Unfortunately for Braithwaite, the message was intercepted by David Collins and unwittingly passed on to the ghost of Quentin Collins. Quentin arranged to meet Ezra at Collinwood before Barnabas. Braithwaite then had a heart attack and died before he could pass on the ledger containing the information about the sale of the silver pentagram to Barnabas (685). It is not known if Braithwaite had any heirs to pass on the family business to, but probably not, as he only has part-time help (684). His father, Ezra Julius Braithwaite (d.1901), had a way with candlesticks (685).