David Collins watches Carolyn Stoddard sleeping. He reaches out to touch her and, startled awake, Carolyn screams. David tells her he only wanted to make sure she wasn't dead. Although he cannot explain it, David is frightened that Carolyn is in danger. He insists on giving his cousin the Toy soldier given to him by Sarah Collins in order to keep Carolyn safe. Having heard Carolyn's scream, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard comes in to check on her. She is immediately disturbed by David's troubling behavior. But Carolyn kisses David goodnight and thanks him for the gift. Alone with her mother, Carolyn despairs that David is getting worse. Elizabeth agrees and worries that she will have to send her nephew away from Collinwood.