Determined to find out what Ben Stokes knows about the witch, Barnabas bribes a servant to get the keys to Ben's cell in the basement of Collinwood. There he questions Ben who claims to know nothing of the witch, it was just something he made up when he was caught robbing Abigail Collins's room. Barnabas doesn't believe him because there's no point in robbing Abigail; she has no money or jewelry. The witch must have made him do it, and there are only two persons who can be the witch, Victoria Winters and Angelique, Barnabas' wife.