Nicholas opens the front door when Stokes arrives at the Great House, but open war hasn't yet been declared. Nicholas takes Stokes by surprise (temporarily), asking if Stokes knows someone named Adam. But Stokes quickly recovers and replies blandly, I once knew a man by that name--a missionary married to a woman named Eve. They lacked humor, he continues, and a humorless man is an incomplete one.
Carolyn tells Stokes about her growing discomfort over Adam. Stokes is alarmed when she mentions having to bribe Harry and is completely at a loss when Carolyn tells him that Adam is falling in love with her. But he tells her that his house is too dangerous to keep Adam there.
Stokes and Adam have a nice reunion, even though Adam is disappointed that he can't go "home" with the professor.
n coming downstairs, Stokes finds Julia. As usual, she asks, Do you know where Adam is? As he sits at a table in the drawing room where a chessboard has been set up, Stokes replies, Before I tell you where Adam is, I want more information about him from you. First of all, What did Barnabas Collins actual dream as the intended victim of the dream curse? What was the point of return? Julia can tell him safely, The point of return was the Old House. She adds, I found him lying just outside the front door, dead--apparently of a heart attack. Not much escapes Stokes’s notice. He comments, I know you failed to report Barnabas's death to the police as you should have done. I suspect you were following Barnabas's own orders--that he wanted to be buried in an unmarked grave in the woods because he was afraid the dream curse would bring him a horrible or perhaps shameful death. Julia has all she can do to hide her reaction to Stokes’s shrewd guesses. Stokes continues, I also know that Adam's appearing to suffocate in the root cellar was more than just a wild coincidence. What is the connection between Adam and Barnabas? I’ve told you all I can, Julia protests, but it’s nowhere near enough for Stokes. Then I’m afraid I can’t help you, he answers bluntly. In fact Stokes leaves her with a few more things to ponder: I know that Adam was artificially created from body parts by Eric Lang, that Barnabas is somehow responsible for Adam’s creation, and that Barnabas did something that has caused Adam to hate him. (He learned most of this from Jeff Clark when he was under hypnosis and guessed the rest.) Then he calmly departs, leaving Julia shocked speechless (although he still is ignorant of the true nature of said connection).
Frontal nudity! Nicholas summons the ghosts of two men whose bodies were descretated to create Adam.
