Ben Stokes and Barnabas Collins discuss the purely hypothetical possibility that Ben might know who the witch is and that she might have some kind of hold on him, a power which would prevent him from saying her name. How would he then be able to reveal her identity? Barnabas believes that if that was the case, Ben would find another way, and reminds Ben that he's been teaching him how to write. Could he write the witch's name? Ben finally writes an 'A' in the dust.