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[00:16.43]Chapter 6 Kirk O'Field
[00:22.55]I had a new man to help me now．
[00:26.11]The Earl of Bothwell-a strong,clever man．
[00:32.65]He was older than me；
[00:34.72]he was not a boy like Darnley．
[00:38.39]He worked hard and he could think．
[00:42.77]He was a good fighter and he was not afraid of other men．
[00:49.09]Perhaps you are like him, James, my son?
[00:55.77]In January your father,Darnley,was ill in Glasgow．
[01:01.70]I went to see him, and took him back to Edinburgh．
[01:08.42]He was unhappy, and afraid of people．
[01:13.25]He saw enemies behind every door．
[01:17.33]Poor stupid boy!
[01:20.88]He said he loved me again．
[01:24.23]I was angry, but I felt sorry for him, too．
[01:30.03]He was very ill．
[01:32.88]'It's not far now, Henry,'
[01:35.93]I said．'You can sleep in the castle．'
[01:41.01]'No, not there, please, Mary!'
[01:45.72]he said．'I don't want to go into the castle．
[01:50.45]I'm afraid of it!'
[01:53.25]'But where do you want to go?'I asked．
[01:58.81]'Find me a little house outside the town,
[02:03.12]and stay with me there,'he said．
[02:07.11]'We can be happy there．'
[02:10.19]So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field,outside Edinburgh．
[02:18.14]He stayed there, in a room upstairs,
[02:22.39]and sometimes I slept in a room downstairs．
[02:28.31]Darnley was often afraid,
[02:31.80]and I visited him every day．
[02:35.47]Slowly, he got better．
[02:40.51]On Sunday,9th February,
[02:43.76]there was a big wedding in Edinburgh．
[02:47.86]After the wedding,
[02:49.71]Bothwell and I walked out to Kirk o'Field to see Darnley and talk to him．
[02:57.25]Everyone sang,and laughed,
[03:00.30]and was very happy．
[03:04.04]At ten o'clock I was tired．
[03:08.99]'Good night, my lords,'I said．
[03:12.54]'I'm going downstairs to bed．'
[03:15.99]Lord Bothwell put his hand on my arm．
[03:20.31]'Your Majesty,'he said．'You can't sleep here now．
[03:26.60]Don't you remember?
[03:28.79]People are dancing and singing in town tonight-
[03:32.99]everyone wants you to go．'
[03:35.84]'Oh, yes． I forgot,'I said．
[03:41.61]'Of course, people want to see me there．
[03:45.44]So, good night, Henry． Sleep well．'
[03:51.13]Darnley was very unhappy．
[03:55.06]'Please, Mary my love, don't go!'
[03:58.79]he said．'Don't leave me here!'
[04:04.83]But I did not love him now．
[04:07.98]I remembered the night when Riccio died．
[04:11.53]So I smiled and said,'Good night,Henry．
[04:16.68]Be a man now．don't be afraid of the dark．'
[04:24.94]Then I went downstairs with Lord Bothwell．
[04:28.74]Outside the house, we met one of Bothwell's men．
[04:33.98]He looked afraid,
[04:36.28]and there was something black on his face and hands．
[04:41.73]'Jesus, man, how dirty you are!'
[04:44.54]I said．'Don't come near me with those hands．'
[04:49.78]'No, my lady, of course not,'he said．
[04:54.95]He looked at Bothwell for a minute,
[04:57.84]and then ran away quickly．
[05:00.81]I laughed, got on my horse,
[05:04.33]and forgot about it．
[05:07.01]I tell you before God, James,
[05:10.83]I did not kill your father．
[05:14.49]It was not me．
[05:16.67]I knew nothing about it-nothing!
[05:21.92]I sang and danced in town,
[05:25.55]and then went to bed in Edinburgh Castle．
[05:29.94]Then, at two o'clock in the morning,
[05:33.85]there was a sudden noise-a very big BANG!
[05:40.47]Everybody heard it all through the town．
[05:44.35]'My God!'I said．'What's that?'
[05:50.23]Everyone ran out of their rooms．Lord Bothwell was downstairs．
[05:56.99]'Don't be afraid, ladies,'he said．
[06:01.75]'My men are outside-they're going to see what it is．'
[06:08.21]After an hour he came to see me．
[06:13.64]'Please sit down, my lady,'
[06:16.87]he said．'I have some unhappy news．'
[06:22.45]'Yes,my lord．What is it?'
[06:26.76]'It's your husband,
[06:28.55]Lord Darnley． He is dead．'
[06:34.00]'But-how? How did he die?
[06:38.76]Who killed him?'
[06:42.23]'I don't know, my lady．
[06:44.48]That bang-that was his house,Kirk o'Field．
[06:51.10]It's not there any more．'
[06:54.46]'What? And Darnley was inside?'
[06:59.73]'Well, no, my lady,
[07:05.19]'Bothwell said slowly．
[07:08.38]'My men found him in the garden,
[07:13.88]not in the house．
[07:16.76]He is wearing only night clothes,
[07:20.77]and there is no blood on him．
[07:24.49]But he is dead． I am sorry．'
[07:29.56]'Take me out there!
[07:31.36]I want to see him-now!'
[07:35.11]'Yes, my lady．'
[07:37.92]I went out to Kirk o'Field in the early morning．
[07:42.68]There was no house now-no walls,
[07:46.84]no doors, no windows-nothing．
[07:53.03]And there in the garden, a long way from the house,
[07:58.14]was that poor dead boy, my husband．
[08:05.05]I did not love him but I cried then．
[08:10.89]He was your father,James,
[08:13.44]and I did not kill him．
[08:17.69]I don't know who killed him,but he had many enemies in Scotland．
[08:27.47]I was very afraid．I, too,
[08:31.09]had enemies, and I often slept there．
[08:36.10]Perhaps someone wanted to kill me, too．