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. That's it, right, Take
Speaker 1: as long as you like. There's no hurry. Rose, Lie back,
Speaker 1: my child, and rest. Mrs Davenport, you have given me
Speaker 1: such a blessing. My heart is so full of love.
Speaker 1: I've seen so many pretenders. They feed on my broken
Speaker 1: heart and will say anything to get my money. I
Speaker 1: was beginning to lose faith, and then I found you
Speaker 1: so honest and pure. Yes, ma'am, you'll forgive an old
Speaker 1: woman for being so forward. But I've had help. But
Speaker 1: wonder if your gift is being perverted. It breaks my
Speaker 1: heart to think of someone so radiant, so filled with
Speaker 1: the spare it performing magic shows on a stage when
Speaker 1: has to earn a living. That's no life for a
Speaker 1: girl your age. Do you go to school? Do you
Speaker 1: have friends? There's just Rose enemy. Well, it isn't right
Speaker 1: for you to live alone with this colored woman. Rose
Speaker 1: is going to help me reach my father. He owns
Speaker 1: a sugar plantation in Haiti, and to get there we
Speaker 1: need money. Have you never gone to school? Has she
Speaker 1: raised you since birth? Ms? Rose is very protective from whom?
Speaker 1: Is she protecting you from those who would take advantage
Speaker 1: of me? Men? Rose says that a mistake possesses her
Speaker 1: gift only as long as she has a virgin Is
Speaker 1: that true? Yes? It is. Then if I mustlive a
Speaker 1: cloistered life, separated from men in order to preserve my gift,
Speaker 1: and it's a fate I will accept and doora look
Speaker 1: at my daring. You belong in a better world. There
Speaker 1: are some who would treasure a girl like you. Worship
Speaker 1: you allow you to grow into a true woman, a
Speaker 1: woman of culture and distinction. Yes, I would consider it
Speaker 1: a privilege if I could. Ah, she's coming out, if
Speaker 1: your permission, Mrs Davenport, I complete my examination to make
Speaker 1: sure she's fair enough to be on her vay. Of course,
Speaker 1: I'll step outside. Where's Pandora? We'd like to leave now,
Speaker 1: you didn't leave her alone with that. I'll be perfectly
Speaker 1: frank with you, China, Rose, or whatever you wish to
Speaker 1: call yourself. If any harm comes to that child as
Speaker 1: a result of your inn lecked nig I will see
Speaker 1: to it that you are prosecuted, and I will personally
Speaker 1: testify on the girl's behalf. She has a very special gift,
Speaker 1: and it concerns me that this gift is being exploited
Speaker 1: rather than cherished. Would you care for her, clothe her,
Speaker 1: provide her lodging. We came here as your invited guests.
Speaker 1: We asked for no remuneration, and none was offered, not
Speaker 1: even a bowl of soup. These sittings take a great
Speaker 1: physical toll on the girl. It will be days before
Speaker 1: she has recovered her strength. And what will she have
Speaker 1: gained for having sacrificed so much on your behalf? Answer
Speaker 1: me that, madam, Yes, you are absolutely right. Perhaps I
Speaker 1: could make an offering of some sort. She she mentioned
Speaker 1: needing the fair to visit her father in Haiti. That
Speaker 1: is our goal. Yes, I could help you with that,
Speaker 1: although yes it would be a shape to lose her.
Speaker 1: Her father's plantation is facing hardship because of the reins,
Speaker 1: so I couldn't say when we might return. However, if
Speaker 1: someone provided us enough money for return passage for the
Speaker 1: two of us, I would be willing to guarantee that
Speaker 1: she doesn't remain in Hating more than a few weeks.
Speaker 1: I have lived there, you see, and it's no place
Speaker 1: for an innocent child such as she. Her gift would
Speaker 1: be in constant danger. There's only so much I could
Speaker 1: do to protect her. Could you assure us of her
Speaker 1: return within two weeks? If we can afford a round
Speaker 1: trip in comfortable quarters, three weeks would be an absolute certainty.
Speaker 1: Then you shall have it. Thank you. You are most generous,
Speaker 1: and if you please. Pandora mustn't know you are sponsoring
Speaker 1: the journey. She would be devastated if she felt her
Speaker 1: services were being bought and sold. She is a divine
Speaker 1: young girl, a gift from heaven. Yes, indeed, I am
Speaker 1: greatly impressed. How are you feeling tired? A little ill? Here?
Speaker 1: Drink or spoonful of this? No, I'll be fine. I
Speaker 1: just need a few minutes to regain my strength. I'm
Speaker 1: afraid I must insist their fil If I may ask,
Speaker 1: what function does Arose serve? During a sitting. What function
Speaker 1: does she have a purpose? Does she instruct you? She
Speaker 1: is my guardian against whom is she guarding you? Those
Speaker 1: who would corrupt me? And my mind has been spirited away.
Speaker 1: She safeguards my flesh, a custodian of your body. Then
Speaker 1: nothing more, nothing more. Well, she does like to provide
Speaker 1: a certain air of theatricality. It cheapens you. I'm sorry
Speaker 1: I shouldn't have said that. But if he did not
Speaker 1: invite you here to stage your performance? Is something wrong?
Speaker 1: I don't feel well? Here, have one more spoonful, Pandora.
Speaker 1: I vant you to take this card. Show it to
Speaker 1: no one, not even Rose, please, no one on It
Speaker 1: is an address if you ever need help. If you
Speaker 1: are ever lost or in danger, or need a place
Speaker 1: to sleep, just go to this address course, and a
Speaker 1: messenger who can tell them there you are. A car
Speaker 1: will be sent for you to take you someplace where
Speaker 1: you'll be safe. Do you think Rose means to do
Speaker 1: me harm? Not necessarily. But if something happens to Rose,
Speaker 1: who is there to care for you? There is only Rose,
Speaker 1: all the Mourison for you to take the card? Albert, yes,
Speaker 1: my child. If Rose finds the card on my person.
Speaker 1: She'll punish me. She'll beat me mercilessly. The Marvisian wife
Speaker 1: we cannot allow. I'm safe for now. As long as
Speaker 1: I obey, she'll do me no harm. But I dare
Speaker 1: not take the card. I'll memorize the address. Are you sure?
Speaker 1: I think I can manage it? In fact, I intend
Speaker 1: to speak to the woman to Rose about arranging another
Speaker 1: sitting without the air of theatricality, without Rose, just you,
Speaker 1: although do you think she would consern here? Just put
Speaker 1: this bowl under you? Yeah, that's it, you're fly, No
Speaker 1: need to benged. This is all very normal. Mmmmm mm hmmm.
Speaker 1: How's that all better? I'll give you a moment to
Speaker 1: compose yourself and then you can be on your face.
Speaker 1: H This is Albert von Strength. Not sink more wonderfood
Speaker 1: than be your merchant. The caretaker, the woman of color.
Speaker 1: She is a potential obstacle. Some voodoo vich has made
Speaker 1: herself to child's guardian and now profits from her obvious. Now,
Speaker 1: why we haven't heard of her? The woodman doesn't let
Speaker 1: her out of her sight's name Ross China Ross, or
Speaker 1: so she calls herself. Have you heard of her? I
Speaker 1: believe Pandora is worthy of consideration. But I must tell
Speaker 1: you yes. After the sitting, I pumped her stomach, as
Speaker 1: I always do, and I examined the contents. There was
Speaker 1: no indication of deception, no evidence. But I found a
Speaker 1: small piece of skin, yes, about two inches square, and
Speaker 1: characters have been inscribed on the skin in ink, and
Speaker 1: it appears to have been tattooed into the skin In Hebrew.
Speaker 1: The word was met to die, to be dead, death itself.
Speaker 1: Why are you at my door? You have no right
Speaker 1: to intrude upon us. I'm sorry you didn't respond to
Speaker 1: the messenger. It was urgent that I speak to you.
Speaker 1: Who gave you this address? It doesn't matter. It was
Speaker 1: provided to me by whom. Please allow me to explain
Speaker 1: what is this box. It is a gift for Pandora,
Speaker 1: a token of appreciation from Mrs Avenport, from myself. Actually
Speaker 1: is Pandora in She's not. But come in see for
Speaker 1: yourself the poverty we are forced to live in so
Speaker 1: that women like Mrs Davenport can commune with her past
Speaker 1: lovers and dead babies. I am not here to argue
Speaker 1: with you, and tell me quick why you are here,
Speaker 1: and then be gone as you know we find Pandora
Speaker 1: exceptionally gifted. You are telling me this, please m hm.
Speaker 1: We are very interested in studying her abilities further. You
Speaker 1: mean to say, after what Pandora showed you, you still
Speaker 1: are not convinced. I admit it was astounding, but it
Speaker 1: was only I want to conduct a more thorough study
Speaker 1: under rigid scientific conditions. It's the only way to prove
Speaker 1: whether Why should she prove anything? What do we care
Speaker 1: whether or not you believe she is real? She is real.
Speaker 1: You either believe or you don't. Mrs Davenport said that
Speaker 1: she promised to pay your passage to Haiti for a
Speaker 1: three VK trip. What of it? I will only be
Speaker 1: in this country a few more vis If you take
Speaker 1: Pandora on a three VIK journey, then I shan't be
Speaker 1: able to do to what perform a proper scientific evaluation? Ah,
Speaker 1: she is too young for you to evaluate. Is there
Speaker 1: an insinuation hidden within that remark? There is no secret
Speaker 1: message you want the girl. It's obvious my interest in
Speaker 1: Pandora is strictly professional. You have my vert as a gentleman,
Speaker 1: the word word of a gentleman. How many women have
Speaker 1: been ruined by that? Particular word come to ask you
Speaker 1: not to take the journey to hate, but we must
Speaker 1: for her father's sake. I was thinking, rather than taking
Speaker 1: the girl to HATEI, which you yourself admit is a
Speaker 1: dangerous place, you could simply send the money to her father.
Speaker 1: Do you have the money to give us? No, not
Speaker 1: me personally. But but there are other ways. There is
Speaker 1: a challenge five thousand dollars posted by the Scientific Americans
Speaker 1: to any medium whose voracity can be proven upon my recommendation.
Speaker 1: She might be able to obtain an audience. Or you
Speaker 1: could just ask the black bird the black I don't
Speaker 1: know what you mean. You know, Corbo. Isn't that where
Speaker 1: this road is leading? Oh? I didn't realize the baron
Speaker 1: was just leaving. Afternoon, Mr Pandora, good afternoon. I think
Speaker 1: for her sake, you should at least consider it. Consider
Speaker 1: what I will consider your offer. Goodbye, Rose, and do
Speaker 1: pardon my intrusion? How long were you listening at the door?
Speaker 1: I heard five thou dollars, so he says, But by
Speaker 1: what measure could they possibly prove your authenticity? I can
Speaker 1: do it, Rose, I know I can. I feel it,
Speaker 1: you feel it? God help us? What's this a gift
Speaker 1: from your clumsy admirer. May I open it suit yourself?
Speaker 1: Apparently Shrink does not appreciate your present attire. I've never
Speaker 1: seen anything so beautiful. This like something out of a
Speaker 1: Gothic story, all white. Of course, Shrink certainly is a
Speaker 1: romantic I told you did. I not put it back
Speaker 1: in the box, But Rose can put it back in
Speaker 1: the box. Don't let him seduce you with his gifts, flowers,
Speaker 1: one night, address, another, anything to distract you from his
Speaker 1: true intentions. Why would you sneer at a gift as
Speaker 1: precious because of the intention of the man who gave
Speaker 1: it to you. Look at it, white, covered with frills
Speaker 1: and lace. He's so blinded by jealousy, Rose, that you
Speaker 1: don't see the full value of this gift. Go on,
Speaker 1: have you not notice it's resemblance to a wedding dress?
Speaker 1: That rather obvious detail has not escaped my address for
Speaker 1: a special occasion. When I performed for Albert, he insists
Speaker 1: that I'm sown into the black one piece gown, so
Speaker 1: there's no place to hide the blades and weapons that
Speaker 1: Agnes taught me to use. They are useless. And when
Speaker 1: I reached Corbo's mansion. He will probably provide me with
Speaker 1: a new wardrobe, no doubt. But this white dress would
Speaker 1: be the perfect costume for an old soul like me
Speaker 1: to wear it to a ritual, The Widow's dress, the
Speaker 1: Widow in white. Look at it. It is so ridiculously
Speaker 1: fru thru. One could hide an entire arsenal weapons within,
Speaker 1: it seems. And it will supplement the dress with an
Speaker 1: hour glass corset, since tight and ribbed with whalebone. Yes,
Speaker 1: about before we can do that, further preparations are required.
Speaker 1: You have convinced Shrenk, but Shrenk is not our objective.
Speaker 1: Thousand dollars. Bow is worth more to me than five
Speaker 1: thousand dollars, and we can't just invite ourselves into his layer.
Speaker 1: He has to want to face the scientific Americans challenge.
Speaker 1: And you fail, then it's won't fail. Mrs Davenport is
Speaker 1: putting up the money for a first class cabin to Haiti, Haiti.
Speaker 1: We exchange the tickets for passage to Europe and allow
Speaker 1: your reputation to blossom. My race won't be a hindrance
Speaker 1: to you there. We can cultivate an air of mystery
Speaker 1: around you, make you a legend in your own time.
Speaker 1: Maybe we'll visit Shrink in Germany. In a few months,
Speaker 1: Corbo and the others will be begging you to come
Speaker 1: back to America. Give them the tiniest demonstration of your powers,
Speaker 1: and they will bow at you. I don't want that,
Speaker 1: I don't need that. I'm tired of being your puppet,
Speaker 1: my papa. I'm tired of keeping my eyes open and
Speaker 1: my mouth shut. I want to do what I want
Speaker 1: to do. You can, you will, but not now? Why
Speaker 1: not now? If we wait until you're seasoned, until your
Speaker 1: past is wiped clean, when you have an armor of
Speaker 1: fame and notoriety, then he will lower his defense. I
Speaker 1: can do it now, I can kill him. You just
Speaker 1: walk up and knock on his door. If I do it,
Speaker 1: assuming you get in, you'll never get out alive. Corbo
Speaker 1: lives in a fortress surrounded by guards. The Pinkerton's will
Speaker 1: kill you before you reach the door, and if you
Speaker 1: do get away, they'll never stop looking for you, even
Speaker 1: if I kill him, Especially if you kill him. You
Speaker 1: never told me that. Why didn't you tell I didn't care.
Speaker 1: All I wanted was Corbo dead. What happened to you
Speaker 1: after that? It wasn't my concern. But not now? Why
Speaker 1: not now? Because now I've come to depend on you.
Speaker 1: You're using me, bleeding me come to I've come to
Speaker 1: have a certain affection for you, Pearl. Personal pride, yes,
Speaker 1: but something more, almost as a daughter. I have a
Speaker 1: mother and you let her die. I love you, Pearl.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, you really are the great deceiver. For once,
Speaker 1: I'm telling the truth. Rose, you taught me too well.
Speaker 1: I can see the light in your eyes. There's something
Speaker 1: you're not telling me. What is it? Rose? How dare
Speaker 1: you say something like that to me, something calculated to
Speaker 1: break my will and make me feel something for you?
Speaker 1: Can you honestly say you feel nothing. I've through what
Speaker 1: you've done to me, the endless punishment and abuse. I
Speaker 1: rescued you, I gave you a home. You abducted me
Speaker 1: so that I would be your puppet and assassin. And
Speaker 1: beyond that, you don't care if I live or die.
Speaker 1: You just admitted it. The only reason you want to
Speaker 1: wait to travel to Europe is so that you can
Speaker 1: use me a little longer, squeeze more money out of
Speaker 1: me before I walk into that death track. It's not true.
Speaker 1: Give me a chance. I still have so much to
Speaker 1: teach you, like cutting babies out of women's stomachs. That's
Speaker 1: one skill I'll leave to you. No, Pearl, I didn't
Speaker 1: mean to have suffered enough punishment from you. You took
Speaker 1: me out of the convent and taught me a trade,
Speaker 1: and for that I'm grateful. But there are limits to
Speaker 1: what I'm willing to endure. Rose. You're right, I had
Speaker 1: no no right to do that. It's time for me
Speaker 1: to demonstrate to you what I've learned. I've learned how
Speaker 1: to be cold, Rose, ruthless, heartless, loveless. What have I created?
Speaker 1: The Medusa, the Gorgon, the horror of Babylon, all rolled
Speaker 1: into one. I'll be leaving now. I'll take the dress
Speaker 1: with me. I earned it, but everything else is yours.
Speaker 1: Her Perl, Pearl, I won't take you back. You leave now.
Speaker 1: You leave now, and you'll be all alone again. You
Speaker 1: have no one, no one to tear for you, no one,
Speaker 1: no one to care for, no way to stand up
Speaker 1: to them, Corbo and all the others. You'll go back
Speaker 1: to being nothing. You will have failed. You will have
Speaker 1: failed because you're too proud, too stubborn, too cruel, Because
Speaker 1: you wouldn't allow yourself, wouldn't allow yourself to love the girl.
Speaker 1: All you can feel is hatred. Hatred is all you
Speaker 1: have to give. So that's all she ever received from you.
Speaker 1: She never loved you, Rose, why should she you? You
Speaker 1: convinced her to love Davina, so that that's what she did.
Speaker 1: You could see the adoration in her eyes when she
Speaker 1: looked up at this banner. Davina hypnotist, mentalist, mesmerist, that's
Speaker 1: who she loved, not you, never you have only sheet knows.
Speaker 1: She can worship you if she wants. But I won't
Speaker 1: give her an altar to bow down before I will
Speaker 1: tear down her idol. I will deprive her of her
Speaker 1: goddamn my daughter, reduce her beloved Divina to a pile
Speaker 1: of holy relics. From now on, I will provide my
Speaker 1: own pipe MH. Tonight and every night. Hello, Yes, thank
Speaker 1: you for calling back so quickly. I've wanted you to know.
Speaker 1: Pandora is safe. Yes, out of that woman's clutches. She's
Speaker 1: here with me now, that's right. Someone's at the door now,
Speaker 1: and maybe it's them. H Is she here? She's here.
Speaker 1: I don't think you've been needing that. Let us be
Speaker 1: the judge of that like this way, Pandora, these men
Speaker 1: are envoys of Mr Korbole. He has sent them to
Speaker 1: bring you to his home. Fair. You will be safe,
Speaker 1: aren't you going with me? I shall be along shortly.
Speaker 1: But the first stage of the journey, you must make
Speaker 1: a loan as you wish you are, Pandora, I am.
Speaker 1: It's funny. I can't help feeling I've done this before.
Speaker 1: In what way? I couldn't say, But it seems like
Speaker 1: I did this once already. Did you know? Yes to
Speaker 1: a girl who looked just like you, and I've placed
Speaker 1: a hood, perhaps this very one, over her head just
Speaker 1: like this. Yes, there we go, and I cinched it tight,
Speaker 1: just like this. I shay, it's that really necessary. It's
Speaker 1: all right, Albert. I'm prepared for anything. I must now
Speaker 1: replace my blindfold. As my vision begins to fade, your
Speaker 1: own senses will gradually return, return to the warmth and
Speaker 1: the light of your own reality. The Seventh Daughter is
Speaker 1: a production of I Heart Radio, written and directed by
Speaker 1: Brett Wood, recorded and mixed by Rob Gal, featuring Minca
Speaker 1: Wilkes as Rose and Elizabeth Hunter as Pearl. There you
Speaker 1: may now open your eyes