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My name is Victoria Winters.

In the short time I've been here, Collinwood has made me a part of its

strangeness.

Strangeness that seems to reach out and touch everyone and everything that lives

within its walls.

For the past can be a prison, not only for me, but for others.

For all those driven by fears of the future.

I'd like Mr. Devlin's room, please.

Thank you.

Hello, Burke.

This is Bill Malloy.

I don't know if I'm fine or not.

I want to come up to talk to you.

That's right now. I'm in the...

Afternoon, Liz. Bill.

Hope I'm not disturbing you.

I was just putting away some tea things.

I think they can wait.

I've got a few things I want to discuss.

We've already talked this morning. Liz, this is a lot more important than

cleaning a teapot.

If I use your phone, you can look over these papers. They need your signature.

Just the usual contract.

Hello, this is Miss Malloy.

Let me speak to my secretary, please.

Alice, I'm at Mrs. Stoddard's place.

Probably be here for another half hour or so if anything comes up.

Right.

They raised the price five cents a hundred cans of sardines and they took

Is that why you came to see me?

To talk about the price of sardines?

I manage a business for you, Liz. Have to keep you informed. I'll just sign

them. Bill, I could have signed these any time. You didn't have to make a

special trip.

Might as well get them done.

What about Burke Devlin?

He up.

What's he up to?

I saw Burke last night.

Did you know that?

Did you talk to him?

Yep.

Why didn't you tell me when you called this morning?

I wanted to think about it, Liz.

Some of the things he said.

Wanted to see him again.

So I went to his hotel just before I come here.

Called Burke on the house phone.

He refused to see me.

Probably doesn't respect age and wisdom.

Hello, Bill.

How are things at the fish factory?

Swimming along, Princess. Just swimming along.

Mother, did you call me? A couple of minutes ago, dear, but it wasn't

Was it about Vicki?

Did you talk to her?

Later, Carolyn, not now. Bill and I have some business matters to discuss.

By the name of Burke Devlin.

Tell me, Bill, what is this enemy of ours like?

Well, you ought to know, Princess.

You met him.

Me? Mm -hmm.

At the Blue Whale last night.

He told me he broke up a fight and sent you home.

Was that the man?

I had no idea. That was the man, Carolyn. Now, please.

Oh, sure.

You know, it's a funny thing.

I've been hearing nothing but Berg Devlin's name around here for the past

days until it's up to here.

But with all of it, there's one thing no one ever mentioned.

What's that, Frances?

How good -looking he is.

Out, like your mother says.

Aye, aye, sir.

Getting prettier every day.

When is she and young Joe Haskell going to get married?

What about Burke? You said you saw him last night.

You ought to get her out of this house, Liz.

The sooner the better, and you know it.

It's bad enough you bury yourself, but a young girl like that living in this

tomb? Don't you think I know it?

Don't you think I want her to leave?

Then do something about it.

Liz, things are going to start happening in this house. I'm telling you.

And that girl is going to see dreams, ghosts that she never even knew existed.

There are no ghosts here.

You can say that?

You who haven't set foot off this hill in 18 years?

That has nothing to do with it.

Every year that goes by, Liz, every year you hope the ghosts will be pushed

further and further back until they're hidden so deep they don't matter no

But a ghost won't die, Liz.

And Burke Devlin's come back to Collinsport, and you ought to get that

of the house.

Burke can't do her any harm.

Maybe not, Liz.

Maybe not.

But when a man's set in prison as long as he did, and is filled with as much

hate... Burke went to prison because he committed a crime.

Did he?

Yes.

Are you saying you're not afraid of him?

Yes.

Liz, I like you.

I think you're the greatest woman on the face of this earth.

Why?

Because I'm not afraid of Burt Devlin? Because you plant your feet firm on the

deck when a gale blows.

Because you hold your head up high and damn the devil. Because you don't know

how to run scared.

We'll stop them.

You and me.

No matter what Burt tries to do.

Still keeping the door locked?

It's a habit.

And a good one around this place.

Am I disturbing you?

No, I was just writing a letter.

Seems every time I pop in here, you're writing a letter.

You must be loaded with friends back home.

I have a few.

Did you want something special?

Did you know it's a hundred feet from the edge of the cliff out there down to

the water?

Carolyn. Did you also know that three people have killed themselves by jumping

off that cliff?

There was Joseph, the wife of the madman who built this place.

And a couple of others.

Come to think of it, they were governesses.

Just like you.

What are you trying to do? Frighten me again?

The legend goes, Miss Winters, that the body of a third governess will be found,

huddled and broken, at the foot of Yonder Cliff.

Thanks. Thanks a big bunch.

Just trying to bring you up to date so you'll have a few more stories for the

kiddies. When you go back to that foundling home of yours.

Now, just what makes you think I'm going back?

The way my mother came tearing up here to see you after you came back from

Don't tell me she didn't fire you.

No, she didn't.

Even though you checked on her story?

Well, mother's slipping, Vicki.

Unless she just intends to push you off that cliff someday.

I doubt that.

Oh, don't doubt anything around this place.

That's the first warning I've ever given you.

When the wind howls, the shutters creak, and the ghosts walk.

Am I frightening you?

No.

Oh, Vicki, why can't I be as brave as you are?

Oh, I can walk into a room and kid around and say, Aye, aye, sir, to Bill

Malloy. Smile a pretty smile, but...

Vicki, it's all phony.

All of it.

Inside, I'm scared silly.

Of what?

I hate this place. I hate everything about it.

But when I get the chance to leave, I just don't have the courage. What

Joe Haskell was here again today.

Asked me to marry him for the umpteenth time.

Vicki, I love Joe.

But as soon as he mentions marriage...

sets in, I start to shake.

Don't worry. You've got lots of time to think about marriage.

But I'm afraid it's not ever going to change, Vicki.

And that's what I'm really afraid of.

Just listen to me.

Oh, cry on the shoulder, Carolyn.

Well, turn me off or throw me out, will you?

Well, it's not very easy to do either one.

Oh, it's a cinch. Just... Just talk about something else.

Tell me about Burt Devlin.

Hmm?

Greatest therapy in the world.

From everything I've heard, he's about as different from Joe Haskell as anybody

could be.

I know you've only met him once. That's not true.

I saw him today.

We had coffee together.

You did?

Well, tell me about him.

What's he really like?

I don't think he's really vicious, Liz. I mean, not basically.

But he's a bitter man and an angry one.

And hungry.

And you think he's dangerous?

Liz, he was a hungry man ten years ago before all the trouble began.

I think if he could, he would have grabbed the world ten minutes after he

born.

I understand he's wealthy now.

It's in your head, Liz, whether you're wealthy or not.

And the way I have him figured, until Burke Devlin owns the Collins fishing

fleet and the Collins cannery and the Collins house, he's going to consider

himself a poor man.

And that's just what I think you're going to have to face.

You expecting anyone, Liz?

No.

You want me to go with you?

Of course not, Kim.

This is still my house.

Hello, this is Mr. Malloy again.

Do you happen to know if Mr. Collins is there?

Well, go ahead and check. I'll wait.

Who was it?

No one.

But we heard.

Okay, but if he comes in, ask him to call me.

I'm at his sister's house. Right.

What do you mean, no one? I heard someone knock.

There was no one there, Bill.

And one of my favorite teacups was shattered.

How'd that happen?

Poltergeist, of course.

Evil Mr.

Just the spirits.

Collingwood is famous for its ghosts, you know.

Except this one is nine years old and is named David.

This teacup was broken and no one was at the door.

And I'm delighted.

Liz, you're not making any sense.

It was David, not Burke.

We both thought it was Burke, didn't we?

Well, yes.

All of your talk, Bill, about hungry men, ambitions, and all the rest of it.

suddenly realized I was terrified.

When I heard that knock for a moment, I didn't want to move. You were just

surprised, that's all.

Frightened.

I can't live that way, Bill.

Burt Devlin is just a man who's come back to Collins.

And I'm not going to worry, wonder, and plan until I'm sure, absolutely sure,

that he means us no harm.

Are you saying you're not going to do anything?

I am going to be Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.

And I'm not going to jump at every sound and tremble at every whisper. You mean

you're not going to do anything. You're just going to sit here and do nothing

just the way you have for the last 18 years.

You'd better go back to the factory, Bill.

If you think I'm going to apologize for what I said, you're wrong.

Liz, I've been worrying about you for so long, it's like a habit.

And I don't want to see you trying to ignore Burke Devlin because I tell you

he's a dangerous man.

But he sounds marvelous.

Oh, Mickey, I wish I'd been there with you.

Well, I wouldn't say marvelous is the word. He's charming and very direct and

little frightening.

In what way?

Well... We'd be talking, and he'd be telling me stories about when he used to

live here in Collinsport.

All the time, underneath, he'd be asking me questions.

About whom?

About your mother and your Uncle Roger, mostly about your uncle.

Did he ask about me?

No. Are you sure?

Carolyn, why the sudden interest in Burke Devlin?

Why not?

Mother's interested in him. Uncle Roger certainly is.

From the minute you mentioned his name around this place, it was like someone

had thrown a bomb.

And maybe a good bomb is what we all need.

Carolyn!

It'd sure be a lot better than worrying about whether or not to marry Joe

Haskell. Carolyn, are you upstairs?

What is it, Mother?

Bill's leaving. He wants to see you before he goes.

I'll be right down.

Vicki, do you know that... Burke Devrin threatened to paddle me last night.

I didn't even know it was him until just a minute ago.

I bet he would have done it, too.

That's hardly a recommendation.

Maybe not.

But a man like that is worth a second look, don't you think?

If you'll finish your letter, I'll mail it in town for you.

Oh, come on. What's one more person?

Well, she won't get in your way, and it'll be fun for Jenny.

You stop worrying about money, her mother will pay for the whole thing.

I thought that would settle it for you.

I'll let you know as soon as I'm sure.

All right. Goodbye.

Take her.

You're wasting your time, Bill.

She won't go.

Then it's up to you and me to talk her into it. Liz, you know it's the right

thing to do.

Maybe she should go out of town at least until... But I know she won't. Well,

why are you so all fired sure about everything?

It's a great trip. She'll see the country. What girl wouldn't jump at

know my daughter.

Well, then where is she? I have to get back to the office.

All set?

Just about.

Don't worry about a stamp. I'll pick one up at the hotel.

Hold the fork.

And remember, stay away from the end of that cliff.

Carolyn!

What are you going to do?

town. Pick up a few things, see a few friends.

Why? Why are you going to the hotel?

To get a stamp for your letter.

Are you sure that's the only reason?

What is this, Vicki? An inquisition?

I don't want you to do anything foolish.

I'll try my best.

See you.

Carolyn, wait a minute.

Now what?

Want to get a stamp?

Now you won't have to go to the hotel at all.

Anything else?

Yeah, Princess, a trip.

And believe me, you'll really be doing my niece a favor.

She's been planning this thing with her daughter for a long time, but she's been

trying to get me to get someone to go along with her, you know, to keep her

daughter company.

And to keep me far away from Collinsport.

That's it, isn't it? A wonderful chance for you, darling.

Who's chasing me?

Burke Devlin?

I... Told you, Princess, it has nothing to do with anything but my niece and her

daughter and... Whose idea was it, Bill?

Yours or Mother's? Does it matter, Carolyn?

Yes, because I'd like to know which one of you is scared to have me around now

that Burt Devlin is in town. Well, that has nothing to do with it. My niece just

wants to... You and Mother have a big conference about Burt Devlin, and

I'm offered a trip.

Well, I'm not all that delicate, Bill, and no one has to wrap me in a cocoon

hide me away.

What do you think you'll miss, the fireworks?

Bill. Don't say it, Liz. Don't tell me again there's nothing wrong.

It was my idea, Carolyn, because I know Devlin, and I know there'll be trouble,

and I don't see anything wrong in trying to spare you some of it. How do you

know I can't help? Oh, come on, Princess. You don't know anything about

maybe somebody ought to tell me, because I think maybe I can help.

You're stubborn, Princess.

Stubborn as your mother.

I guess you were right, Liz.

Can't do a thing with her.

Yes, you can.

You can give me a lift into town.

And don't worry about me, Mother.

Remember, I was brought up in this house.

And that makes me an expert at fighting goblins.

Mr. Devlin's room, please.

Mr. Devlin, this is Carolyn Stoddard.

That's right.

I'm in the hotel lobby, and I was wondering if I could come up to see you.

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