Episode 1263

Aired: Wednesday April 28, 1971

Quentin and Julia are bringing Barnabas up to date on what they have discovered. They wonder why Anderson has targeted the Collins family. "Perhaps it's because I imprisoned Roxanne," Barnabas surmises. "Perhaps," says Quentin, "but I suppose we'll never know.... until we find him ask him." They look at each other considering the prospect of facing Anderson.

After the titles, Quentin has returned to Collinwood and finds Daphne in the drawing room. She is happy to see him, but he is now suspicious of her. He asks her how much she knows about Professor Anderson, and she answers that Anderson had no problem with her leaving her previous position to work at Collinwood. "I'm sure he didn't," answers Quentin. Daphne is unsure why Quentin is acting this way. "It's been very warm in Collinsport recently," Quentin suddenly says. "Unseasonable for such a rainy and stormy place." Daphne agrees, and then Quentin suddenly asks her if she always wears turtleneck sweaters in such warm weather. Daphne looks at him scared.

Daphne tells Quentin he is not acting like himself, and excuses herself from the room. Quentin tries to follow her, but bumps into Carolyn. He apologizes, but Carolyn looks off towards the stairs while leading Quentin back into the drawing room. She starts to make small talk while Quentin continues to try to follow Daphne. Quentin asks Carolyn why she's keeping him there, something Carolyn slyly denies. Quentin gets by her and goes upstairs to Daphne's room, and finds it locked. He is about to knock at her door when he hears noises coming from down the hall.

Quentin goes down the hall and hears some voices coming from around the corner. He peeks around, and sees Liz and Roger trying various keys in a door. Quentin hears footsteps behind him, and ducks into a closet. It's Carolyn, who moves to Roger and Liz as they try more keys. Liz can't understand it since she thought she had every key to every room in the house. Carolyn tells her that they need to get into the attic since "it must be there. We've looked everywhere else." They continue to try keys as Quentin takes a key ring out of his pocket and fingers a particular key while looking very concerned.

Quentin has returned to the old house and tells Barnabas about what has happened. Barnabas tells him that it will be sundown soon and that they can try to track down Anderson if he is active. "Perhaps if Roxanne returns to Collinwood, we can follow her at dawn if they are together," suggests Barnabas. Quentin says that he thinks Anderson is planning on returning to Collinwood himself. "How do you know that?" asks Barnabas. Quentin takes out his key ring and says "Because he's got the family looking for this. The key to the west wing attic... where my portrait is." Barnabas is surprised.