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Carolyn stands beside her mother's coffin, thinking over what Maggie told her about no one being able to return from the dead. Carolyn, crying, clasps her face and moans. I must go on believing you'll be with us again, she tells herself.In her coffin, Liz, eyes closed, tells Carolyn, "I AM alive, and must find a way to tell you--you're in terrible danger!" "Good night, Mother," says Carolyn. Liz wonders why she can't make herself heard. Silently, she begs Carolyn to stay with her. Turning away from the door as if she'd heard something, Carolyn dismisses it and leaves the cute little tomb they built for Liz. The werewolf is in the woods, prowling, growling.[/spoiler]
it's Judith. She expresses her condolences and offers help in his loss. He apologizes for being startled at seeing her there--I should have known a woman of your high character would respond to anther's grief. I didn't know Minerva well, begins Judith. She wasn't easy to know, says Trask, bowing his lying head--but she was a devoted wife and good woman. I felt that the first time I met her, agrees Judith. Choking up, Trask says, that's very kind of you--I tried to be brave about this, because it's what Minerva would have wanted, but it's so difficult. I understand perfectly, she assures him. She was his strength, sighs Trask, my whole reason for being, and her passing has left a void which may be impossible to fill... Judith, her hand on his arm, says, Minerva would be the first one to tell you your life must go on. He covers her hand and tells Judith, you knew Minerva better than you thought you did--my life must go on, he agrees, but what of the school?--what will become of it without Minerva? The school still has you, points out Judith. No, dear lady, he says, at best I'm a competent administrator, but Minerva was the driving force, the life blood of this institution, and without her, the future seems very bleak. With all due respect, says Judith, I don't believe that--I have faith in you, and the future of your school. "Miss Collins," he says, taking her hands, "I am not deserving of such faith." (Or much else!)[/spoiler]
Sabrina rises from her chair and tells Sky, I think you friend Nicholas has forgotten you. This pisses off Sky, who asks, what do you mean? I don't hear them, they must have gone away, says Sabrina. Nicholas promised to speak to me, says Sky--you just sit and relax.[/spoiler]
He unlocks the door and finds the outer room empty--except for Angelique, who taunts, "From tycoon to lackey--my, how the mighty are fallen." (A favorite line of many, including me.) She grins at him.Though not so classic for Lara Parker as in a piece she wrote for The DS Companion she confused the wording of the taunt and thought she delivered it to Nicholas!! )
I drove my parents crazy watching night after night of Strangers On A Train.
We see the sisters face to face now, Angelique stripping off the long, white gloves she wears in her portrait as Alexis holds her coat closed in abject fear. The dead cannot live again, insists Alexis. "They can, to help the living," insists Angelique--how my body remained preserved, that will remain my secret, but I always knew that my spirit would never die, that someday someone would have to come and open my casket, and all that would be needed was the touch of a human hand--you gave me that! The warmth of your touch brought the life back into my body!" Angelique is stunning, exultant, but Alexis still doesn't believe it. That's what's happening now, and of course you don't believe it, mocks Angelique, but it is happening--you can feel that, can't you? It's so cold, whispers Alexis. And you will become colder, and colder, until all the warmth is gone from your body and you die! promises Angelique--I must have your warmth to sustain myself! No! protests Alexis. "Keep looking into my eyes, Alexis," commands Angelique. No, please! begs her sister. "You cannot resist me--you will keep looking into my eyes!" cries Angelique. "NO, I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" screams Alexis. Your time has come, says Angelique cruelly, and you must face it, you must accept it, you have only a few moments left, and in that time, you're going to tell me all I need to know before we change places. Change places? asks the shivering Alexis. You will take my place in the coffin, says Angelique, advancing on her sister, and I will take yours at Collinwood. NOOOOO! howls Alexis futilely.[/spoiler]
Thunder rolls and lightning flashes overhead as Trask returns to stand outside the tomb