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TheroadgoestoLondon,thehomeofQueenElizabethofEngland.Marysatwithherlittledoginherhandsandwatchedit,alldaylong.

Noonecamealongtheroad.Nothinghappened.IwatchedMary,unhappily.

'

Please,YourMajesty,comeawayfromthatwindow,'

Isaid.'

Itdoesn'

thelp.Nooneisgoingtocome.QueenElizabethcan'

tdoit—Queensdon'

tkillQueens.'

Don'

tthey,Bess?

'

marysaid.'

Thenwhyarewehere,inthisprison?

WhyamInotfree?

Why,YourMajesty?

BecauseQueenElizabethisafraidofyou.'

That'

sright,'

She'

safraidofme,andshehatesmetoo.ShehatesmebecauseIambeautiful,andsheisnot,becauseIhadthreehusbands,andshenevermarried.Andbecausemanypeople—goodCatholicpeopleinEngland,France,Scotland,Spain—saythatI,Mary,amthetrueQueenofEngland,notElizabeth.AndElizabethhasnochildren,so,whensheisdead,mysonJames…'

Shecameawayfromthewindowandstoodinfrontofme.'

James,'

shesaidquietly,'

myson.Doeshethinkaboutmesometimes?

HewasonlytenmonthsoldwhenIlastsawhim.Itisnearlytwentyyears…'

Ofcoursehethinksaboutyou,YourMajesty,'

Youwritetohimoften.Howcanheforgethismother?

Thenwhydoesn'

thewritetome?

Maryasked.'

DoeshewantmetosayhereinanEnglishprison?

No,ofcoursenot,YourMajesty.But—hehasalotofwork,YourMajesty.HeistheKingofScotland,and…'

HeisnottheKingofScotland,Bess,'

shesaid.'

NotbeforeIamdead.Rememberthat.'

No,YourMajesty,ofcoursenot.Butperhapspeopletellhimthingsthatareuntrue.Youknowwhatpeoplesay.Perhaps—perhapshethinksyoukilledhisfather.'

Mary'

sfacewentwhite.Shewasveryangry,andforaminuteIwasafraid.Shesaid:

Youknowthat'

salie,Bess.Itisalie!

IdidnotkillJames'

sfather—Iknewnothingaboutit!

Iknowthat,YourMajesty.ButperhapsJamesdoesn'

tknowit.Hehearssomanylies,allthetime.Heneedstoknowthetruestory.Whydon'

tyouwrite,andtellhim?

Marysatdownslowly.Shelookedoldandtired.'

Allright,Bess,'

Givemeapen,please.I'

mgoingtowritetoJames,andtellhimthetruestory.YoucangiveittohimwhenI'

mdead.'

Dead,YourMajesty?

Don'

tsaythat.Youaren'

tgoingtodie.'

Herold,tiredeyeslookedatme.'

YesIam,Bess.Youknowwhatisgoingtohappen.Onedaysoon,amanisgoingtobringaletterfromQueenElizabeth.Andthenhermenaregoingtokillme.ButbeforeIdie,IwouldliketowritetomysonJames.Iwanttotellhimthestoryofmylife.Sogivemeapen,please.'

Igaveherapen.Thisiswhatshewrote.

2France

DearJames.VerysoonIamgoingtodie,andmeetmyGod.BeforeIdie,Iwanttowritethetruestoryofmylifeforyou.EverythingthatIwritehereistrue—Icannotlietoyou,ortoGod.Pleasebelievethat,James.It'

simportanttome.

MyfatherdiedwhenIwasoneweekold,soIwastheQueenofScotswhenIwasababy.AtfirstIlivedwithmymotherinScotland,andthen,whenIwasfive,IwenttoFrance.MymotherwasFrench,butshestayedinScotland,anddiedthere.

IwenttoFrancetomarrytheKingofFrance'

sson.HisnamewasFrancis,andhewasoneyearyoungerthanme.In1559,hisfatherdied,soFranciswasKing.ThenIwasQueenofFrance,andQueenofScotlandtoo.

IwasveryhappyinFrance.Francis,myhusband,waslikealittlebrothertome.Ithinkhelovedme,buthewasveryyoung,andhewasoftenill.Andthen,in1560,hedied.Hewassixteenyearsold.

WhenhediedIwasveryunhappy,andmylifewasverydifferent.TherewasanewKingandQueen,andIwasn'

timportantinFrance,anymore.ButIwasstillQueenofScots,soIcamebacktoScotland.WhenIarrivedinScotland,Iwasayounggirlofeighteen.Mymotherwasdead,andtherewasnoonetheretomeetme.Iwalkedofftheship,andIsleptinalittlehousenearthesea.

Nextday,theScotslordscamefromEdinburgh.Theywerepleasedtoseeme,andforaweekeveryonewashappy.Peoplesmiledatmeandsanginthestreets.Ithinkeveryonelikedme.Then,thatSunday,Iwenttochurch.

James,myson,youareaProtestantandIamaCatholic.Youareagoodman,andyouloveGod,butyourchurchandmychurchareenemies.IwasbornaCatholic,andIamgoingtodieaCatholic.IloveGod,too—Ihopeyouunderstandthat.I'

mnotgoingtochangenow.

ThatSunday,peopleshoute