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[spoiler]Friday's quote:
Ep #760 (1897) - Barnabas - 'There MUST be no fire or flame in the house this evening. All fireplaces, oil lamps, candles and stoves MUST be extinguished.'
From "Robservations 1/9/03 - #760-761 - Died By Fire"
Barnabas paces the drawing room. Edward comes in and asks if Laura has come downstairs, then assures him that the children are safely hidden from her. I should have known she was plotting something, he says--why else to come back to Collinwood?--doing something to the children would hurt me the most--Laura can look for them, but she won't find them. She has unusual powers at her command, warns Barnabas. I can't buy that, says Edward--she's disturbed and dangerous, but supernatural powers?--absurd! Take me word for it, says Barn, and be prepared--her powers are weakening, but she's desperate and has little time and will use what powers she has to communicate with the children. How, if she doesn't know where they are? asks Edward. Take precautions, cautions Barn--no fire or flames anywhere this evening--extinguish everything, but use electricity wherever possible. Absurd, insists Edward, but allows Barnabas to do what he suggested.
Again the Robservations paraphrases the quote but manages to get the main points across...