The unnamed doctor preserves his life by making only this one house call and prescribing a sedative for Barnabas. But the bite marks convince him that Natalie is right and that Barn caught the plague from a passing rat in town. Please say nothing about this, and let him stay here, Natalie implores the doctor. We don’t want to set off a panic in the town. But we must tell the rest of the family, she adds, effectively steamrolling Angelique.
Barn is already starting to sense that he is changing.
Josette finds the Collins Family History. Opening it, she reads in astonishment that it was published in 1965 in Bangor, Maine. Natalie exclaims, But Bangor is in Massachusetts! Josette turns to the page that shows a photo of her portrait, but the photo doesn't faze her a bit.