Julia tells Barnabas that she had to tell Dave Woodard that she was treating him (B.). As proof that she handled Dave well, she also says (though she can't bring herself to look at Barnabas), To keep him off the scent I even told him that my interest in you was more than simply medical. How absurd, Barnabas exclaims with a laugh, while Julia does her best to hide her pain.
So I guess now we know for sure that Julia has fallen for Barnabas--hard.
Dave Woodard goes to Collinwood on the pretext of seeing David and giving him--what else?--a sedative. But why and where did he waste his first half hour in the house? Did he really give David a sedative after all?. In his search, he knocks something over. (As he opens dresser drawers and the wardrobe, we can see many of Grayson Hall’s Julia Hoffman outfits!) Out in the hallway, Mrs. Johnson is dusting (yes, in the middle of the night) a buffet on which rests [spoiler]the casket that a long time from now will contain the hand of Count Petofi.[/spoiler]
Dave finds the strongbox on top of a tall wardrobe and breaks the lock. A red leather "Dear Diary"-type journal is inside--and conveniently for Dave, so is the key. One quick look at the contents of the journal is enough to convince him to put the book in his raincoat pocket. The diary is not completely concealed. Why doesn’t he hide it in the medical bag he’s brought with him? He pulls the pocket flap down but it doesn't stay down. Later, in the foyer, when he meets Barnabas and Julia, the incriminating pocket is out of our view, but the others would have been able to see the red diary sticking out.
Barnabas and Julia are finally alone in her bedroom. But as we know, unfortunately, no one ever has sex on this show, even when they're alone together in a bedroom.[spoiler] [Bramwell and Catherine weren't even a gleam in any writer's eye at this point.][/spoiler] But that's beside the point, because Julia's strongbox is empty….
