Tuesday, August 23,
1966
My name is
Victoria Winters. A hundred and thirty years ago, the love of a man and a woman
built this mansion on the crest of Widow’s Hill. Today, fear, distrust, and
hatred have almost destroyed it.
Sam tells Liz he’s looking for
Roger. She informs him that Roger is not at home. She thinks Sam looks
familiar. When he tells her who he is, she begs his pardon for not recognizing
him.
He tells her he wants to tell
her about Roger. Liz doesn’t want to hear any gossip about Roger. She asked Sam
what he wants. “I want to save my soul,” he tells her.
He tells her the drawing room
is beautiful.
“It’s dark and gloomy and you
know it. Get to the point.”
To Sam, any room with paintings
in it is a beautiful room. He tells Liz that her husband once wanted a portrait
of himself done, a portrait that would fit in this room. Another recent customer
has similar specifications. She guesses this is Burke. She wonders why Burke
doesn’t travel and see the world.
Sam suggests maybe he made so
much money so he could come back to Collinsport.
Liz offers Sam a drink, which,
of course, he doesn’t refuse.
Burke meets Mr. Blair in a
restaurant in Bangor, as he continues his campaign to gain control of the
Collins family’s holdings.
Carolyn comes in and takes a
nearby table.
Burke gloats about how much
pleasure he gets from the anticipation of ruining Collins Enterprises. The only
thing not mortgaged is the house itself. Liz even got the property taxes
lowered because half of the house is shut up and not used.
Apparently, Carolyn isn’t
sitting close enough to hear all of this.
Burke goes over to join her.
Joe arrives. He thinks Carolyn
is off with Burke. He heard they were in the restaurant together and someone
saw her on the road that goes to Bangor, where Burke was also going today.
Liz sends Joe into the drawing
room with Sam while she makes a call.
Carolyn tells Burke she
followed him from Collinsport. “I’m a curious girl,” she says. (Nowadays, we
call that being a stalker.)
Burke says he came to Bangor
to meet his first love—money. He asks her to join him and his business
acquaintance. He introduces him as a nefarious old swindler who is helping
Burke defraud Carolyn’s mother. Carolyn laughs at the absurdity of this.
Mr. Blair goes away. Burke
gives Carolyn a silver pen to write down her inmost secrets. She says she’ll
keep a diary with it. “Everyone should keep a diary,” Burke says, “from the day
that they are born.” (That might be a bit tricky.)
Liz is unable to get in touch
with Bill. Sam reacts strangely to his name. With Joe around, Sam can’t bring
himself to reveal what he came to reveal. He leaves. Liz tells Joe that the
worst part of a secret is not being able to tell anyone. She says Sam will come
back of his own accord when he can no
longer stand keeping it to himself.
Cast,
In Order of Appearance
Victoria Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .Alexandra Moltke
Elizabeth
Collins Stoddard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joan Bennett
Sam Evans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Ford
Burke Devlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell Ryan
James Blair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .John Baragrey
Carolyn Stoddard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . Nancy Barrett
Joe Haskell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Crothers
Fashion by Ohrbach’s
Directed by John Sedwick
Written by Francis Swann
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