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[00:17.56]Chapter 4 The death of David Riccio
[00:23.93]It was a Saturday evening in March 1566．
[00:29.80]I was in Edinburgh with some friends．
[00:33.75]David Riccio was there,
[00:36.33]with six or seven other people．
[00:40.14]We were in a small room,
[00:42.33]but there was a good dinner on the table,
[00:45.19]and we were happy．
[00:47.99]It was dark outside,
[00:50.59]but inside it was warm and friendly．
[00:55.11]Suddenly, a door opened behind me．
[01:00.88]In the door was Henry Darnley,my husband．
[01:06.73]I stood up and smiled．
[01:10.57]'Good evening, my lord,'I said．
[01:14.21]'Please come in．
[01:16.13]Would you like something to eat?'
[01:19.64]'No, thank you,'he said．
[01:23.13]'I'm not hungry．
[01:25.61]But I want to sit next to you, wife．
[01:29.61]Please tell that man to move．'
[01:33.90]A man got out of the chair next to me and Darnley sat beside me．
[01:41.79]Then he put his arms round me．
[01:45.74]I did not like it．
[01:48.23]His face was hot, and his eyes looked unhappy．
[01:54.14]But I smiled and said,
[01:56.37]'I'm happy to see you, my lord．'
[02:00.74]'Are you, Mary?'He laughed．'Are you really?'
[02:06.88]'Yes, of course, my lord． But-'
[02:11.41]Then the second door opened and his friend,
[02:15.86]Lord Ruthven,stood there．
[02:18.59]He had a knife in his hand．
[02:21.91]His face was red, and he looked very angry．
[02:28.37]At first no one moved．
[02:31.58]Then Ruthven said,'Your Majesty,
[02:36.19]send David Riccio out of this room,
[02:39.31]now! I want him!'
[02:43.54]I looked at Riccio． He was afraid．
[02:48.73]'Why?'I said．'Why do you want him?'
[02:54.43]'He is a bad, wicked man!'
[02:58.14]Ruthven said．'Send him out!'
[03:02.86]'No!'I said．'You want to kill him．
[03:07.94]David Riccio is my friend!
[03:10.78]He stays here, with me!'
[03:14.54]'He goes out, woman!'
[03:17.74]Lord Ruthven said．' King Henry,
[03:21.07]hold your wife, please!'
[03:24.45]I stood up, but Darnley held my arms and I could not move．
[03:31.41]David Riccio ran behind me and held my dress．
[03:36.41]My friends in the room stood up too,
[03:39.41]and moved towards Ruthven angrily．
[03:43.71]But he had a knife in his hand．
[03:47.77]'Get back!'he said angrily．
[03:51.49]'Don't touch me!'
[03:53.88]Then five men with knives ran into the little room,
[03:57.86]and there was a fight．
[03:59.68]One man held a knife in my face,
[04:05.22]and another man hit David Riccio, behind me．
[04:10.40]Then they pulled him out of the room．
[04:13.49]'Help me!'he screamed．'Help me,
[04:17.32]my Queen-please!
[04:19.21]They're going to kill me!Don't-aaaaaargh!'
[04:24.91]I couldn't help him, because Darnley had me in his arms．
[04:30.54]But I could hear David Riccio's screams．
[04:34.61]I think he fell down the stairs,
[04:37.50]and he screamed for two or three minutes．
[04:42.03]Then it was quiet．
[04:46.04]'What are you doing?'
[04:48.27]I asked Darnley angrily．'Riccio is a good man-
[04:53.87]why are you doing this?'
[04:56.97]Darnley laughed．'You are my wife,
[05:01.79]Mary-not David Riccio's!'he said．
[05:07.26]'so why are you with him every evening?
[05:10.82]You never talk to me!'
[05:14.45]'I don't talk to you because you are never here!'
[05:17.59]I said．'You are always drinking with your friends!
[05:23.08]You aren't a king, you're a stupid boy!'
[05:28.74]He laughed again．
[05:31.03]It was not a nice laugh．
[05:34.98]'Well,'he said．'Perhaps I am a boy,
[05:40.84]but that is better than David Riccio,now．
[05:45.57]Do you want to go and see him?'
[05:49.84]I did see him, five minutes after that．
[05:55.17]He was very dead,and there was blood all over the floor．
[06:02.44]Poor David Riccio．
[06:07.63]He sings to God now, not me．
[06:14.22]I looked at Henry Darnley, my husband．
[06:18.64]He had a stupid smile on his face．
[06:23.11]But I think he was afraid of me．
[06:27.45]I looked at him a long time,
[06:30.45]and the smile went away．
[06:34.38]'Remember this night,husband,'
[06:38.34]I said to him．'Remember it well．
[06:43.89]Think about it when you look into my eyes,
[06:48.41]and before you go to sleep．
[06:52.58]David Riccio was my friend,
[06:56.86]and you killed him in front of me．
[07:01.29]I'm never going to forget that,Henry Darnley．
[07:06.32]Never!'