Well, Carolyn only fainted during the experiment--but that was some faint! Anyway, Nicholas used his powers to bring her back.
Adam and Carolyn have their last moments together. Adam is overjoyed to see that Carolyn survived the experiment unharmed. Carolyn offers to be a part of the experiment once more. Adam is moved by her willingness to place herself in such danger for him a second time, but (evidently on Nicholas’s instructions) tells her, I have found someone else. After the experiment, I will be leaving forever. Then I’ll never see you again! Carolyn exclaims in dismay. Carolyn, please think of me sometimes, Adam says. Try not to forget me. To his joy, Carolyn replies, I won’t have to try. I’ll always remember you--always. With great courtesy, he asks, May I hold you? She is more than willing, and they embrace. She also lets him kiss her, which he does with supreme gentleness, running his hands through her shining, golden hair one last time. Then abruptly he breaks their embrace, says goodbye, and hurries out, unable to face her stricken look.
Because he's standing behind her, Carolyn doesn't see the gloating look on Nicholas's face when he tells her that Danielle Roget sent seven people to the guillotine during the French Revolution. He hypnotizes her into performing a ritual, thoughtfully providing a sheet of paper with the words. Sure enough, hideous laughter and screams quickly fill the air. Although she is horrified and frightened, Carolyn stays seated, but finally she can bear it no longer and gets up to flee. Nicholas has all he can do to keep her from stepping outside the circle. Eventually he gets her to sit again, whereupon she collapses in a faint across the table. A moment later, Danielle Roget (played by Erica Fitz) appears, wearing 18th-century garb and a bloodthirsty smile. She is all for killing Carolyn right then and there (luckily Carolyn is still in her swoon). Nicholas refuses to permit it and orders her, When the clock strikes three, you will appear to me as you were in life.
Evidently Leona obeys orders, because a short time later, she arrives at the Old House.
