DARK SHADOWS 569

DARK SHADOWS 569 “Too many things have happened in this house, too many things that you can’t explain. It’s as if there was (or were) some force, some evil force hovering over this house, some force that’s trying to destroy this family. Some nights I wake up trembling things around here frighten me so.” “I believe Mrs. Stoddard was under some kind of a spell.” Grayson. Fear pervades the great house of Collinwood. Mrs. Johnson is by the window. No reprise. It is a night of unknown terrors. This narration, so typical of DS, is one of the best. Johnson lets in Nicholas Blair who seems to call her Mistress Johnson. Roger went to Windcliff. Johnson tells Blair that Mrs. Stoddard is missing for 24 hours. She explains about Liz’s obsession with her own death and that Liz believes herself to be Naomi Collins. Johnson tells him that he didn’t know Liz, it is not a mental breakdown. “Mrs. Stoddard was und...