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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #283 (1967) - Vicki - 'I want to put those flowers on her grave. It's something I feel I MUST do!'
From "#0283/0284: Robservations 12/13/01: Julia Gets a Glimmer"
When Burke comes to Collinwood to pick up Vicki, she's in the drawing room, listening to the music box. He invites her for a ride to Bangor and dinner (pretending to sell magazines, as I recall). I'd love to, says Vicki, but first I want to place flowers on a friend's grave. He assumes she's referring to Maggie, but Vicki tells him it's Josette.Burke isn't pleased with the idea. She invites him in and shows him her gift from Barnabas. Collinwood is getting to you, says Burke, and your extreme interest in the past isn't healthy. Josette has done good things for me, protests Vicki, and I'm going to the cemetery with or without you. Burke gives in and agrees to join her.
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We're back to the Robservations that have very little detail and one that once again barely references the quote. So, what actually happens in the part of the scene around which the quote appears is that after Vicki plays the music box for Burke and says that when she plays it she feels that Josette is very nearby and very near to her, Burke rudely slams the music box shut and says how he can't believe that a "sensible, intelligent girl" like Vicki appears to really believe in "the Collins spooks." "Don't call her that," protests Vicki. But Burke goes on to opine that the house is really getting to her and how she's suddenly talking like all the legends about Collinwood are really true and that's not right. Vicki adamantly says that maybe it's wrong but she can't help feeling close to Josette, to which Burke responds that being attracted to a legend is one thing but it's another thing to treat it as fact. He then says they shouldn't go to Josette's grave because it will only encourage Vicki to think about her more and maybe to believe in her more and that's not good for Vicki. And after Burke says it's not a good idea for him to take Vicki, she then determinedly states that she'll go by herself. And after Burke questions if it means that much to her, Vicki says that right or wrong it's Josette's birthday and someone should do something to remember it. She then follows that with today's quote. And to that Burke agrees to take her if she's that determined, but only for a moment because afterward they're going to go for a nice long drive and have a nice dinner. Vicki readily agrees to that deal and leaves the room to get ready. But Burke hardly looks happy with the deal they've made.