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"Of course he thinks about you， Your Majesty，"I said. "You write to him often.How can he forget his mother?"
“他當然會想您的，陛下，”我說。“你經常給他寫信，他怎么可能忘記自己的母親呢？”
"Then why doesn't he write to me?"mary asked."Does he want me to stay here in an English prison?"
“那為什么他不給我寫信呢？”瑪麗問道。“他想讓我呆在英格蘭監獄里嗎？”
"No， of course not， Your Majesty. But—he has a lot of work， Your Majesty.He is the King of Scotland， and…"
“不，當然不，陛下。可是——他有許多事要做，陛下。他是蘇格蘭的國王，而且……”
"He is not the King of Scotland，Bess，"she said."Not be- fore I am dead.Remember that."
“他不是蘇格蘭國王，貝斯，”她說。“我沒死，他就不是。記住這點。”
"No， Your Majesty， of course not. But perhaps people tell him things that are untrue. You know what people say. Per－haps—perhaps he thinks you killed his father."“是的，陛下，他當然不是。可是也許人們會告訴他一些不真實的情況。您知道人們會說什么。也許——也許他認為是您殺死了他的父親。”
Mary's face went white.She was very angry， and for a minute I was afraid.She said："You know that's a lie， Bess.It is a lie! I did not kill James's father—I knew nothing about it!"
瑪麗的臉一下子變白了。她很憤怒，那一會兒我真覺得害怕。她說：“你知道那是個謊言，貝斯。那是個謊言！我沒有殺死詹姆斯的父親——我對那一無所知！”
"I know that，Your Majesty.But perhaps James doesn't know it.He hears so many lies， all the time. He needs to know the true story.Why don't you write， and tell him?"“我知道，陛下。可是也許詹姆斯不知道。他總是聽到那么多謊言，他需要知道真實的情況。您為什么不寫信告訴他呢？”
Mary sat down slowly. She looked old and tired."All right， Bess，'she said."Give me a pen， please. I'm going to write to James， and tell him the true story. You can give it to him when I'm dead."
瑪麗慢慢地坐了下來。她看起來又蒼老又疲憊。“好吧，貝斯，”她說。“請給我一枝筆，我這就給詹姆斯寫信，告訴他真實的故事。我死后，你可以把信交給他。”
"Dead， Your Majesty? Don't say that. You aren't going to die."
“死？陛下，不要那樣說。您不會死。”
Her old， tired eyes looked at me."Yes I am， Bess. You know what is going to happen. One day soon， a man is going to bring a letter from Queen Elizabeth. And then her men are going to kill me. But before I die， I would like to write to my son James. I want to tell him the story of my life.So give me a pen， please."
她看著我眼神蒼老而疲憊說道，“不，我會死的，貝斯。你知道將會發生什么。不久的一天，一個人帶來伊麗莎白女王的一封信。隨后，她的人便殺了我。但在我死之前，我要給我的兒子詹姆斯寫信。我要告訴他我一生的故事。來，給我一枝筆吧。”
I gave her a pen. This is what she wrote：
我拿給她一枝筆。這就是她所寫的：
