:33:02
She was mindless
but not like Miss Jessica.
:33:04
But the houngan cured her.
:33:06
Are you trying to tell me that
the voodoo priest could cure Mrs. Holland?
:33:09
Yes, Miss Betsy, I mean that.
:33:12
The houngan will speak
to the rada drums...
:33:14
and the drums will speak
to Legba and Damballah.
:33:19
Better doctors.
:33:28
Ti-Peter, how do you ever expect
to get to heaven with one foot...
:33:31
in the voodoo houmfort
and the other in the church?
:33:35
Get along with you.
:33:38
Some of this native nonsense.
:33:39
The houngan has his prescription,
and Dr. Maxwell and I have ours.
:33:44
You never talked
about voodoo before, Mrs. Rand.
:33:46
Haven't I? I suppose I take it for granted.
:33:48
- It's just part of everyday life here.
- You don't believe in it?
:33:51
A missionary's widow?
Isn't very likely, is it?
:33:55
I don't mean believe in it
like believing in a religion.
:33:59
I mean, do you believe it has power?
:34:01
Do you think it could cure a sick person?
:34:04
Frankly, my dear,
I didn't expect anything like that...
:34:06
from a nice levelheaded girl like you.
:34:08
What are you driving at?
:34:10
I heard the servants talking
about Mama Rose.
:34:13
They said she'd been mindless.
:34:16
Her son drowned. It affected her mind.
:34:20
The houngan cured her
by giving her a little practical psychology.
:34:29
What if I took Jessica to see him?
:34:31
You don't know what goes on
at the houmfort.
:34:33
It might be very dangerous
to take her there...
:34:35
dangerous for both of you.
:34:37
These people are primitive.
:34:39
Things that are natural to them
might shock and horrify you.
:34:44
- I'm not easily frightened.
- That may be the pity of it.