Hi Buzz, my understanding from the dialogue in the shows is that Barnabas "dallied" with Angelique WHILE he was courting Josette. Behavior that was only slightly less tacky in the world of the upper-class Eighteenth Century landed gentry than it is today...
I attended a Halloween party on Saturday evening and at one point, the hosts (who had the TV on with one of the Donald Pleasance Halloween films rolling) played the infamous "Zuni Fetish Doll" segment of Trilogy of Terror, with the volume off. Even so the TV became the focal point of the party for those twenty minutes. People were screaming and carrying-on to beat the band. It was a hoot! I'd forgotten just how much eyeliner Karen Black wore in that segment. And those eyelashes looked like loo-brush bristles! Talk about a shocker!
G.