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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?"
“他当然会想您的，陛下，”我说。“你经常给他写信，他怎么可能忘记自己的母亲呢？”
"Then why doesn't he write to me?"mary asked."Does he want me to stay here in an English prison?"
“那为什么他不给我写信呢？”玛丽问道。“他想让我呆在英格兰监狱里吗？”
"No， of course not， Your Majesty. But—he has a lot of work， Your Majesty.He is the King of Scotland， and…"
“不，当然不，陛下。可是——他有许多事要做，陛下。他是苏格兰的国王，而且……”
"He is not the King of Scotland，Bess，"she said."Not be- fore I am dead.Remember that."
“他不是苏格兰国王，贝斯，”她说。“我没死，他就不是。记住这点。”
"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，他当然不是。可是也许人们会告诉他一些不真实的情况。您知道人们会说什么。也许——也许他认为是您杀死了他的父亲。”
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!"
玛丽的脸一下子变白了。她很愤怒，那一会儿我真觉得害怕。她说：“你知道那是个谎言，贝斯。那是个谎言！我没有杀死詹姆斯的父亲——我对那一无所知！”
"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。可是也许詹姆斯不知道。他总是听到那么多谎言，他需要知道真实的情况。您为什么不写信告诉他呢？”
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."
玛丽慢慢地坐了下来。她看起来又苍老又疲惫。“好吧，贝斯，”她说。“请给我一枝笔，我这就给詹姆斯写信，告诉他真实的故事。我死后，你可以把信交给他。”
"Dead， Your Majesty? Don't say that. You aren't going to die."
“死？陛下，不要那样说。您不会死。”
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."
她看着我眼神苍老而疲惫说道，“不，我会死的，贝斯。你知道将会发生什么。不久的一天，一个人带来伊丽莎白女王的一封信。随后，她的人便杀了我。但在我死之前，我要给我的儿子詹姆斯写信。我要告诉他我一生的故事。来，给我一枝笔吧。”
I gave her a pen. This is what she wrote：
我拿给她一枝笔。这就是她所写的：
