床头灯.苏格兰玛丽女王

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1、1FotheringhayMynameisBessCurle，butthisisnotmystory．ItisthestoryofmyladyMary，QueenofScots．Shewrotethestory，andthenshegaveittome．Iamgoingtogiveittoherson．Shebeganthestoryaweekago．ItwasJanuary1587，andwesathereinourcoldroominFotheringhayCastle，inthenorthofEngland．Wecouldn'tseemuchfromthewindow．O

2、neortwohouses，ariver，sometrees，somehorses，andaroad．That'sall．TheroadgoestoLondon，thehomeofQueenElizabethofEngland．Marysatwithherlittledoginherhandsandwatchedit，alldaylong．Noonecamealongtheroad．Nothinghappened．IwatchedMary，unhappily．‘Please，YourMajesty，comeawayfromthatwindow，’Isaid．‘Itdoesn't

3、help．Nooneisgoingtocome．QueenEliza－bethcan'tdoit—Queensdon'tkillQueens．’‘Don'tthey，Bess？'marysaid．‘Thenwhyarewehere，inthisprison？WhyamInotfree？’‘Why，YourMajesty？BecauseQueenElizabethisafraidofyou．’‘That'sright，'marysaid．‘She'safraidofme，andshehatesmetoo．ShehatesmebecauseIambeautiful，andsheis

4、not；becauseIhadthreehusbands，andshenevermarried．Andbecausemanypeople—goodCatnolicpeopleinEngland，France，Scotland，Spain—saythatI，Mary，amthetrueQueenofEngland，notElizabeth．AndElizabethhasnochil－dren，so，whensheisdead，mysonJames…’Shecameawayfromthewindowandstoodinfrontofme．‘James，'shesaidquietly

5、，‘myson．Doeshethinkaboutmesometimes？HewasonlytenmonthsoldwhenIlastsawhim．Itisnearlytwentyyears…’‘Ofcoursehethinksaboutyou，YourMajesty，’Isaid．‘Youwritetohimoften．Howcanheforgethismother？’‘Thenwhydoesn'thewritetome？'maryasked．‘DoeshewantmetosayhereinanEnglishprison？’‘No，ofcoursenot，YourMajesty

6、．But—hehasalotofwork，YourMajesty．HeistheKingofScotland，and…’‘HeisnottheKingofScotland，Bess，'shesaid．‘Notbe-foreIamdead．Rememberthat．’‘No，YourMajesty，ofcoursenot．Butperhapspeopletellhimthingsthatareuntrue．Youknowwhatpeoplesay．Per－haps—perhapshethinksyoukilledhisfather．’Mary'sfacewentwhite．She

7、wasveryangry，andforaminuteIwasafraid．Shesaid：‘Youknowthat'salie，Bess．Itisalie！IdidnotkillJames'sfather—Iknewnothingaboutit！’‘Iknowthat，YourMajesty．ButperhapsJamesdoesn'tknowit．Hehearssomanylies，allthetime．Heneedstoknowthetruestory．Whydon'tyouwrite，