Barnabas begs Josette to leave him. He says there are powers controlling them, and she suggests that love is controlling them. She pleads with him to hold her in his arms, and he does. drawing her hair back and exposing her neck. He opens his mouth to bite her neck, but turns away.
She notices a change and he tells her he can't explain. He tells her if he had known what it meant when he asked her to wait, he never would have done so. She says she'll do anything to be with him. He reiterates that she was at his bedside when he died, and yet now he stands before her. He asks her how that could be possible. He tells her he lived up to his promise of returning to her, and now it must end. She asks why he seems frightened. He says his return is the result of a curse, and they must never see each other again.
Millicent tells Nathan it's getting late. He tells her he's almost ready. He's looking for a good date to be married in an almanac. He says the second of March will be perfect, and she points out that it's only a month away, and her cousin Joshua may not approve. He leans in to kiss her when Josette returns to the main house.
Millicent asks if she was out alone, and Josette says she went for a walk. Nathan lets it slip that they've picked a wedding date, and Josette does not seem to be impressed. She goes into the drawing room as Nathan leaves. Millicent joins her and offers her a glass of sherry. Josette turns it down. She says it's too late, and speaks of Barnabas telling her to wait, and then after returning, saying he no longer wants her. Millicent says Barnabas is in England, and Josette clarifies that she saw him tonight.
Nathan stops into the village bar for a nightcap. The Bartender, Mr. Mooney prepares one, and then stops a single woman entering, explaining that women must be escorted. Nathan says she's with him, and they sit down together.
He asks what she's doing, and she says she came to see her husband. She says after waiting for 8 months for financial support or even a letter, she began to think he didn't love her. She said sailors are easy to find, and he says that she would know. He says that if she tells him what she wants, he'll get it for her, and she can return home. She reminds him that he hasn't sent her the money he promised. She asks who he's seeing. He tells her it's not serious, and asks how much she wants to leave Collinsport.
She asks how much he has. He says he's got $300-400. She says to make it $400. He tells Mooney to bring the lady a drink, and he'll be back in a few minutes. He leaves, and Mooney asks if she's staying for the celebration. He says it's not every young man that gets to marry a Collins. She asks if that's Collins as in Collinsport, and Mooney says they own most everything in the village.
Josette tells Millicent that Barnabas did not go to England. She explains that Joshua made up that story. Millient asks if what happened tonight could just be a dream. Josette realizes she did have a dream earlier. A strange, almost frightening dream. In it, she saw where to find Barnabas: Eagle Hill Cemetery. When she found him, he told her it was over between them. Millicent tells her that she has a long journey ahead, and she needs rest. Josette says that if Barnabas doesn't want her any more, she should leave Collinwood. She says that she doesn't think she could live through two more days.
In the crypt, Barnabas thinks to himself that Josette will be gone in two days, and safe from him. He realizes he cannot see her again without making her like he is.
Our thoughts
John: Poor Millicent doesn't like to think very much? Ha! That's an understatement.
Christine: That is what's so fun about her role and relationship with Nathan Forbes. It seems that Joe and Carolyn's alter egos have switched roles. One might think her mistreatment of Joe was retribution for past life transgressions.
John: A new plot thread—Nathan's secret wife! Suki is awfully strong-willed for a woman of 1795. She must be a witch! Whatever she is, she had better be careful or she'll soon be on the bad side of the Collins' clan.
Christine: She seems more like she's in Ruby Tate's line of work, though she may just be a gold digger, much like Nathan. They seem very well suited to one another.
John: Two days, huh. Who wants to bet that Barnabas and Josette are reunited tomorrow?
Christine: Well, she says she doesn't think she can live through two more days, and I think that's also what the Collins family history book says. Nice to see that Barnabas remembered his fangs today.
John: Additions to our 1795 scorecard:
Present Day/1795
- Bartender Bob Rooney/Mr. Mooney
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