Finally getting back to conclude Scene 188:
After Barnabas recovers from having to, shall we say, strongly persuade Willie to leave the room, he delivers the line that's added to DC's script -
"Maggie, I have something for you." - and he gets up as she wonders -
- what he's talking about - and after going to a table and picking up the music box -
- and turning to look in Maggie's direction in -
- anticipation, Barnabas brings the music box to Maggie and says -
"I want you to have this."
- exactly as scripted - but, as the camera begins a slow truck in on them, Maggie actually reacts by simply saying -
"Oh, Barnabas, it's beautiful."
- without asking what it is or Barnabas telling her to open it to see because, given that both are crossed out in the script, they're dropped from the scene - so what does actually happen after Maggie's remark is that, as she opens the music box and it plays, Barnabas delivers September 17th's quote by explaining -
"It belonged to Josette Du Pres. It was given to her by my
namesake -- just before she died." - but after being surprised and -
- touched by that info, Maggie doesn't protest with "Barnabas, it's a very thoughtful thing for you to do -- but I would think you would want to keep it", as she does in the script because that's all dropped - and Barnabas doesn't bring up the Josette's portrait because he already has earlier in the scene - so, instead, things jump to the end of the scene as scripted and Maggie turns to the music box and gratefully says -
"I'll always treasure it." - with the "Barnabas" dropped.