Thanks again, WP!
Ooh, I just love the atmospheric 40s-movie feeling of this episode. The imperfect sound contributes perfectly to it. And Clarice Blackburn fits right into that atmosphere. Gosh, lines and lines of exposition, and she never stumbles, and makes it look seem just the normal ramblings-on of a busybody. I'd like to fall down at her feet and worship her.
I guess the Collinses don't believe in locking the stable door after the horse is stolen: I don't remember the mausoleum ever being locked up again. And does anybody have any idea what happened to the Secret between 1897 and 1967? At this point, Barnabas hadn't yet gone skibbling through time changing things here there and everywhere, so Edith surely told Edward, and Edward should have told Jamison, and Jamison should have told Roger or Elizabeth - and if they pooh-poohed it in the good old-fashioned Collins way, all Jamison had to do would be to drag them out to Eagle Hill Cemetery (5 miles north of Collinwood, it was noted in today's episode) during the daytime and ask, "So how is it that this body is in a perfect state of preservation despite the fact that the man is dead?" And Roger or Elizabeth - whichever it is - says, "Oh, but it was Dr. Hoffman that declared the man dead, so he's really alive. Nice try, Dad, but you can't fool me." And so the Secret is lost.
According to Liz, Collinsport offers very little in the way of entertainment.
I'm reminded of Judith offering Quentin a large sum of money - $1,000? $5,000? I can't remember exactly - to leave, and Quentin telling Judith, "I could spend all that money in just one night - even in Collinsport."
As for Barnabas waiting so long to call out his name - I thought it a little odd myself. Appropriately melodramatic, but odd. I can't remember if we actually see Mrs. Johnson going up the stairs, but I imagine her taking her time about it - always worn out with the endless work of tidying up after the Collinses - so I think she would have still been around to hear what Barnabas said.
