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Chapter 3 Darnley and Riccio
第3章 達恩利和里奇奧
At first I wanted to marry the son of the King of Spain，Don Carlos. But he was a Catholic, of course, and my Scots lords did not like that. It was difficult for me, James. I wanted to please myself. I wanted to please my friends and family in France and to please my people, too. And then there was the Queen of England.
開始的時候，我想嫁給西班牙國王的兒子，唐·卡洛斯。可他是個天主教徒。當然，我的這些蘇格蘭貴族們不喜歡那樣。這對我太難了，詹姆斯。我想讓自己愉快，又想讓我在法國的朋友和家人高興，也想讓我的人民滿意。此外，還有英格蘭女王。
At first I wanted very much to be friends with Elizabeth.We wrote many letters, and talked about a meeting—a meet-ing between two sister Queens.Elizabeth wrote to me at this time.
起初，我極想和伊麗莎白交朋友。我們通了很多信，并討論有關會面的事宜——兩位姐妹女王之間的會面。這時，伊麗莎白給我寫信道：
Our two countries need to be friends.You need a husband，I need a friend.Why not marry my friend Robert Dudley，the Earl of Leicester?He is a tall，strong man. I think he could be a good husband for you.
我們兩個國家需要成為朋友。你需要一個丈夫，我需要一個朋友。為什么不嫁給我的朋友萊斯特伯爵羅伯特·達德利呢？他高大健壯，我想他會成為你的好丈夫的。
I was very angry about this letter.There were a lot of sto－ries about Elizabeth and Robert Dudley.They were good friends—he often danced and sang and talked with her. Some－times，people said, he stayed in her room all night. Dudley had a wife, but one day she died very suddenly. It was an ac-cident—she fell down the stairs, they say. But then, perhaps she was unhappy, because of her husband and Elizabeth.
對這封信我很惱火。關于伊麗莎白和羅伯特·達德利之間有許多傳聞。他們是好朋友——他經常和她唱歌、跳舞、聊天。人們說他有時還一整夜呆在她的房間里。達德利有妻子，但有一天卻突然死了。他們說那是一次意外事故——她從樓上摔了下來。不過，也許她很不快樂，由于他丈夫和伊麗莎白的關系。
"And she writes to me about a man like this!"I thought."She wants him to marry me, because he is her friend—her lover，perhaps!She wants her lover to be King of Scotland!"
“她寫信給我介紹這樣一個男人！”我想。“她想讓他娶我，是因為他是她的朋友——她的情人。或許，她想讓她的情人成為蘇格蘭的國王！”
I found a better man than Dudley, James. I found Henry Darnley, your father.
詹姆斯，我找到了一個比達德利好的男人，他就是你的父親亨利·達恩利。
He was nineteen years old, and I was twenty－three.He was a tall man, with a beautiful face and big green eyes. He talked and sang well, and I liked dancing with him. He often wore expensive black clothes, and he laughed a lot when he was with me. He was very young and friendly, and I felt happy when I was with him. I liked him very much, and I thought he loved me too.
他19歲，我23歲。他很高大，有一張英俊的臉龐和一雙綠色的大眼睛。他說話很動聽，歌也唱得好。我很喜歡和他一起跳舞。他經常穿一身高貴的黑色衣服，而且和我在一起時他常常面帶微笑。他是那樣的年輕和友善，和他在一起我感到很幸福。我非常喜歡他，我想他也愛我。
He was an important man, too.We were cousins—his grandfather was King of Scots, and his great-grandfather was Henry VII of England.
他還是個很重要的人物。我們是堂姐弟——他的祖父曾是蘇格蘭國王，他的曾祖父是英格蘭的亨利二世。
In July 1565, I married him. Elizabeth was very angry, and so were a lot of the Scots lords. My half－brother, the Earl of Moray, tried to stop the marriage. I had to fight him, and he ran south, to England.But I was happy.Your father and I laughed, every day. He was now Henry, King of Scots.
1565年7月，我嫁給了他。伊麗莎白非常惱怒，許多英格蘭貴族也是。我的同父異母兄弟，馬里伯爵，試圖想阻止這場婚姻。我不得不和他作戰，他逃到了南方，去了英格蘭。我很快樂。你的父親和我每天歡聲笑語。他現在是蘇格蘭亨利親王了。
