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Drawing room - As Naomi and Ben stand in as witnesses, Barnabas and Angelique are married in a simple ceremony, with the groom saying a solemn "I do". He places a ring on her finger, the minister declares them husband and wife, and the reluctant bridegroom plants a chaste kiss on his wife's mouth. The minister offers his best wishes; Naomi kisses Barnabas and tells him to love Angelique, and Barnabas heartily calls Ben to get champagne. Bland takes his leave, saying, "I didn't expect to be this long, as delightful as it was." Barnabas closes the door after him, leaning against it for a moment as though he wishes he could disappear along with the Reverend Bland. He has had enough! Looking like a condemnded man heading for the gallows, Barnabas returns to the festivities. Angelique is telling Naomi she wishes there had been some flowers, and Naomi wishes she'd sent some over. She tells Barnabas the wedding was beautiful and she's very happy. He says he is, too, but not very convincingly.
Willie and Maggie hear Barnabas heading back to the basement. He reminds her to let him do the talking. Willie tries to convince Barnabas how good Maggie was, but Barnabas says she's going to her grave as common old Maggie Evans.
And I suspect getting the screen capture for this quote is the first time I've ever played Ep #251 on DVD because I'm pretty sure I had no idea that before Act 1 there's a summary of the previous week's eps. Not having been watching DS yet back in June of 1967, I didn't see Ep #251 when it was originally aired
I did look up the Sci-Fi Channel broadcast and discovered something interesting though not altogether pleasing for anyone who doesn't have the DVDs and is relying solely on their Sci-Fi tapes for the eps. Not only are the announcement made during the theme and the summary missing, but also Barnabas' first line of dialogue for Act 1. On the DVD (and presumably on Volume 50 of the Collector's Series VHS), Act 1 of Ep #251 opens with Barnabas saying, "You still haven't answered my question. What were you doing with this tool?" Whereas Sci-Fi's version opens with Barnabas simply asking, "What were you doing with this tool?" But we can just add that to so many of the other things that were changed or dropped when Sci-Fi ran DS.