Between the time that Maggie hurries down the corridor, following Sarah's flute, and her arrival on the beach below Widows' Hill, her robe has become tattered--though her long, perfectly applied false eyelashes are still intact.
At last, Barnabas is cheated of his prey. But poor Maggie's mind has been broken, and she reverts to childhood in sheer self-defense. She recognizes her "papa" but doesn't recognize poor Joe, who is devastated.
Sam tells the doctor about the little girl named Sarah who told him where to find Maggie. Although Maggie has never heard the little girl's name (why didn't they introduce themselves?), she murmurs, Sarah. Then she puts the doll next to her and even lets Joe hold it for a moment.
Doc Woodard's heart is in the right place, but his plan seems pretty drastic--he's taking his career in his hands by faking Maggie's death. He tells Sam and Joe, "I want to send Maggie to a nursing home called Wyndcliff, about a hundred miles north, he tells them. It’s run by Dr. JULIA Hoffman. You remember--I was going to show her Maggie’s blood sample before it was stolen." [That was back when Dr. Hoffman was “one of the best men in the field”!] Yes!!!
Sarah's flute version of "London Bridge" is the first of many times that music plays a major part in a story. We've already had the various iterations of Laura's portrait (plus Burke's, and Vicki's double, not to mention Barnabas's). What soap--or any other TV show--would bring music and art into the story now?
