Dark Shadows (TV Series)

Episode #1.4 (1966)

Alexandra Isles: Victoria Winters

Quotes 

• Victoria Winters : My name is Victoria Winters. The dark night presses in on the crest of Widows' Hill as though it were alive. I can almost feel it crushing against the windows, whispering to me, telling me to run while I can. But I've come too far and waited too long, and the fear of darkness is only for children.

• Carolyn Stoddard : He's really a very nice guy, Vicki. But he's had a rough time. You don't know how rough. A wife who- Well, the less said about her, the better.

  Victoria Winters : I thought his wife was dead.

  Carolyn Stoddard : You thought wrong. And then there's David. A kid like that would make anybody's nerves pop, but you'll find out about him tomorrow.

  Victoria Winters : Then why tell me now?

  Carolyn Stoddard : Because I want you to understand Uncle Roger. Like I said, he's really a very nice guy. But right now he's a little bit upset.

  Victoria Winters : Carolyn, what are you getting at?

  Carolyn Stoddard : He wants to talk to you.

  Victoria Winters : Now?

  Carolyn Stoddard : Oh, it's nothing to worry about. Uncle Roger just wants to ask you a few questions. And like I already told you, he's such a...

  Victoria Winters : I know, he's such a nice person. But it's almost midnight.

  Carolyn Stoddard : Oh, that's the point!

  [teasing] 

  Carolyn Stoddard : At the stroke of twelve he turns into Dracula.

• Roger Collins : Miss Winters, you wouldn't mind keeping a lonely man company for a little while longer, would you?

  Victoria Winters : Well, it's awfully late, and I...

  Roger Collins : Five minutes, ten? No longer, I promise you. I'm really quite a nice fellow.

  [turning to Elizabeth] 

  Roger Collins : Good night, Elizabeth, and don't worry. I promise to be on my very best behavior.

  Elizabeth Collins Stoddard : Roger, I don't like...

  Roger Collins : Sleep well, dear.

  Elizabeth Collins Stoddard : Good night, Miss Winters.