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2、d．Wecouldn'tseemuchfromthewindow．Oneortwohouses，ariver，sometrees，somehorses，andaroad．That'sall．TheroadgoestoLondon，thehomeofQueenElizabethofEngland．Marysatwithherlittledoginherhandsandwatchedit，alldaylong．Noonecamealongtheroad．Nothinghappened．IwatchedMary，un

3、happily．‘Please，YourMajesty，comeawayfromthatwindow，'Isaid．‘Itdoesn'thelp．Nooneisgoingtocome．QueenEliza－bethcan'tdoit—Queensdon'tkillQueens．'‘Don'tthey，Bess？'marysaid．‘Thenwhyarewehere，inthisprison？WhyamInotfree？'‘Why，YourMajesty？BecauseQueenElizabethisafraid

4、ofyou．'‘That'sright，'marysaid．‘She'safraidofme，andshehatesmetoo．ShehatesmebecauseIambeautiful，andsheisnot；becauseIhadthreehusbands，andshenevermarried．Andbecausemanypeople—goodCatnolicpeopleinEngland，France，Scotland，Spain—saythatI，Mary，amthetrueQueenofEngland

5、，notElizabeth．AndElizabethhasnochil－dren，so，whensheisdead，mysonJames…'Shecameawayfromthewindowandstoodinfrontofme．‘James，'shesaidquietly，‘myson．Doeshethinkaboutmesometimes？HewasonlytenmonthsoldwhenIlastsawhim．Itisnearlytwentyyears…'‘Ofcoursehethinksaboutyou，

6、YourMajesty，'Isaid．‘Youwritetohimoften．Howcanheforgethismother？'‘Thenwhydoesn'thewritetome？'maryasked．‘DoeshewantmetosayhereinanEnglishprison？'‘No，ofcoursenot，YourMajesty．But—hehasalotofwork，YourMajesty．HeistheKingofScotland，and…'‘HeisnottheKingofScotland，Be

7、ss，'shesaid．‘Notbe-foreIamdead．Rememberthat．'‘No，YourMajesty，ofcoursenot．Butperhapspeopletellhimthingsthatareuntrue．Youknowwhatpeoplesay．Per－haps—perhapshethinksyoukilledhisfather．'Mary'sfacewentwhite．Shewasveryangry，andforaminuteIwasafraid．Shesaid：‘Youknowt

8、hat'salie，Bess．Itisalie！IdidnotkillJames'sfather—Iknewnothingaboutit！'‘Iknowthat，YourMajesty．ButperhapsJamesdoesn'tknowit．Hehearssomanylies，allthetime．Heneedstoknowthetruestory．Whydon'tyouwrite，