the same as Adam was.

- Why?

- For the answer to that, I refer you

to the book of Genesis.

The original Adam and Eve were tempted by the Master.

- By Satan?

- I know him by another name.

At any rate, the first man and woman yielded to temptation

and sinned against their maker.

For this they were punished, but they remained his children

nevertheless.

And now, after thousands of years,

there is a new Adam and a new Eve,

different from every living human being,

and yet human just the same.

And they, and all those they breed,

shall be the children of my master.

- It's monstrous!

- Yes. It is intended to be.

- I will not be a part of it.

- Do you have any choice?

- Yes.

Yes, I believe there is some reason you can't or won't or

can't use your powers.

Well, if I'm wrong, then use your powers

to force me to help you.

- I can, if I choose to, but if you still

care for Barnabas Collins, you will do as I say.

- Barnabas?

- Yes, did you think that by sending him to Windcliff

you could save him from me?

- Are you going to send Angelique after him again?

- No.

Something far worse than that.

- Nothing is worse than that.

- Oh, yes.

You do remember Dr. Lang's taped message?

If Adam dies--

- Then Barnabas will die, too.

- Precisely.

- You'd never k*ll Adam.

It would ruin your plan.

- If Adam doesn't have a mate, my plans are ruined anyway.

I don't care about Adam.

Believe me, I will k*ll him.

Now, you don't want that to happen, do you?

- No.

- And you'll study the journals and prepare the equipment?

- I don't know if it's possible to do the experiment at all.

This situation is quite different

than the second experiment. - I understand that.

I only want your answer.

- Well, I'll-- I'll have to let you know tomorrow,

after I've gone through the journals.

- All right, but I assume that your answer will be yes

and I shall proceed accordingly.

- Operator, I want to call the hospital at Windcliff.

Person to person.

I want to speak to Mr. Barnabas Collins.

- You look frightened, Nicholas.

You have good reason to be.

Your time has come.

You will leave your world and enter mine permanently.

Approach me, Nicholas.

You do know why you've been summoned?

- I have my suspicions.

- No doubt you feel a certain sense of shame

at having been outwitted by an inferior.

- Then it is Angelique who is subjecting me to this?

- Of course.

- I ask you not to believe a word she has said against me.

- I have already witnessed your very human aspirations.

You have allowed our plans to be ruined.

- That is not true!

- Because of your involvement with a mortal woman,

you've lost control of everything,

starting with Angelique, who is supposed to be your sl*ve.

- She's not to be trusted!

She is a vile, treacherous creature!

- All of which you knew when you made her what she is.

You knew that if you ever let your guard down

she would betray you.

She tried on two occasions and you stopped her.

But each time you made the mistake

of giving her one more chance.

Well, this time, she has succeeded,

and for that she shall be rewarded.

And you--

- I beg you for another chance.

- I don't give second chances.

Nor do I sympathize with those who do.

No, Nicholas, you were given an opportunity

to achieve a status here, which you have.

But because of a woman, you've allowed it all to slip away.

- But it has not slipped away yet.

- It has as far as I'm concerned.

- I can prove it to you.

All I need is a little more time.

- That's what every condemned man needs and never gets, just

a little more time.

- I tell you, everything can be salvaged.

- You were charged with the responsibility of keeping Adam

and his mate alive.

Now his mate is dead thanks to your negligence.

If you are thinking of using supernatural powers

to bring her back to life--

- I am not.

I have arranged for the experiment

to be conducted again.

Eve will be infused with a new life force.

She will be reborn.

- Very well.

See that it is done.

I will give you hours.

- That is not enough time.

- hours, Nicholas.

That's all.

- Am I free to leave now?

- Only for as long as it takes for the experiment

to be concluded.

- And after that?

- Then you will return here.

- But if I have succeeded--

- You haven't succeed yet, Nicholas.

But if Eve is restored to life, we shall see.

- I do not wish to return here.

- No one ever does.

- If I give you what you want, I think I deserve more.

- Just what is it you think you deserve?

- To remain on earth. - Without your powers?

- Yes. - How would you survive?

- Perhaps I would not.

- You would take that risk?

- Yes.

- Why?

- Because of the woman.

- I see.

You must love her very much.

- I do.

- You are hopelessly lost, Nicholas.

No wonder you've made such a mess of things.

When the experiment is over, you will return here.

- You will not allow me to be with her?

- I didn't say that.

Your story has touched me, Nicholas.

- What do you mean?

- I mean that you can be with her.

- Be with her?

- But only here.

- Here?

But that would mean that she would have to die.

- Yes.

Arrange it.

There is something more important

which must be done before she can be accepted here.

She must be sacrificed on the Black Altar.

- No. No.

- That is the only way you and Maggie Evans

can be together, Nicholas.

The Black Mass must be performed.

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