Yep, Alfred Sandor is the fourth and last iteration of Sheriff George Patterson.
Julia hurries to the Old House and finds Barnabas looking not too much the worse for wear, but sporting an ascot once more (she still doesn’t get it). He claims he didn’t know a thing about the poison and adamantly refuses to let her examine him. He tries to talk her into sedating Joe to keep him from talking when she goes to the hospital. Julia says point blank, Suddenly you seem to be protecting the vampire--why? Barnabas huffs, I’m doing no such thing. Julia stalks out without another word.
Close to sunset, the sheriff arrives at the Old House and questions Barnabas, who becomes distracted when the dogs begin to howl. Eventually the sheriff gives up but promises to return. The sheriff meets Julia on her way back to the Old House. He tells her about Barnabas’s weird behavior: It was as if the dogs terrified him, or as if he was suddenly taken ill: It was as if the sound of the dogs changed him completely, the sheriff says. A hundred nagging hints suddenly coalesce into a horrible suspicion in Julia’s mind.
Angelique materializes at the Old House, furious that Barn has resisted her and that Joe is in the hospital and under guard. How dare you disobey me! she snarls, then sinks her fangs into Barn's throat.
Julia approaches the Old House. Not wanting her suspicion to be confirmed, she hesitates for a long moment before going inside, thus giving Angelique the opportunity to gloat that soon Barnabas will be with her for all eternity.
Julia enters the Old House and sees Barnabas half sitting, half lying in the chair. Don’t come near me, he says weakly. What’s wrong? she cries in alarm. Near the end of his strength, he can pretend no longer. Nothing, he sighs, nothing you can do anything about. As his head sags to one side, she hurries over to him. She undoes the scarf around his neck. One look confirms all her worst fears. She gasps in horror at the dripping wounds on his throat. Barnabas! she cries. Oh, Barnabas!...
