Episode 1397

Aired: Tuesday November 2, 1971

Quentin enters Nicholas house and calls for Maggie. He gets no answer, but then is surprised to find her sitting in Nicholas' living room. She is holding the music box, but Quentin only asks her why she didn't hear him. She says she must have been asleep. "It's all over now, Maggie. Nicholas is gone," he says. "Gone? Where did he go?" she asks. "He had to leave suddenly...." Quentin says. "I don't think he'll be back. I came to make sure you were all right and take you back to Collinwood." She looks thoughtfully at the music box and says "Collinwood.... yes, I should return there." Quentin wonders why she's acting strange.

After the titles, it's morning at Collinwood. The front door opens, and Roger enters, carrying some suitcases. He looks around for anyone for a moment, and following behind him is David, back from school. "Well, how does it feel to be home again?" Roger says. David says it feels fine, though he's also feeling hungry. "Well, there are a lot of people here who want to see you again," Roger says as Carolyn comes downstairs. She hugs David and asks him how school was. David said he liked the school a lot, though he's not sure if he wants to go back just yet. David goes into the drawing room with Carolyn and finds Liz and Alan inside. He runs to give Liz a hug, and then he shakes hands with Alan. "I'm glad you waited to have the wedding until I could get back here," David says. Alan tells David they couldn't have it without him. Liz tells David that there's someone else who has been waiting to see him. David turns to see Vicky standing in the doorway. "Vicky!" he yells, and runs to her. "They told me you came back!" She hugs David and says "They told you everything else too, didn't they?" David nods and says he always thought of her as a member of the family anyway. David asks where Quentin is, and Liz tells him that she doesn't know. Quentin comes in the front door with Maggie. Quentin asks her if she wants any help upstairs, but she says no as she looks around the foyer with a smile. Liz sees them and calls to them, but David runs past Vicky to Maggie and Quentin and greets them. Maggie seems aloof, and once she says hello to David, tells everyone she's very tired and starts to walk upstairs, playing the music box. David asks Quentin if anything is wrong with Maggie. Quentin says he doesn't know, but Vicky recognizes the melody from the music box.

David comes out of the door beneath the stairs with Quentin and Vicky and tells them "believe it or not, I really missed Mrs. Johnson's cooking up at school." Quentin laughs a little, and David asks Quentin "So, besides Vicky and Maggie coming back, did anything else happen while I was gone?" Quentin and Vicky look at each other a moment before Quentin says "Well, there was something else you should know about...." David wonders what, but Vicky tells him "You should talk to Barnabas. I think he should be the one to tell you. Someone else you know is back at Collinwood as well." David asks who, but Vicky tells David "I'd rather Barnabas told you. It... really is part of your gentleman's agreement." David thinks a moment before Quentin gives him a look that tells him that it's okay that Vicky knows the truth as well. We pan to Barnabas' portrait on the wall as we dissolve to Barnabas sitting at the Blue Whale. Harrison gets some drinks from the bar and brings them over to the table. "Well, I must say that if I hadn't originally seen your ghost in my time, I'd have thought I might be your reincarnation!" Harrison says. "Your story of traveling into the past to save Vicky from the gallows only to lose her to Peter Bradford makes me think we have similar destinies." Barnabas tells Harrison "I thought you should know, since after all, if we do have similar destinies, you should find someone else as I did. You should never give up hope" Harrison swirls his drink and says "Well, we're both definitely incurable romantics. I suppose it is a bit different for me. I only had a silent spirit to fall in love with. You knew a live woman before she faded into another time." Barnabas remarks "Perhaps when you return to your own time, things will be different for you. You won't have to fall in love with ghosts anymore." Harrison smiles and says "A part of me doesn't want to go...I'm so charmed by this time. Everything is so much simpler, quieter. I'm sure I could get used to some of the primitive amenities here." Barnabas answers "We really are alike... more in love with the past than the present." Harrison says "But I really must leave. I accomplished what I came here to do. I only want to see David before I go." Barnabas stands and says "Roger must have brought him home from school by now. Shall we go?" Harrison stands and says "Yes. It's time to go." Harrison takes a look around the Blue Whale before he and Barnabas leave.

Harrison and Barnabas arrive at Collinwood, and as they enter, David is coming down the stairs. "Barnabas!" David calls out. Barnabas says hello and asks him how school was. David says it was fine, and then says hello to Harrison. "Are you still visiting here, cousin Harrison?" Harrison says yes, but that he will be leaving soon. "After the wedding?" David says. Harrison looks at Barnabas a moment, and then says "Yes, right after, I think." David smiles and says "I bet you'll miss Collinwood once you're gone. I didn't think I would, but I really did." Harrison smiles and says "Did you? What did you miss about it?" David says "Well, I don't know about the house itself. I just missed everyone here. It feels really good to be back and see everyone again. I don't think I could be apart from them for very long." Harrison smiles and says "You'll always be with them now, David." Harrison excuses himself and starts to go upstairs. He takes a look at David and smiles before going into the hallway. David tells Barnabas "Vicky said I need to talk to you about something." Barnabas asks what, and David says "She said you'd tell me. Something about someone else coming back here to live." Barnabas knows what he means. Meanwhile upstairs, Harrison walks through the hallway and suddenly hears the music box playing. He follows the sound the Maggie's room, and finds her sitting inside listening to it. "Miss Evans?" he asks. "Are you all right? Quentin said you were feeling tired earlier." Maggie looks at him and says "I am fine...I am home now." Harrison thinks she's acting strange, but leaves the room as she goes on playing the music box. "I am home now....and I know who I am," she says with a smile.

Barnabas and David enter the old house. Barnabas tells David "Professor Stokes researched some ceremonies in the black arts. I had to try, David. I couldn't let her go on wandering..." He and David go upstairs. In Sarah's room, she is sleeping as Barnabas and David enter. David sees her and can't believe it. "Sarah! It is really her! She's not a ghost anymore!" Barnabas smiles and says "No, she is a child again." David looks at Barnabas and asks "But what if she remembers? She might give away who you are." Barnabas says "That's impossible. She had no memory of anything when she became alive again. As far as she knows, I am her uncle from England. That's all she needs to know." David nods, and then walks to Sarah. "Sarah?" he says softly. "Sarah, can you wake up?" Sarah starts to wake up, and then turns to see David. "Hello, Sarah," he says. "David!" she says. "You're back!" David says "Yes, Sarah. I'm back." Sarah then sees Barnabas standing near the door. "You came here with Barnabas? You shouldn't have done that, David!" she says. Barnabas says "Sarah, it's all right." Sarah says "But I didn't want David to know the secret!" David says "Sarah, it's okay. Barnabas and I are friends." Sarah says "Really?" Barnabas says yes, and tells Sarah she should resume her nap. David and Barnabas leave the room, and David says "She still knows all the same things she did before. That's not what you said." Barnabas says "I know.... I think she may be gaining back her memory." David asks "What will that mean?" Barnabas looks at David worried and says "I don't know."