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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,
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