[00:16.32]chapter 3 Darnley and Riccio
[00:23.10]At first I wanted to marry the son of the King of Spain，Don Carlos．
[00:30.67]But he was a Catholic， of course， and my Scots lords did not like that．
[00:39.14]It was difficult for me， James．I wanted to please myself．
[00:45.60]I wanted to please my friends and family in France and to please my people，too．
[00:54.00]And then there was the Queen of England．
[00:59.63]At first I wanted very much to be friends with Elizabeth．
[01:05.70]We wrote many letters，and talked about a meeting—a meeting between two sister Queens．
[01:14.91]Elizabeth wrote to me at this time．
[01:19.91]Our two countries need to be friends．You need a husband，I need a friend．
[01:29.99]Why not marry my friend Robert Dudley，the Earl of Leicester？
[01:37.31]He is a tall，strong man． I think he could be a good husband for you．
[01:47.07]I was very angry about this letter．
[01:51.78]There were a lot of stories about Elizabeth and Robert Dudley．
[01:58.14]They were good friends—he often danced and sang and talked with her．
[02:06.60]Sometimes，people said， he stayed in her room all night．
[02:13.66]Dudley had a wife， but one day she died very suddenly．
[02:21.80]It was an accident—she fell down the stairs， they say．
[02:29.44]But then， perhaps she was unhappy， because of her husband and Elizabeth．
[02:38.40]‘And she writes to me about a man like this！'I thought．
[02:45.11]‘She wants him to marry me， because he is her friend—her lover，perhaps！
[02:52.58]She wants her lover to be King of Scotland！'
[02:57.59]I found a better man than Dudley， James． I found Henry Darnley， your father．
[03:08.90]He was nineteen years old， and I was twenty－three．
[03:15.30]He was a tall man， with a beautiful face and big green eyes．
[03:23.00]He talked and sang well， and I liked dancing with him．
[03:29.26]He often wore expensive black clothes， and he laughed a lot when he was with me．
[03:37.64]He was very young and friendly， and I felt happy when I was with him．
[03:44.80]I liked him very much， and I thought he loved me too．
[03:52.43]He was an important man，too．
[03:56.70]We were cousins—his grandfather was King of Scots，and his great-grandfather was Henry VII of England．
[04:10.01]In July 1565， I married him．
[04:15.76]Elizabeth was very angry，and so were a lot of the Scots lords．
[04:22.79]My half－brother， the Earl of Moray，tried to stop the marriage．
[04:30.20]I had to fight him，and he ran south，to England．But I was happy．
[04:39.63]Your father and I laughed， every day．
[04:43.74]He was now Henry， King of Scots．
[04:49.46]After one or two weeks，the laughter stopped．
[04:57.21]A King has a lot of work， James， you know that．
[05:02.66]He has to read hundreds of letters，talk to people，and think about a lot of important things．
[05:12.74]I did those things，every day．But now，I thought，I had a man to help me．
[05:22.58]‘My lord Henry，'I said．‘Would you like to read all the letters with me？
[05:29.27]You can sit next to me， and you can work with me every day．'
[05:35.92]Your father looked unhappy．‘
[05:40.34]I'm not interested in work like that，'he said．‘I don't understand it．'
[05:49.09]‘Of course not，'I said．‘You're a young man， my love．But I can teach you．'
[05:59.03]For one or two days he sat down with me，and I tried to teach him．
[06:05.90]But it was true， he was not interested in the work，and he did not try to understand it．
[06:17.08]‘You do it， Mary，'he said．I'm going out with my friends．
[06:23.38]We're going to ride， and drink， and swim．' So I did all the work．
[06:33.60]At night，too， he often went out with his friends in the town．
[06:39.35]They drank a lot，and laughed and sang，and there were often fights．
[06:46.59]But no one said anything，because he was the King， my husband．
[06:54.75]What could people say？ They were unhappy， but they were afraid of him．
[07:04.13]Some of them went to England， to the Earl of Moray．
[07:11.01]At this time I was often very tired， because I was pregnant．
[07:18.03]You， my son James， were alive inside me．
[07:24.59]But I did all the work of a Queen and I needed friends too．
[07:32.21]One of these friends was a young Italian， David Riccio．
[07:39.74]Riccio was a little man and he was not tall or beautiful or strong．
[07:50.93]But he was a very clever， interesting man．
[07:55.75]He wrote many of my letters for me， and helped me．
[08:01.58]He sang well，too，and I sometimes sang with him in the evenings．
[08:09.20]I liked him very much，and at first，your father liked him too．
[08:18.82]But then， Moray's friends began to talk about me and Riccio．
[08:25.17]‘David Riccio is in the Queen's rooms every night，'they said to your father．
[08:32.34]‘She laughs and sings and dances with him， my lord—it is not right！
[08:38.51]He is not a Scotsman， and he is not her husband． He is always with her．'
[08:45.93]Perhaps they said other things，too—I don't know．
[08:53.89]A lot of Scots lords listened to them．
[08:58.35]But I tell you， James， before God， I did nothing wrong．
[09:05.94]David Riccio was a good man． He worked hard，and he helped me—so of course I liked him．
[09:17.76]Your father did not work—he went out to the town every night with his friends，and drank．And then one night， your father came home．