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| Episode number | 6 |
| Timeline | 1967 |
| First aired | July 4, 1966 |
| Tape date | June 20, 1966 |
| Narrated by | Victoria Winters |
| Written by | Art Wallace |
| Directed by | Lela Swift |
| Home video | VHS: CS V2 DVD: TB C1D1 |
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Caretaker Matthew Morgan accuses Victoria of snooping in the Collinwood basement. Victoria attempts to learn why she was hired by Elizabeth.
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[edit] Synopsis
Teaser
- The top of Widows' Hill is a strange and lonely place, and the great hulk of Collinwood sits like a sleeping monster on its crest. I know I should leave and yet I can't, not as long as I feel the answers I've been looking for might be here — here in the darkness and the dust of hidden years. Surrounded by the ghosts of the past and the fears of the present, I've decided to search and hope and wait.
Victoria Winters goes down to the basement, looking for David. She doesn't find him, but sees a locked doorand starts to pound on it calling for David. At the sound of footsteps, she turns around and sees a man on the staircase, glaring at her and brandishing a fire poker.
Act I
The man confronts Victoria, demanding to know why she is snooping around in the basement. He accuses her of lying and trying to hurt Mrs. Stoddard and grabs her by the arm, when Elizabeth arrives and stops him. Elizabeth explains that this is Matthew, who works for her, and asks him what happened. He explains that he was getting ready to clean out the fireplace when he heard a noise and investigated, only to discover Vicki trying to get into the storeroom. Elizabeth tells Vicki that the room is always locked and David could never get in there. She tells Matthew that Vicki is going to be living with them from now on, then sends him away. She asks Vicki why she would be looking for David in the basement and assures her that the boy would never come down here. She asks her to go up and wait for her in the drawing room after checking David's room again. Elizabeth goes to check in the storeroom, but hears a noise nearby. She finds David hiding inside a crate.
Act II
Elizabeth questions David about why he's hiding in the basement. He's afraid she's going to hit him, but she assures him that won't happen while he's at Collinwood. David thinks that Miss Winters wants to hurt him and spy on him, but she tells him how preposterous that is. In the drawing room, Vicki and Matthew introduce themselves. She asks about Mrs. Stoddard's husband, but he knows nothing about him. He tells her that Mrs. Stoddard is a great lady and explains his loyalty to her. He tells her he used to clean up the cannery until eighteen years ago when she give him a house and a job for the rest of his life. He explains that Mrs. Stoddard fired all of Collinwood's servants the day her husband left and hired him as the sole employee. When she asks why, he tells her to mind her own business, just as he does.
Act III
In the basement, Liz finds some old "Rover Boys" mysteries and tells David he would like them and they were his father's favorites growing up. David doesn't want them and says his father hates him and told him so. David doesn't want Miss Winters there and figures that his mother won’t return if Vicki's around. Elizabeth assures him that Vicki knows what it's like to be without parents and would never wish that on anyone. In the drawing room, Carolyn pressures Vicki to ask her mother about the eighteen-year connection between the money from Bangor and her father's disappearance, but Vicki tells her the connection is ridiculous. Elizabeth comes into the room asks to talk to Vicki alone. Joe calling for Carolyn and she takes it in the hall after asking if anyone needs anything in town. When they're alone, Elizabeth tells Vicki they've got many things to discuss.
Act IV
Joe tells Carolyn that he's got some news, but can't tell her over the phone. Liz stresses to Vicki how important it is that he doesn't see her as a threat. She tells her that he's very attached to his mother, who is not well and probably not coming back for a long time. Vicki asks Liz how much she knows about her, telling her about the coincidence between the arrival of the money and her husband's disappearance. Liz claims to know nothing of her past, saying there is no connection between the two events. Vicki wants to know why she was specifically chosen and Liz restates that someone at the foundling home recommended her to Roger. When Elizabeth won't say who it was, Vicki postulates that there's no such person. Elizabeth is offended by her accusations and investigation and tells her to accept what she's told her. She leaves the room and Vicki goes to the phone to call the foundling home in New York. She hangs up when Carolyn comes in and asks her for a ride into town, but Carolyn is no longer going into town since Joe wants to meet her and her mother at the house in an hour. Carolyn says there's a bus and then asks how she made out with her mother. Vicki doesn't know yet and leaves the room.
Act V
Carolyn meets Vicki in the foyer and offers her her car keys to get into town. Liz hears Vicki leaving and thinks someone's come in. Carolyn says it's just one of the ghosts starting to rattle around.
[edit] Memorable quotes
- Matthew Morgan: I do know Mrs. Stoddard is a great lady. And don't you forget it!
[edit] Dramatis personae
- ← Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard →
- George Mitchell as Matthew Morgan →
- ← Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard →
- ← David Henesy as David Collins →
- ← Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters →
[edit] Background information and notes
- This episode's opening voice-over does not begin with "My name is Victoria Winters."
- First appearance of the Collinwood basement.
