An education of any sort didn't seem to be a requirement to be a governess at Collinwood. Vicki and Rachel Drummond seemed to be the only ones with any sort of teaching experience. Maggie and Daphne certainly did not have any educational background. And Phyllis Wick and Hortense are really only there as plot devices.

Betsy Durkin to come in and replace her on short notice.

Understand

Never got started

A quick Google search came up with a very impressive list of credits for Violet Welles as press representative for many Broadway and Off Broadway shows, both before and after her time on Dark Shadows. But imdb only lists a writing credit for DS. I wonder what other soaps she wrote for and if she only "ghosted" for Gordon Russell.

Organize a search party immediately!

If there ever was a governess, idiot or otherwise, who did know how to mind her own business, we certainly never saw her.

Thanks, MB!!!

No doubt that Joan Bennett would have played the story but I would have expected some extremely pithy comments afterwards.