Speaker 1: The Seventh Daughter contains scenes of realistic violence and graphic sexuality.
Speaker 1: It is intended for mature listeners. Have you come seeking knowledge?
Speaker 1: Do you wish to know the truth? Allow me to
Speaker 1: show you. Close your eyes and follow the sound of
Speaker 1: my voice. Allow it to lead you further into the past.
Speaker 1: When I remove my blindfold, you may look into my eyes.
Speaker 1: Don't just look at them, look through them, and you
Speaker 1: will see what they have seen, and all my secrets
Speaker 1: will be revealed. The Seventh Daughter M M, this place
Speaker 1: is huge. Yes, well, don't be intimidated. The more dollars
Speaker 1: a person has, the less sense. Well, so your mother
Speaker 1: used to say. My mother, she carried a healthy resentment
Speaker 1: for the ruling class. I wish she could see you
Speaker 1: right now, knowing what you're about to do. She would
Speaker 1: be so proud. Do you think so? I know? So
Speaker 1: before we ring the bell, doone, I just want to
Speaker 1: tell you that that I am proud of you too.
Speaker 1: I know it hasn't been easy for you, but you've
Speaker 1: accomplished more than I ever hoped or expected. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Once we ring that bell, there is no turning back.
Speaker 1: If we fail, they will destroy us. There will be
Speaker 1: no second chances. But if we succeed, it will bring
Speaker 1: us one step closer to Cobo. Yes, ring the bell.
Speaker 1: I have no fear. Then, if you'll allow me a
Speaker 1: small indulgence, I want to deliver a message to the
Speaker 1: good doctor. Open your mouth. Swallow this is it just
Speaker 1: a piece of parchment, nothing more. Swallow it without chewing.
Speaker 1: Go down, all right, Yes, I have the capsule. I'll
Speaker 1: be ready. Good, So let's go to work. Hello, my name,
Speaker 1: what are you doing here? Call me Rose. I've come
Speaker 1: for an appointment with the mistress of the house. These
Speaker 1: If it's money you want, I don't want nothing from you, olive,
Speaker 1: except silence. In exchange for your silence, I shall give
Speaker 1: you mine, agreed, I promise. Ah here, come inside. Please
Speaker 1: give your coats to the girl of whatever you fish
Speaker 1: to leave with her. I trust you found your favor
Speaker 1: with no problems. No problems. Good if you just step
Speaker 1: into the parlor here this is your home. No, this
Speaker 1: is the home of the person who has graciously consented
Speaker 1: to host the demonstration as a test of Pandora's vision.
Speaker 1: The owner shall remain nameless. Is that why you've covered
Speaker 1: all the pictures on the walls. Yes, good evening, Pandora,
Speaker 1: how are you feeling? She is feeling well well, Ross,
Speaker 1: If you care to wait here, I'll take the girl
Speaker 1: into the study. I look chairman her and sow her
Speaker 1: into her gown. There's no need for an examination, and
Speaker 1: the gown she's wearing should be quite sufficient. I'm afraid
Speaker 1: I must insisbsolutely not. She's a child, ms Ross. This
Speaker 1: is not a performance. I am not here for my
Speaker 1: own amusement. I am conducting a scientific examination, A thorough
Speaker 1: scientific examination. Pandora. Perhaps you can help her understand? Oh,
Speaker 1: I understand. You may have the medical degrees, but I
Speaker 1: know exactly what your motives are. Please don't cause a scene. Ah,
Speaker 1: don't you dare open your mouth to me, you ungrateful rat. Sorry,
Speaker 1: that's enough. I won't have the child spoken to in
Speaker 1: this venge, and I won't have the child stripped, naked
Speaker 1: and prodded by the likes of you, your bloody assurances.
Speaker 1: Do you wish to see the girl perform miracles? She
Speaker 1: will perform miracles? Is that not enough? Must you violate
Speaker 1: her as well? Not? It seem that Madame has something
Speaker 1: to hide. I'm hiding nothing. I should have known better
Speaker 1: than to having I'm protecting the girl. You are going
Speaker 1: to lecture me on the exploration of this orphan. She
Speaker 1: is not an orphan. Her father is so recoil on
Speaker 1: a street corner. Yes, with her clothes on, reading minds
Speaker 1: in a music have her treated as a common whore.
Speaker 1: She is a virgin after all. Well, so you say
Speaker 1: you've never been slapped by a black woman before her
Speaker 1: Von Shrink. I can see by your expression that you haven't,
Speaker 1: and you don't quite know how to react. I apologize
Speaker 1: if I have confused you, but you really left me
Speaker 1: no choice. I will permit no one to mark Pandora
Speaker 1: or question her purity. That was my left hand. Make
Speaker 1: another vulgar insinuation and you'll feel the sting of the
Speaker 1: right as well. I'm afraid I have no choice. But
Speaker 1: she is the seventh daughter. The other six all died
Speaker 1: in childbirth or shortly thereafter, and each took a devastating
Speaker 1: toll on her mother's health. It was foolish for her
Speaker 1: to try and have another child, but she was determined
Speaker 1: to fulfill the legacy she'd inherited from her mother and
Speaker 1: her mother before her. But she dutifully persisted. By the
Speaker 1: time she had Pandora, she was little more than a wraith.
Speaker 1: The moment they severed her cord, she just let out
Speaker 1: her breath and was gone. Pandora herself is quite frail,
Speaker 1: and I doubt she will have the strength to bear
Speaker 1: so many children, which means she is not only the
Speaker 1: seventh daughter, but she is quite possibly the last of
Speaker 1: her bloodline. I must protect her and her gift with
Speaker 1: my life. Miss Pandora, I wish to offer you my
Speaker 1: apologies for the thoughtless remark I just made. I do
Speaker 1: hope you can forgive me by all means. Let's speak
Speaker 1: no more of it. Step into the study. I'll bring
Speaker 1: the girl as you wish, very well. I'll speak to
Speaker 1: you both in a moment. Why did you do that?
Speaker 1: Slap him? Yes, punctuation. Help me on to stand. Talk
Speaker 1: to me as if I were an enemy's Mrs Davenport.
Speaker 1: May I introduce Pandora, the seventh Daughter. I've heard wonderful things, Pandora.
Speaker 1: Thank you for sharing your time with us. I'm honored
Speaker 1: to be here. And this is China Ross, the girl's caretaker.
Speaker 1: Good evening. I hope we will not disappoint you. Madam.
Speaker 1: Pandora is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, and
Speaker 1: is just beginning to realize her spiritual potential. I look
Speaker 1: forward to demonstration, Albert. Yes, madam, you've examined the girl
Speaker 1: and you're satisfied as to her integrity thus far, Madame,
Speaker 1: very much so. Will the girl remain clothed? Due to
Speaker 1: her age and the fact that it is our first
Speaker 1: sitting with her. I decided to allow the girl to
Speaker 1: retain her modesty. If you think it wise, I won't object.
Speaker 1: Would you show them the cabinet please? Of course? Right
Speaker 1: this way. As you can see, the cabinet is surrounded
Speaker 1: with black curtains on all four sides. The panels are
Speaker 1: sewn together so that there are no gaps in the corners.
Speaker 1: The only opening is here on the front side. Pandora
Speaker 1: may open and close the curtains in front so that
Speaker 1: we may see her. We do require that her hands
Speaker 1: gripped the edges of the fabric here in the front
Speaker 1: at all times. She may open and close these cottons
Speaker 1: like soul, but her hands must remain visible throughout. Is
Speaker 1: that understood, understood, Pandora? She understands We've placed a chair
Speaker 1: in the cabinet for her. The observers will sit around
Speaker 1: this table facing the cabinet. Very good music, Yes, a
Speaker 1: music box? Is that acceptable? That will be fine. The
Speaker 1: lights are too bright. If we can extinguish most of
Speaker 1: the lights. There is a lamp in the far corner,
Speaker 1: if we can see if there was enough candles on
Speaker 1: the table here, three or four tapers, and we will
Speaker 1: allow you to control the light by the number of
Speaker 1: candles that are lit. I'm sure we can arrange that.
Speaker 1: I will stand and walk about the room to help
Speaker 1: summon the site. You must not approach the cabinet once
Speaker 1: the sitting has begun. There must be no physical contact
Speaker 1: between you and Pandora. Of course, Pandora, would you, Pandora,
Speaker 1: she's here, Rose just admiring my tree. Do you have
Speaker 1: a Christmas tree? Pandora, No man. One of my favorite
Speaker 1: times of year is come now, Pandora, We have no
Speaker 1: time for that. If we're to be home by midnight,
Speaker 1: we need afraid. I must insist. I tend to forget
Speaker 1: that she is, after all, but a child. Have you
Speaker 1: never had a Christmas tree? Pandora, No man. If there
Speaker 1: is an event or some decoration that you fancy, perhaps
Speaker 1: you would accept it as a gift. Yes, ma'am Mrs Davenport, Yes,
Speaker 1: my dear, Why are there no presents under the tree?
Speaker 1: It's okay, I understand you do. Oh, yes, So if
Speaker 1: there are no further questions, I will light the candles
Speaker 1: while Pandora takes her seat. Shall I address you Rose
Speaker 1: or should I speak directly to Pandora. She may not
Speaker 1: be able to hear you once she is in a trance,
Speaker 1: but she is attuned to my voice. So you should
Speaker 1: speak to her through me and the spirit will respond
Speaker 1: through her. Are you comfortable, Pandora? And will hold ron
Speaker 1: curtain in each hand just like this, you see, yes,
Speaker 1: thank you. So, if there are no further questions, if
Speaker 1: I may be permitted to kiss the girl before we begin?
Speaker 1: It is our tradition of course, Mrs Straton Albert. In
Speaker 1: this light, in that gown and veil, you look exactly
Speaker 1: like your mother. I do, yes, good luck? You may
Speaker 1: begin the music just a moment. Open your mouth, I
Speaker 1: beg your pardon. Open your mouth, no, lift your tongue,
Speaker 1: tuft your head back. Did I do something wrong? Don't
Speaker 1: let his suspicions be a distraction, Pandora. An hour from
Speaker 1: now he will be a true believer. Mrs Davenport, would
Speaker 1: you care to tell us the name of a person
Speaker 1: to whom you wish to speak? I would rather not. Then,
Speaker 1: let us begin Pandora. Close the curtains, and the next
Speaker 1: time we see your face, may it be radiant with
Speaker 1: the light of another dimension. Let it be so, if
Speaker 1: it be the will of the Lord and the congregation
Speaker 1: of spirits, allow a wandering soul to find? Are you
Speaker 1: able to open? Yes? Lord, for only through a woman
Speaker 1: without sin, can the spirits of the tell me when
Speaker 1: you're ready to the realm of the living? I hear
Speaker 1: and I obey. Oh Lord, do you sense the presence
Speaker 1: of spirit? Yes, many voices from another time, friends and lovers,
Speaker 1: all but forgotten, except for one, A friend and lover
Speaker 1: that has not been forgotten, A friend and lover that
Speaker 1: has been kept alive in the breast of this strong,
Speaker 1: caring woman. He invite this particular spirit to come forth
Speaker 1: and be introduced to us. I'm trying, but he is
Speaker 1: wary of approaching. He has been warned to stay away.
Speaker 1: A promise has been made, and he refuses to violate
Speaker 1: his word. Someone wishes to come to us, but has
Speaker 1: promised to stay away. Does this sound familiar to you,
Speaker 1: Mrs Davenport. Mrs Davenport, no, I don't know what she needs.
Speaker 1: Mrs Davenport is warding off the spirit. She is wearing
Speaker 1: ah some sort of amulet to keep the spirit away.
Speaker 1: As long as she wears the charm, he will not come.
Speaker 1: Mrs Davenport. No, I'm sorry, but I'm wearing no charm.
Speaker 1: I have no idea to what she may be referring, Andora.
Speaker 1: Someone has placed a shackle upon Mrs Davenport's hand. If
Speaker 1: she wishes to receive the uninvited guest, she must make
Speaker 1: a sacrifice of gold and lay it upon the table,
Speaker 1: gold already asking for money. She's just like the rest
Speaker 1: of them. If she would to excuse me, I believe
Speaker 1: madam misunderstands. Permit me to clarify. Pandora, what is the
Speaker 1: meaning of the gold you require? To some, it means eternity,
Speaker 1: To some it means an unbreakable bond, and as some
Speaker 1: it means slavery ownership? Who placed the shackle upon her?
Speaker 1: Someone benevolent, but who nevertheless stands in the way. I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: she's speaking in riddles, and I honestly don't understand. Will Wilfred,
Speaker 1: my husband, your tha. I beg your pardon. Pandora, must
Speaker 1: be referring to your wedding band. Uh. The wedding ring
Speaker 1: is warding off the spirit that wishes to speak to us.
Speaker 1: Mrs Davenport, you may decide whether to remove the ring
Speaker 1: and allow this spirit to gain entry to our little gathering.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, it's out of the question. I have not
Speaker 1: removed this ring since my late husband placed it on
Speaker 1: my finger thirty six years ago. Pandora. The curtains, Oh,
Speaker 1: they appeared to be moving, as if the cabinet itself.
Speaker 1: We're breathing, Pandora. Pandora, can you hear me? One of
Speaker 1: the candles just rend out? Oh my god? Don't touch her.
Speaker 1: What's happened to her? What is that coming out of
Speaker 1: her mouth? Don't touch her. It's still the plash um
Speaker 1: your spirit, subspecill just be still? How can she breathe?
Speaker 1: We've got to help her. She it's only visible, right, Pandora.
Speaker 1: Can you hear us? Yes, child, something is what is it? Pandora?
Speaker 1: Something is trying to get out from inside me. It's okay, Pandora,
Speaker 1: can you show us. I'm scared. Don't be frightened. We're here.
Speaker 1: Just open the curtains. Rose. Rose is on the chair
Speaker 1: whichwe Openora, No oh, don't touch her, don't get near her.
Speaker 1: If you want to help the girl, pray who art
Speaker 1: in heaven, hallow Kingdom? I will be done on earth
Speaker 1: as it is, and have gives us to say and
Speaker 1: forgive us our trespasses, and as we've transtas against us,
Speaker 1: and you should can you hear me? He is the king.
Speaker 1: That's it. I'm stopping this. I won't allow the child
Speaker 1: to be harmed because you are unwilling to cooperate me. Yes,
Speaker 1: you what have I done? You know what? You know
Speaker 1: what I'll do? And he's ripping the girl to pieces
Speaker 1: because of your foolish pride. You don't understand. I can't
Speaker 1: you can if you want to see him, it's the
Speaker 1: price you must pay. Allow him to come in. Don't
Speaker 1: be frightened. Allow him to enter. That's it. That's it
Speaker 1: now lay it on the table. That's it, a Pandora,
Speaker 1: Do you feel it? Some seekers here with us? And door?
Speaker 1: Can you speak to us? Yes, I'm better now? Who
Speaker 1: was that? Pandora? Can you tell us anything about the
Speaker 1: identity of the spirit at one time he was a man,
Speaker 1: a man of great sensitivity, an artist, the gentleman, but
Speaker 1: no gentleman, a man who once held the heart of
Speaker 1: miss Brewster in the palm of his hand. But he
Speaker 1: was forbidden to do so. He was sent away. He
Speaker 1: was asked to disappear. He chose to leave her a
Speaker 1: world to cross into the spirit room. He is greatly
Speaker 1: disturbed in the beyond. He cannot find peace because he
Speaker 1: discovered a secret, her secret. Oh, he found another spirit,
Speaker 1: ah that Missus Davenport had sent away. Please no more.
Speaker 1: He was quite surprised to discover this other being, But
Speaker 1: he isn't angry. That's what he has come to tell you.
Speaker 1: This is the reason you have been troubled, Miss Davenport.
Speaker 1: There is something that he has been trying to tell you,
Speaker 1: but has had no way of crossing over from the beyond.
Speaker 1: He wants to tell you he has encountered this other spirit,
Speaker 1: the secret you kept from him, the secret you kept
Speaker 1: from everyone. He is with that spirit. Now. It is
Speaker 1: not even a complete entity. It is not fully realized.
Speaker 1: It has no name, not in their world, not in ours.
Speaker 1: It is, but it fled along spirit, floating lust and alone.
Speaker 1: The spirit of a child. Who a child? Mrs Davenport,
Speaker 1: his child? How could it be? What is it? Pandora?
Speaker 1: She's he's brought her here, brought home little spirit. The
Speaker 1: baby's bright, she's she's an absolute angel. She tiniest little fingers,
Speaker 1: eyes like glow, hair of gold, so fragile, she is
Speaker 1: too beautiful V see her. Her light is very dim.
Speaker 1: You will not be able to see her. Oh, I understand. Well,
Speaker 1: Perhaps if you dust the candles, make the rim absolutely dark,
Speaker 1: it may be possible. Yes, yes, I seek the shall
Speaker 1: say it is completely dark. But is it there's something
Speaker 1: something touching my face? Light? Oh no, no, don't be frightened.
Speaker 1: Don't say away, a little one. I don't let her go.
Speaker 1: Put out the light. There there is she still here.
Speaker 1: Come back, a little one. Don't be shy. The nice
Speaker 1: lady only way to see you. You needn't be afraid.
Speaker 1: I'm sure the nice lady. Given the opportunity, I would
Speaker 1: love you and protect you. Oh that's it. I'm opening
Speaker 1: the curtains. Now. Can you see her? I can't see anything. No,
Speaker 1: it's impossible, Rose, Yes, child, take Mrs Davenport by the hand,
Speaker 1: lead her to the cabinet. Place her hands on the
Speaker 1: curtains and step back and allow her to open the
Speaker 1: curtains to part the veil and look upon the face
Speaker 1: of her child. I'll lead you up very slowly. Oh, watch,
Speaker 1: step there, hold one curtain in this hand and the other.
Speaker 1: She's here, Pandora, it's the spirit. Oh no, no, I
Speaker 1: don't think I can. Yes, slowly open the curtains and
Speaker 1: look at her. Oh, oh, my baby, my baby. I'm
Speaker 1: not frightened. I'm happy, happy to see my baby. I
Speaker 1: must she for myself. M h oh feet crost. Watch
Speaker 1: the way she dances in the air. See how she glows.
Speaker 1: Can you feel her her warmth? I feel her. I
Speaker 1: can barely see her. Now she's fading. Oh, I need
Speaker 1: to close the curtain now, No, I can't. She's growing tired.
Speaker 1: Her little spark is starting to fade. We mustn't let
Speaker 1: it go out. You must close the curtain very well.
Speaker 1: She has very little strength. You want to go back
Speaker 1: inside me. It's fine. I'll keep you warm and take
Speaker 1: you back to your father before she goes. Yes, tell
Speaker 1: her I'm sorry for everything that I love her. She knows,
Speaker 1: Mrs Davenport. Now she understands you may light the candles.
Speaker 1: Mrs Davenport, you may return the ring to your finger
Speaker 1: if you wish, Yes, of course. Pandora, Pandora, she fainted,
Speaker 1: can you hear me? She must slide down, and Mrs
Speaker 1: Davenport bring her to the guest. I'll carry her. I've
Speaker 1: got her. Show me the room, right through that door.
Speaker 1: I'll be right there. Oh, blessed Jesus, protect the heart
Speaker 1: and soul of this precious child you have sent to me.
Speaker 1: I thank you for your tender mercies and allowing her
Speaker 1: to heal the wound scart my heart, and I asked
Speaker 1: that someday I may repay her for the gift she
Speaker 1: has bestowed upon me. My true bibical has occurred tonight,
Speaker 1: and for that I will be eternally grateful. This I
Speaker 1: pray at Christ and Pandora's holy name. M Colther say
Speaker 1: it is atherhipful. Good for having faith. Oh do that's
Speaker 1: very pretty pearl. Thank you, Sister Teres. Is there some
Speaker 1: reason you're not playing with the other girls, Yes, Sister Teres.
Speaker 1: Why is that because I am not like them and
Speaker 1: it is better for them, But there's distance between us.
Speaker 1: Perhaps it is for the best, because you will be
Speaker 1: leaving us today, Pearl, your mother has come for you.
Speaker 1: She has, Yes, isn't it wonderful? Come take my hand.
Speaker 1: I can't wait for you to meet her. Smile girl.
Speaker 1: Happiest girls are the prettiest girls. How's this there? That's better?
Speaker 1: I would like you to meet your mother mother. No,
Speaker 1: I can't, no dying please. That was a most convincing performance.
Speaker 1: I meant no disrespect. It was only ducker and walls,
Speaker 1: little mischief and nothing. Every how much longer? Will squan
Speaker 1: do your give ger? And it's all I know true.
Speaker 1: Just don't confuse what you're doing now with what is
Speaker 1: to come sooner or later. All this child's play must end,
Speaker 1: and a woman's work must be in I don't know
Speaker 1: if I can. You can? May I pour my spirits
Speaker 1: into it? Yes? Will you allow me to guide your hand? Yes?
Speaker 1: Then you can't and you can't. I must now replace
Speaker 1: my blindfold. As my vision begins to fade, your own
Speaker 1: senses will gradually return, Return to the warmth and the
Speaker 1: light of your own reality. The Seventh Daughter is a
Speaker 1: production of I Heart Radio, written and directed by Brett Wood,
Speaker 1: recorded and mixed by Rob Gal, featuring Minca Wilkes. As
Speaker 1: Rose and Elizabeth Hunter as Pearl. There you may now
Speaker 1: open your eyes