689 - February 12, 1969

[bunniefuu]

[Maggie narrating] - There exists within the great house of Collinwood

the malevolent spirit of a man long dead.

This spirit has taken possession of young David Collins

and forced him to leave Collinwood this night

and go to the old cemetery at Eagle Hill.

There, in the Collins family mausoleum,

a terrifying creature is locked behind the wall

of a secret room.

David Collins will have no choice

but to do what the spirit of Quentin Collins has ordered,

unaware that he will be placing his own life in danger.

[animal growling]

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- David!

- Barnabas!

- What were you doing?

- Nothing.

- Yes, you were.

You looked like you were reaching for something.

- No, I wasn't. Honest.

- What are you doing out here at this hour?

Answer me, David.

- Well, I got mad at Maggie.

- When?

- Oh, I think an hour.

- What were you doing up so late?

- I wasn't tired.

I tried to tell Maggie that,

but she wanted me to go back up to my room.

- So, you got angry with her and ran away from her.

But what made you come to here of all places?

- Well, I - I needed some place to hide and I didn't -

I didn't think that she would come and look here.

- Well, if you were looking for a place to hide,

you - you could have gone to Chris's cottage or -

or the West Wing or -

or you could have gone to the old house, couldn't you?

- Well, I know that she'd look in all those places.

- Then what made you think to come here?

She just wouldn't find me.

- I see.

Well, I found you here once before,

if you will remember.

- Yes, I remember.

- And you can see for yourself there's really

no place here to hide.

- Yes, that's right.

- Well, or were you planning to open the secret room?

- I don't know what you mean.

- When I came in here,

you were about to open the secret room, weren't you?

Why?

- I heard a noise in there.

- A noise?

- Yes.

It sounded like an animal was trapped in there, Barnabas.

- Now, how could an animal get in there?

- I don't know.

- Do you hear the noise now?

- No.

I guess it stopped when you came in.

- Isn't it just possible that -

that you were afraid

and that you really didn't hear a noise at all?

- Yes, it is. - Come, David.

I'm going to take you back home.

- David!

Where did you find him?

- The mausoleum.

He said he went there to hide from you.

- David, I don't know what I'm going to do with you.

Now, you go upstairs and get right into bed.

- Yes, Maggie.

- We're going to have a long talk in the morning.

I've done what you've asked me to do.

Barnabas, I've tried to pretend that nothing is happening

between David and Amy.

- I know it must be getting difficult for you.

- Difficult!

I'm beginning to feel like a total failure.

- You mustn't, Maggie.

I know the children don't realize it,

but they need you desperately.

- Well, Amy hasn't been too bad the past few days.

But David!

I don't know.

Sometimes, his behavior completely baffles me

and other times, it terrifies me.

- Why?

- That's just it, Barnabas. I don't know why.

It's like David is two totally different people.

At times, he can be very considerate and thoughtful

and in complete control of himself.

Then he suddenly changes and he becomes

a totally different, frightening child.

- What is he like when this change occurs?

- Barnabas, it's - it's like David is nothing more

than just an empty shell.

It's like all the good things about David are -

are completely smothered under a cold, unfeeling,

sinister personality.

- Was he like this earlier this evening

when he argued with you?

- Yes.

Barnabas, what do you think is happening to him?

Do you know?

- I'm afraid I don't, Maggie,

but I'm going to do my best to find out,

but in the meantime,

try to be patient and understanding with them,

and above all, please don't be frightened.

- Barnabas,

I know that David had Vicki to look after him

for a long time

and I know how fond he was of her,

but do you think it's possible that the trouble we're having

with David right now has something to do with

his inability to accept me?

- No, of course not.

It has nothing to do with you, Maggie.

Now, I think you ought to go upstairs and get some rest.

You look like you need it.

- Yes, I do.

- I'll see you tomorrow.

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- David!

Aren't you asleep yet?

- I'm still not tired.

- Well, have you tried to sleep?

- Yes.

But I keep waking up.

And I have this dream.

- What kind of dream?

- I shouldn't explain it.

It wouldn't make any sense.

- Well, does it make any sense to you?

- Sometimes.

David, if you could describe to me

what happens in the dream --

- It wouldn't do any good.

It's really just a regular dream.

And, Maggie, dreams can't hurt you, can they?

- David, they can be terribly disturbing.

- I know.

- David, do you know that you've been up almost all night?

David, look, the sun already coming up.

David, it's morning and you haven't had any rest.

Why don't you try to get some sleep now?

- Maggie, please don't leave me.

Please don't leave me alone here.

- David. - Maggie.

- Tell me, what is it? - I'm so afraid!

I'm so afraid!

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- David, I won't leave you.

I promise I'll stay with you until you go to sleep.

I promise you.

- Sometimes, Maggie,

I think that I'll never be able to sleep again.

- What do you think it is that makes you feel that way?

- I don't know.

- David, you said that you were frightened.

You must know what it is that frightens you, don't you?

- Yes.

- Well, will you tell me?

- I don't think I can, Maggie.

- Well, why not?

- I wouldn't know how.

- David, is it a person you're frightened of?

Is it someone in this house?

- Would you stop asking me so many questions?

- David, you do trust me, don't you?

- Yes.

- Then please tell me what it is that's been troubling you

in the past few days

and I'll do everything I can to help you.

I promise you that.

- You can't help me, Maggie.

No one can.

- That's not true.

David.

David, listen to me.

You've got to take someone into your confidence and soon.

If you keep this fear locked inside of you,

it's going to grow and keep growing until you --

- Until what, Maggie?

- Until you feel nothing but that fear.

Won't you please let me help you?

- I can't, Maggie.

You've got to believe me.

I just can't!

- Are you all right, Chris?

- Oh, I'm just - I'm just worn out.

Sometimes, it's a wonder I'm still alive.

- What do you mean?

- Well, when I'm my other self,

the energy I expend is so great

I - I guess it would k*ll a normal man.

- It might have been just as well

for you to have stayed here last night

in your present condition. - Why do you say that?

Barnabas? Come on. Tell me.

- Who is Ned Stuart?

- Ned Stuart.

Where did you hear that name?

- From Mr. Stuart himself. I met him last night.

- Where?

- He came to Collinwood.

Carolyn sent him over to your cottage.

Julia and I met him there.

- So, he had caught up with me at last.

- Caught up with you?

- He has been after me for the past two years.

- Chris, does he know what you are?

- I have no idea what he knows.

- Then why did he follow you?

- Didn't he tell you that?

- Well, it was easy for him to see that

Julia and I were friends of yours,

so he was not prepared to say very much.

You've got to tell us.

Chris, it's imperative for Julia and I to know why he's here.

- You may not believe this, but unless I talk to him myself,

I won't be able to tell you that.

- Does it have something to do with his sister?

- What did he tell you about her?

- Well, from the little that he did tell us,

Julia and I gathered that, well, that she's dead.

- Dead.

- He told us that you were engaged to her.

- Yeah.

- But you don't seem surprised to hear that she's dead.

- I'm not, really.

Her memory has been haunting me for two years

and all during that time,

I suspected that's probably what happened.

- Chris, did you k*ll her?

- I must have.

- You really don't know, do you?

- She was the first person

who ever saw the transformation.

- So, she saw you change?

- Yes.

I didn't want it to happen

and it wouldn't have happened

if she hadn't been so impetuous a girl

and so - so loving a girl,

it just wouldn't have happened.

- Chris, if you really don't want to talk about it --

- No, no, I think I better tell you about it.

You see, one time I told her I was -

I was going to go away for a long weekend,

and of course, I wasn't.

I just knew that there was a full moon coming up

and I was going to change,

and what I didn't know was that she was planning

to give me a surprise party when I got back.

Well, she had a key.

That Saturday night,

there she came, let herself in,

she was standing there with a box

of decorations in her hand.

She was looking at me and I - I tried,

I tried and tried to get her out of there

and she just wouldn't go.

She was going to stay there, you know,

she was going to stay there until I told her why

I hadn't gone out of town.

Then, then the transformation came.

I don't know what happened after that.

I never saw her again.

- I see.

So, if she was in the room,

then she must have been a victim of the werewolf.

- Yeah.

I loved her.

I loved her deeply.

Just as I love Amy, now, Carolyn.

Barnabas, I can't stay here now.

I can't stay in Collinsport.

There's too much of a chance of the same thing

happening to one of them.

- Chris, if you leave,

there'll be no hope for you at all.

What hope for me is there if I stay?

- There maybe.

- Oh, not with Ned Stuart around.

He intends to avenge his sister's death,

not that I blame him.

If I were in his shoes, maybe I'll do the same thing.

- Chris, we found a way to contain your violence.

We'll find a way to deal with Mr. Stuart.

- No, we won't.

He's a man with too much purpose.

He's going to keep after me.

He's just going to hound me and hound me until he kills me.

In fact, in fact, he may have already come close

to that the other night.

- You mean, you think he was the one

who put that poison in your drink?

- Well, who else would have done it?

- But he told me himself that -

that he only arrived here last night.

- Oh. You think under the circumstances,

he's going to tell you the truth?

- You may be right, but I hope you're not.

It will be a lot easier to deal with him

if he isn't here to k*ll you.

Come, I'll take you back to your cottage.

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- Quentin, I tried to do what you told me to do.

I tried to open the secret door, but -

but Barnabas caught me.

You never told me what was behind that door, Quentin.

What was it that you wanted me to let out?

Quentin?

Why won't you answer me?

Was it something bad,

something I would have been ashamed of?

Quentin?

If we're really friends like you say we are,

why won't you let me go?

I don't like it when you hurt people.

I felt so guilty lately

and it frightens me when you do those things.

Oh, Quentin, won't you let me go?

- Good morning, Barnabas.

- Good morning, Elizabeth.

- You're up rather early, aren't you?

- Well, I haven't been to bed tonight.

- Is something wrong?

- I'd like to talk to you about David.

- What about him?

- Come with me in the drawing room. - Yes, of course.

My God!

What's happening?

- I don't know. I was here earlier

and nothing was wrong.

- I can't imagine who'd want to do such a thing or why!

- [gasps]

Mrs. Stoddard, what happened?

- I don't know, Maggie. I don't know.

I was going to ask you.

- I don't understand how something like this

could have happened so - so quickly. - Quickly?

- Yes. I was down here earlier this morning

and it was nothing like this.

It seems there's been a great deal of activity

in this house last night.

- Well, David ran away again. He misbehaved.

Barnabas found him and brought him back.

- I see.

Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?

- Yes.

But I think we better get to the bottom of this first.

- Surely you don't think the children have any

responsibility about this.

- No, it isn't possible.

I went into Amy's room about o'clock this morning

and she was sound asleep.

And it couldn't have been David because he,

well, I stayed with him in his room until he fell asleep.

- Well, someone is responsible!

This sort of thing doesn't happen by itself!

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- Quentin, I don't want to play a new game!

I don't want to play any game at all!

Quentin, I don't want to scare people away from this house.

I don't want to be all alone with you either.

Don't be mad, Quentin.

It's just that I don't want to play the game anymore.

Neither does Amy!

Please, Quentin, don't be mad!

Please.

No, Quentin!

Please.

Please.

My arm! It's on fire!

It's on fire!

[David] Ah!

- David!

[Quentin] - Ha, ha, ha, ha!

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