And here's the novelization of the end of Scene 142. It's interesting that not only does it contain a bit more material than what's in DC's script's version, it also continues past Julia's exit from the drawing room:
Maggie and Jeff were left in the drawing room with Julia. Maggie moved to Jeff and in a low voice that Julia couldn't hear asked him, "May I ask why you were so rude to Barnabas?" In the same low tone Jeff said hotly, "I asked a per- fectly valid question. What's wrong with that?" "It was the way you asked it. Your tone of voice!" Julia watched them from the corner of her eye. She was aware that they were having a difference of opinion, but didn't say anything. She did not want to embarrass them and was still stunned about her discovery about Barn- abas. Jeff said, "Doesn't it strike you odd that none of us really knows anything about Barnabas Collins?" "I think we know enough," Maggie said. Jeff turned. "What about you, Doctor? How do you feel about it?" Julia pretended not to hear. Jeff addressed her in a louder voice. "Dr. Hoffman?" She pretended to hear him for the first time. "Yes?" "Are you feeling all right?" he asked with concern. "Why do you say that?" Julia inquired nervously. He stared at her. "You're pale. You're sure you're not ill?" "Very sure," she said. "Would you excuse me? I told Professor Stokes I'd come back and have another look at Todd." "Of course," Maggie said. "Thank you," she said with a forced smile and left the room. Jeff stared after her. "What do you make of that?" "Of what," Maggie wanted to know. He was indignant. "Surely you noticed! She suddenly seemed to have some sort of spell. I'd swear she is either ill or she was frightened by something." Maggie gave him a mocking look. "Another mystery! You see dark shadows everywhere lately." "I'm not imagining it!" he protested. "You're suspicious of Barnabas and suspicious of Julia," Maggie said with derision. "The next thing you'll be suspicious of me!" "I will be if you close your eyes to what is happening around here as you're doing now." She gave him a small smile. "I think I know what is wrong with you." "What?" "You're jealous of Barnabas! That's why you're sud- denly seeing mystery in everyone and everything! I thought you were more grown-up, Jeff!" Jeff became angry. "I suppose you think I'm just a boy now beside the mature charm of Cousin Barnabas. I think he's a jaded, cynical fraud." "You would!" she said scornfully. "I find him charm- ing!" Jeff glowered at her. "Then there's no use our discussing him. We'll never see him with the same eyes!"
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Whoa - what a scene that turns into after Julia leaves the room. It certainly tells us exactly what Jeff thinks about Barnabas in ways that are only hinted at in DC's script and ways that barely even appear in the film. Which brings up an interesting point about Jeff, which is what does Jeff actually do in 90% of his scenes in the film other than stand around? It isn't until the end of the film that he actually serves any purpose in the plot whatsoever. And that's because, just like so many of the other characters, some of his best stuff in the script or in previous versions of the script was either dropped in subsequent versions of the script, or left on the cutting room floor, or never shot at all. And considering what DC thought of RD, all that is a real surprise...
It's also going to be interesting when I get back to the shooting schedule to see if Maggie and Jeff's argument after Julia leaves the room is actually a separate scene on the shooting schedule. And the reason I say that is because the sequence that's coming up next in DC's script is broken up into two scenes when one wouldn't necessarily expect it to be - and that's quite like how we saw in the most recent chart I made from the shooting schedule that some remaining scenes were broken up into separate scenes to replace other scenes (like the ones outside and at the sheriff's office) that were dropped from the script...