Julia tries to leave the Old House in order to hypnotize Maggie, but Adam appears at the front door. With heavy irony, he orders Julia back into the drawing room and thanks Willie for making it possible for Carolyn to provide the life force. Now that we’re all here, Adam says, let’s go down together. Willie starts upstairs, Adam argues with him, Willie goes upstairs anyway. Adam says coldly, This house is full of liars. Barnabas tries to delay the experiment again, but Adam only gets angrier. He decides he’ll go upstairs for Carolyn and orders Barnabas and Julia to come. “Please,” he says with heavy sarcasm, noting, Professor Stokes told me that a gentleman never forgets his manners, even under great stress. Willie emerges on the landing with the rifle. (We actually see the landing at the top of the stairs for the first time since Sarah, wearing her favorite blue dress, watched her big brother’s costume party long ago!) Barnabas and Julia and Adam have to remind Willie that Adam and Barnabas are linked. Adam comes up and easily gets the gun away from him. Barnabas tries to get Julia out of the house, but Adam aims the gun at her and tells her, No, Julia. My mate will be the first one outside that door, and I will follow her.
