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: pill be revealed. The Seventh Daughter, Hail Mary, full of grace,
Speaker 1: Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou amongst women, And
Speaker 1: blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Jesus, Holy Mary,
Speaker 1: Mother of God. Pray for her sins, Amen praying, praying. Wait,
Speaker 1: you really believe, don't you? I do miracles and all
Speaker 1: that water into wine body of Christ, raising the dead.
Speaker 1: Have you ever stopped to wonder how those feats were accomplished?
Speaker 1: What form of deckering in the name of God the Father? Hm?
Speaker 1: They say, as magicians go, Jesus was the best. I'm sorry?
Speaker 1: Is that blasphemy? If it is, then may God strike
Speaker 1: me dead? See no blasphemy or maybe no God? Oh
Speaker 1: that frightens you. I can see it in your eyes,
Speaker 1: but you will be amazed at what miracles you will
Speaker 1: soon perform. Here I'll show you two decks of cards,
Speaker 1: the deck of fifty two playing cards and the seventy
Speaker 1: eight cards of the tarot. Each of these cards has
Speaker 1: two notches cut into the side. For now, the cuts
Speaker 1: are deep so you can't mistake them. The notch on
Speaker 1: the end of the card indicates the suit. The notch
Speaker 1: on the side tells which card within that suit. Playing
Speaker 1: cards are for tricks, but the tarot these cards are
Speaker 1: used to tell a story. You deal them in a
Speaker 1: specific formation on the table, and as you turn the cards,
Speaker 1: you weave a tale. Knowing which card you've placed in
Speaker 1: which position will enable you to shape the story to
Speaker 1: your advantage, so that every turn of a card fulfills
Speaker 1: your prophecy and draws them deeper into your labyrinth. How
Speaker 1: long will it take to learn these things? Mm hmm.
Speaker 1: For a seventh daughter who does nothing but devote herself
Speaker 1: to learning, it may only require months, months, if not years,
Speaker 1: months you're wasting valuable time. August September. Take this slate,
Speaker 1: here's the chalk. Write a number without letting me see eleven.
Speaker 1: Write another, three, six, four? How did you do that
Speaker 1: the sound of the chalk on the slate by being
Speaker 1: able to distinguish the sound of a straight line from
Speaker 1: that of a curve, a dot from a dad. Observation
Speaker 1: and intuition are skills like any other that can be
Speaker 1: exercised and strengthened, just like the musculature of the body.
Speaker 1: May okay, you have four minutes to identify every card
Speaker 1: in this deck blind. If you succeed, you eat. If
Speaker 1: you fail three times, you don't eat. Go eight of clubs,
Speaker 1: four of diamonds, Jack, come on, Queen of spades, three
Speaker 1: of hearts, ten of diamonds, two of clubs, four of diamonds,
Speaker 1: Queen of Spades. Stop. Put the remaining cards on the table,
Speaker 1: then move your hand away. How many cards are still
Speaker 1: in the deck? You should know without counting six. I
Speaker 1: think you think six? Pretty sure? Name them. He didn't
Speaker 1: tell me I was gonna. I shouldn't have to tell you.
Speaker 1: You should know use the process of elimination, which cards
Speaker 1: for days. If it's not cards, it's learning to talk
Speaker 1: in code. It's not fair for you to change the rules.
Speaker 1: There are no rules. You can't expect anyone to observe
Speaker 1: the rules when they're only right. Queen of Diamonds, three
Speaker 1: of spades, nine of the Spades, King of Hearts, seven
Speaker 1: of clubs and the last one? Why don't you tell me?
Speaker 1: You're my partner. You've been watching, so you should know
Speaker 1: as well. Why don't you tell me what the last
Speaker 1: card is? Will you wager your supp before against your
Speaker 1: opium pipe? Yes? Don't challenge me, pearl. Is it a
Speaker 1: wager or not? If you name it, I don't eat.
Speaker 1: If you miss, you don't smoke. It's it's fine. We
Speaker 1: shouldn't be wagering like this. I just need a minute
Speaker 1: of club What ten of clubs? Deal them? King of Hearts,
Speaker 1: Night of Spades, seven of clubs, Queen of Diamonds, three
Speaker 1: of spades, go on, show me ton of clubs. Mm hmmm.
Speaker 1: Let that be a lesson to you. I've been thinking
Speaker 1: the fact that you feel some connection to this spirit
Speaker 1: power can be good for you for your performance, good
Speaker 1: for us? How is it good for us? The genius
Speaker 1: of your Jesus and Moses too, with his plagues and
Speaker 1: transforming a staff into a serpent. I would like to
Speaker 1: have seen that one their genius was not just performing
Speaker 1: allusions to astound but tying these tricks to the spirit.
Speaker 1: It was the message behind these prophets that made their
Speaker 1: magic so meaningful. One without the other would have been impressive,
Speaker 1: but the two together brilliant. The message that one wraps
Speaker 1: around the illusion, that is what takes an ordinary magic
Speaker 1: trick and elevates it into a miracle. Think of it.
Speaker 1: They were such good magicians that we're still talking about
Speaker 1: their performances two thousand years later. And so now that
Speaker 1: you are beginning to become competent at some of these tricks,
Speaker 1: it is time to concentrate on the message. This story
Speaker 1: no sound like blasphemy. Get your coat, I'll explain while
Speaker 1: we walk. And the woman was a raid in purple
Speaker 1: and scarlet color and decked with gold and precious stones
Speaker 1: and pearls, having a golden coponter handful of abominations and
Speaker 1: fieldingness of her fornication. And listen to the contempt they
Speaker 1: have for us. He's not talking about us. He's talking
Speaker 1: about the Jezebels of the world. To men like him, Honey,
Speaker 1: we're all Jezebels. These are confusing times. Pearl people are adrift,
Speaker 1: the moral winds are constantly shifting, and they're out there
Speaker 1: without a rudder or sail, looking for a star to follow.
Speaker 1: This star shines especially bright, sister of angelin Watkins Temple
Speaker 1: of the Trinity of Light. People will pay two bits
Speaker 1: to see a magic show, but for a genuine display
Speaker 1: of the spirit, you can name your price. People will
Speaker 1: empty their pockets at your feet the same what we
Speaker 1: do and the word of the Lord, Oh of too
Speaker 1: much faith, remove the scales from her eyes, Oh Lord,
Speaker 1: so that she may see the truth. Don't do that.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't expect a convent girl like you to accept
Speaker 1: the word of a fork tongue serpent like so. I
Speaker 1: wanted to show you so you can see for yourself,
Speaker 1: so you can feel the holes in Jesus hands. And afterward,
Speaker 1: maybe I'll show you how he did it. The one
Speaker 1: thing I ask, and I mean this sincerely, lower the
Speaker 1: barrier that you've erected around yourself to protect your faith.
Speaker 1: If your faith can't withstand a few punches, its foundation
Speaker 1: must be fairly weak. Keep your eyes and your mind open.
Speaker 1: In my mouth shut h m. Listen to that music.
Speaker 1: The nuns ever play music like that? No, I don't
Speaker 1: think so. Feel the rhythm of the drum. Listen to
Speaker 1: the way the music repeats, dances a circle around it, intoxicating.
Speaker 1: Close your eyes and just feel it. Your body cannot
Speaker 1: help but begin to sway all the music. The music
Speaker 1: has wings that lift you up off the ground and
Speaker 1: let your spirit float above the flesh that encloses us
Speaker 1: like a prison. This woman's sister, Evangeline, this American Moses,
Speaker 1: has tremendous power. She's just like us. She's doing her
Speaker 1: high pitch, just like we do ours, and like lotus blood.
Speaker 1: She's selling medicine that doesn't work, a concoction of scripture,
Speaker 1: prayer and tears, something of no actual value, yet she
Speaker 1: commands a premium price. Unlike you would die. Sister Evangeline
Speaker 1: doesn't waste her time mixing ingredients in a tub and
Speaker 1: putting it into bottles. Her medicine is invisible, but they
Speaker 1: pay for it all the same, and just like us.
Speaker 1: After tonight's performance, she will fold up the canvas, count
Speaker 1: up the nickels and dimes, pay off her fool and
Speaker 1: look for her chance to work her way up into
Speaker 1: a better venue where she can perform for a more
Speaker 1: prosperous audience. Maybe I don't want to perform for money
Speaker 1: or so lies. Is it so wrong for me to
Speaker 1: want something to believe in. I just want to have
Speaker 1: some hope for the future. Is that so wrong? Listen
Speaker 1: to me, pearl. The best you have for the future
Speaker 1: is you don't turn over control of your life to
Speaker 1: someone else. You have the power to control your destiny.
Speaker 1: The only thing you need to believe in right now
Speaker 1: is you. Stop the music. Stop the music. Okay, this
Speaker 1: is it. Watch if you're about to see duck around.
Speaker 1: He is fine speaking to me telling me that there
Speaker 1: is one among us who believes he is beyond salvation.
Speaker 1: But I tell you, dear ones, that no one is
Speaker 1: beyond salvation. I command you to stop where you are,
Speaker 1: Stop where you are and drop those crutches. If you
Speaker 1: have faith, God will give you the strength to crawl
Speaker 1: up to this altar and claim your crown of salvation. Jesus, Yes,
Speaker 1: call his name. Let us all call upon his name, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
Speaker 1: What if I told you that he has the power
Speaker 1: to straighten your arms and legs and fat Jesus? Do
Speaker 1: you believe in him? Do you believe in him? I
Speaker 1: please the name of Jesus. I call down the healing
Speaker 1: power of Christ Almighty, and command you to rise up
Speaker 1: and walk. Jesus and Gold, have I none but what
Speaker 1: I have? Give I d Rise up and walk, Rise
Speaker 1: up and walk, Rise up and walk, ri rile up, walk,
Speaker 1: leaving him believing him, believing him him. Rise up and walk. Oh,
Speaker 1: rise up and walk, Rise up and walk. That's it,
Speaker 1: that's it. Rise up and walk, Rise up and walk
Speaker 1: and walk right up, walk, praise bitter God. I can walk,
Speaker 1: no brol She doesn't sell tickets, she doesn't sell bottles
Speaker 1: of worthless slum. Half the time. She doesn't even ask
Speaker 1: for money. But look at it pouring in. But it's
Speaker 1: more than money. Look at their faces. Look at the
Speaker 1: effect Sister Evangeline has upon them. Look how they adore her,
Speaker 1: how they worship her. Mm hmm. Can you imagine what
Speaker 1: it would be like to have those faces turned towards you,
Speaker 1: worshiping you, that is, worshiping God through you. You want
Speaker 1: me to be some holy roller. I don't want you
Speaker 1: to become a holy roller. I just want you to
Speaker 1: get up off your knees. Stop genuflecting to some man
Speaker 1: in a robe or some statue on the wall. Stop
Speaker 1: bowing down. Be the one whom they bow down to.
Speaker 1: You don't believe in anything, No, I don't believe in everything.
Speaker 1: That is what you need to learn. Shouldn't be much longer.
Speaker 1: There's someone I'd like you to meet. I think you'll
Speaker 1: find it most illuminating. Ah, I think I see him now,
Speaker 1: and stay in the shadows. Follow my lead and play
Speaker 1: out the scene. Phraise his holy name. Rose. What are you?
Speaker 1: You shouldn't be here, Neither should you. Roy. You're better
Speaker 1: than this. You're the man who delivers. I can't be
Speaker 1: seen talking to you. I'm back in the game. Roy,
Speaker 1: We're going to kill Corbo. Rose. You can't just say
Speaker 1: something like that. Jesus Christ. The Pinkerton's here? You who's we?
Speaker 1: I got a gollum. I made her out of clay.
Speaker 1: Just leave me out of this, okay, say hello to
Speaker 1: the gentleman Pandora. Hello. Wish she look closely? No? No, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: no no no. You recognize her? Yes? I molded her
Speaker 1: myself in the image of her mother. It's okay. Have
Speaker 1: a good long look. Jesus. I don't know what to say.
Speaker 1: I need she needs your help. We've got to climb
Speaker 1: the pyramid. I don't know, Rose. I'm on the straight
Speaker 1: and narrow now doing the Lord's work. So I see, well,
Speaker 1: come see us after you've given it some thought. In
Speaker 1: the meantime, here's a little gift. I don't want this, Rose,
Speaker 1: take it, throw it a way if you don't want it.
Speaker 1: I didn't want to come to you empty handed. That's goodbye, Roy,
Speaker 1: We'll see you soon. What did you give him? Just
Speaker 1: a friendly reminder of happier times. Old habits die hard.
Speaker 1: I've made your teeth here, bless you. Would you like
Speaker 1: a piece of toast? Anything? No? No, teez, fine, go
Speaker 1: about your chores. I finished my chores. Who so you have?
Speaker 1: I just want you to enjoy your tea. Mhmm. You're
Speaker 1: very kind. So that when you're finished, you will provide
Speaker 1: me with an explanation. What explanation? Eh Bee promised? So
Speaker 1: I did. Yes, I knew your father. I believe he
Speaker 1: is alive today, but I don't know. Yes, I have
Speaker 1: the authority to retrieve you from the convent school. You
Speaker 1: were not kidnapped. I did it because you have an
Speaker 1: obligation to your family, a duty that you are obliged
Speaker 1: to perform. An obligation to become a clairvoyant. Oh no,
Speaker 1: something much more serious, And you cannot do it while
Speaker 1: locked inside a religious cloister. It cannot be done by
Speaker 1: an innocent school girl who dreams about Jesus. It cannot
Speaker 1: be performed by someone who is on their needs. I
Speaker 1: brought you here to prepare you, to condition your mind
Speaker 1: and body so that you may fulfill this obligation. So
Speaker 1: why are the magic It is the family trade. I'm
Speaker 1: teaching you so that you will have the skills to
Speaker 1: survive and always have a means of putting food in
Speaker 1: your mouth and roof such as it is over your head.
Speaker 1: With a little luck, you will not only survive, but
Speaker 1: may be prosper. That is a gift from your family
Speaker 1: that I have been entrusted to deliver. Perhaps one day
Speaker 1: you will choose not to embrace it. You may prefer
Speaker 1: to work at a textile mill, or as a typist,
Speaker 1: or become a cook and washer woman in the service
Speaker 1: of your husband. That will be for you to decide.
Speaker 1: But I am fulfilling my obligation to your family so
Speaker 1: that you may fulfill yours. So what is this opplication?
Speaker 1: It really is too early to be discussing such matters.
Speaker 1: You gave me your word. Mm hmm. So now the
Speaker 1: great deceivers being kept to her word. You promised, so
Speaker 1: I did. There is a man, a very powerful and
Speaker 1: dangerous man, a man who was once a great adventurer,
Speaker 1: who mingled with men of politics and industry, and accumulated
Speaker 1: great wealth. And this man once committed a certain treachery
Speaker 1: against your family. What kind of treachery? Please, one day
Speaker 1: you will know, but not a day. Suffice it to say.
Speaker 1: He destroyed your family, made it impossible for your parents
Speaker 1: to find work as spiritists or anything else. That is
Speaker 1: why the Banner of Davina sat gathering mold in a
Speaker 1: steamer trunk for ten years. This man was responsible for
Speaker 1: the death of your mother. How is she's Do not
Speaker 1: ask even now it is too painful for me to
Speaker 1: think about. But look into my eyes. You know that
Speaker 1: what I'm saying is true when I think of the
Speaker 1: hurt he inflicted upon you by depriving you of a
Speaker 1: mother's love. Grant me that request one day, I promise.
Speaker 1: Sometimes the great deceiver does keep her promises. Yet, yes,
Speaker 1: and the man who did all this, his name is Corbeau,
Speaker 1: the blackbird. No one knows his real name, because he
Speaker 1: has claimed so many Oliver had oh, Bellerophon, cordor a l'indelil,
Speaker 1: But Corbeau is what he is most commonly called. It
Speaker 1: is because of Corbeau that you were sent away to
Speaker 1: be raised by nuns. You are being hidden from him.
Speaker 1: It's because of Corbeau that instead of enjoying a peaceful,
Speaker 1: happy childhood, you are in this damp, dark tenement with me,
Speaker 1: instead of receiving an upbringing more proper to a beautiful
Speaker 1: girl such as yourself. But of all these injustices, the
Speaker 1: greatest crime that Corbeau committed was preventing your mother from
Speaker 1: knowing you and watching you grow up, and seeing how
Speaker 1: talented you have become. I'm sure the sisters were gentle
Speaker 1: in their own way, but not since the moment you
Speaker 1: were born. Have you known a mother's touch. You would
Speaker 1: know it if you felt it, for it is like
Speaker 1: none other. Gros yes Jah, I've been looking at the
Speaker 1: canvas banner since I do look like her. I was thinking,
Speaker 1: what if we just painted the word Pandora over Davina.
Speaker 1: We could use it with her act you wish to
Speaker 1: take her place? No, not take her place? Carry on
Speaker 1: the family trade. Once my apprenticeship is complete, I went
Speaker 1: to reclaim what was stolen from my family and become
Speaker 1: the thing that she was forbidden to be. But if
Speaker 1: the wrong person sees the band, let the whole world
Speaker 1: see the banner. If there's still anyone who remembers the
Speaker 1: name Davina, who still recognizes that face, let them see
Speaker 1: and let them know I am my mother's daughter. Yes,
Speaker 1: my dear, you certainly are that. Uh. Well, it's Monday,
Speaker 1: a new week begins. Perhaps we should rest. You've worked
Speaker 1: so hard these past three weeks. Rest we continue until
Speaker 1: I'm ready? Are you sure? This man they call Corbo
Speaker 1: I almost pity him right now? H Who am I kidding?
Speaker 1: I have no pity for him or his kind. I
Speaker 1: want to see them all in their graves? Are you
Speaker 1: ready ready? Deal with cards? I must now replace my
Speaker 1: blind hold. 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 Wilts as
Speaker 1: Rose and Elizabeth Hunter as Pearl. There you may now
Speaker 1: open your eyes,