Completely unaware that Carolyn was in Barnabas' power, Vicki thought it quite odd to find Carolyn appearing as though in a trance, staring up at the 'original' Barnabas' portrait, and murmuring..."Mirror, mirror on the wall, will he remember his lines a'tall?"

...stolen her most prized possession: her complete collection of numerous artist's renditions of "Our Love is Here to Stay", the Jimmy Dorsey band being her favorite.

...in a chest in the Old House's basement, because it contained the book, "How to Memorize Dialogue in Six Easy Lessons", something Barnabas absolutely abhorred!

Is English grammar even taught in school anymore? I am very grateful, (though not at the time) that I had the English grammar teacher from hell who drummed adjectives, adverbs, predicates, etc into my skull. I am currenty taking an on line refresher course and doing very well, if I do say so myself.
My better half insists that my grasp of good grammar comes from watching old movies. She may be right. Although I do have a nasty tendency to moider the English language, on purpose, of course.

...admitting to the sheriif that her mother's clothes were way too psychedelic and that she had hoped Joe would like to wear them.

David became beyond scared when he overheard Old Man Curtis in the drawing room because he was saying he's finished as an actor!!!

After pondering the question thoroughly, Carolyn came to the conclusion there could only be one possible answer: 42.

Huh?