Ben Stokes arrives at the mausoleum just as Barnabas awakens. Barnabas is angry that Ben is digging Josette's grave and begins to choke him. Barnabas releases Ben so he can finish digging the grave. Barnabas rants that he wants destruction and death everywhere because of Josette's death. He calms as Ben describes her death but becomes angry again when he realizes that Josette no longer had Barnabas' ring. Barnabas insists that he find the ring as it is a symbol of their pledge to one another. Ben believes that the ring has caused enough trouble. He explains to Barnabas that Joshua saw it on Josette's hand while she was still alive and remembered that it had been buried with Barnabas' body. Joshua then went to the mausoleum, opened the coffin, and found that his son's body was gone. At firs