Burke is sent to his room by Patterson.

 

Elizabeth did get in a good zinger when Burke said he could buy Collinwood: You'd do better in invest your money in learning the rudiments of common courtesy!

I love Elizaeth's self-possession as she entertains the man who could very well destroy everything she cares about. But until that happens, she is still the Mistress of Collinwood and courteously offers her guest tea. This may be the first time Burke has actually spoken with Elizabeth. To make conversation, she asks him about his travels, and he is disconcerted by her calm assurance. (Neither of them is disconcerted that an overhead mike can be seen to the left and casts a large shadow on the wall at the right, or that she calls him “Roger” at one point.) Elizabeth is so much the Mistress of Collinwood that the fact that she herself has to make the tea only enhances the effect of her innate poise and self-confidence.

And by the time Vicki arrives and asks Burke what he's doing at Collinwood, he's so completely disarmed that all he can say is, I'm not exactly sure--I think I'm having tea.

It's a measure of his homeless, wandering life that by the end of the episode he tells Elizabeth, I've never felt so at home as I do here at Collinwood.

It doesn't help that he's falling for Vicki either.

A "Lot 249"-type story would have been fun! If Desmond could bring back the head of Judah Zachery from the mysterious Far East, surely some other Collins must have thought of bringing back a mummy. 

Miss Winthrop, I entirely agree. Even though I didn't see the show until it was syndicated in the 1980s and my days as an impressionable teen were far behind me, I was totally bowled over, especially by that voice!

The beginning, at least, of your scenario sounds more like The Shop Around the Corner than a spy story.  But I can see where you're going with it.

Vicki may be incredibly naive and way too talkative, but she is totally unintimidated by Roger, even when (or maybe) because he grabs her by the arm to make her talk to him. All Sam can do is waffle about how meaningless life is.

No wonder nobody ever eats on this show. The dinner conversation is enough to ruin anyone's appetite.

Poor Mr. Wells, hanging out at the reception desk, gossiping to his heart's content. Too bad we didn't get to see Maggie giving him the letter.

This is still only day 4 or day 5, right? So it might not have occurred to Sam earlier that Vicki looks like someone he knew 20 years ago. Besides, he's had a lot of other stuff on his mind. Maybe he had the picture in deep storage, so it's possible Maggie had never seen it before.