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« on: February 19, 2022, 04:15:01 PM »
Bob, you raise some interesting points about the family roughing it at The Old House. While I have no doubt that Elizabeth appreciated the offer from Barnabas to stay there, the accommodations were unlikely to be awarded the coveted five diamond award from AAA.
While it was long established that Collinwood had an abundance of bedrooms, it is somewhat vague as to how many there are at the Old House. Enough for Barnabas and Willie? Sure. But enough for Elizabeth, Roger, Julia, Carolyn, Amy, David, Maggie, Mrs. Johnson and Harry? Wasn't there some reference to Maggie being assigned to Josette's room? Maybe Barnabas is still associating her with Josette on some level? Maggie may have been promoted to head ingenue but the prime bedroom probably should have gone to Elizabeth, though Mrs. Stoddard would have been too gracious to bring that to anyone's attention. And David is supposed to be near death. Did anyone suggest that he might be better off in a hospital? With a nurse or two? Or possibly life support equipment, if necessary? Yeah, that generator might have been okay for a few days but that kid really needed to be in a hospital! And did Julia leave any instructions as to David's Healthcare when she decided to pop off to 1897 for an extended stay? The dialog states that David could die "tonight", so shouldn't his personal physician made some sort of arrangement for David's situation?
The plumbing facilities at The Old House are perhaps best left unexplained. I'm thinking that they might have used chamber pots. I think that Willie and Mrs. Johnson would have passed the maintenance of said chamber pots on to Harry. Which may well explain why Harry vanished so abruptly.