Cassandra said:
I feel that poor Julia is probably finding it hard to really accept what he's saying as sincere.
I agree. Remember all the sweet words Barnabas said to Julia prior to Vicki's trip to 1795, how he made her blush like a schoolgirl because he was trying to get something out of her (i.e, telling her that Woodard wasn't first in her class, SHE was)? Then after Sarah rejected him, he told her, viciously, that he meant none of it.
I'd be extremely wary hearing anything kind at all from a man who has used my love for him against me in the past. While what Barnabas said were words of appreciation, they weren't the words she longed to hear, and if she didn't believe him sincere, that he was "appreciating" her because of the experiment, then I'd take off, too, before I burst into tears and allowed my emotions to betray me.
Love, Robin