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1、蘇格蘭瑪麗女王1FotheringhayMynameisBessCurle，butthisisnotmystory．ItisthestoryofmyladyMary，QueenofScots．Shewrotethestory，andthenshegaveittome．Iamgoingtogiveittoherson．Shebeganthestoryaweekago．ItwasJanuary1587，andwesathereinourcoldroominFotheringhayCastle，inth
2、enorthofEngland．Wecouldn'tseemuchfromthewindow．Oneortwohouses，ariver，sometrees，somehorses，andaroad．That'sall．TheroadgoestoLondon，thehomeofQueenElizabethofEngland．Marysatwithherlittledoginherhandsandwatchedit，alldaylong．Noonecamealongtheroad．Nothinghap
3、pened．IwatchedMary，unhappily．‘Please，YourMajesty，comeawayfromthatwindow，’Isaid．‘Itdoesn'thelp．Nooneisgoingtocome．QueenEliza－bethcan'tdoit—Queensdon'tkillQueens．’‘Don'tthey，Bess？'marysaid．‘Thenwhyarewehere，inthisprison？WhyamInotfree？’‘Why，YourMajesty？B
4、ecauseQueenElizabethisafraidofyou．’‘That'sright，'marysaid．‘She'safraidofme，andshehatesmetoo．ShehatesmebecauseIambeautiful，andsheisnot；becauseIhadthreehusbands，andshenevermarried．Andbecausemanypeople—goodCatnolicpeopleinEngland，F(xiàn)rance，Scotland，Spain—sa
5、ythatI，Mary，amthetrueQueenofEngland，notElizabeth．AndElizabethhasnochil－dren，so，whensheisdead，mysonJames…’Shecameawayfromthewindowandstoodinfrontofme．‘James，'shesaidquietly，‘myson．Doeshethinkaboutmesometimes？HewasonlytenmonthsoldwhenIlastsawhim．Itisnea
6、rlytwentyyears…’‘Ofcoursehethinksaboutyou，YourMajesty，’Isaid．‘Youwritetohimoften．Howcanheforgethismother？’‘Thenwhydoesn'thewritetome？'maryasked．‘DoeshewantmetosayhereinanEnglishprison？’‘No，ofcoursenot，YourMajesty．But—hehasalotofwork，YourMajesty．Heisth
7、eKingofScotland，and…’‘HeisnottheKingofScotland，Bess，'shesaid．‘Notbe-foreIamdead．Rememberthat．’第16頁共16頁‘No，YourMajesty，ofcoursenot．Butperhapspeopletellhimthingsthatareuntrue．Youknowwhatpeoplesay．Per－h(huán)aps—perhapshethinksyoukilledhisfather．’Mary'sfacewen
8、twhite．Shewasveryangry，andforaminuteIwasafraid．Shesaid：‘Youknowthat'salie，Bess．Itisalie！IdidnotkillJames'sfather—Iknewnothingaboutit！’‘Iknowthat，YourMajesty．ButperhapsJamesdoesn'tknowit．Hehearssomanylies，allthetime．Heneedstoknowthetruestory．Wh
