ࡱ> ;=:)` R1bjbj66{{0000 <*dddddqqq$hRJqqqqqdd zKKKqddKqKKKdX z]+0kK0K;KK8PqqKqqqqq;qqqqqqq   004 The death of David Riccio 00It was a Saturday evening in March 1566. I was in Edin-burgh with some friends. David Riccio was there with six or seven other people. We were in a small room but there was a good dinner on the table and we were happy. It was dark outside but insideit was warm and friendly. 00Suddenly a door opened behind me. In the door was Henry Darnley myhusband.I stood up and smiled. 00 Good evening my lord 'I said. Please come in. Would you like something to eat?' 00 No thank you 'he said. I'm not hungry.But I want to sit next to you wife. Please tell that man to move.' 00A man got out of the chair next to me and Darnley sat beside me.Then he put his arms round me. I did not like it. His face was hot and his eyes looked unhappy. But I smiled and said  I'm happy to see you my lord.' 00 Are you Mary?'He laughed. Are you really?' 00 Yes of course my lord. But ' 00Then the second door opened and his friend Lord Ruthven stood there.He had a knife in his hand. His face was red and he looked very angry. 00Af first no one moved. Then Ruthven said  Your Majesty send David Riccio out of this room now! I want him!' 00I looked at Riccio. He was afraid. Why?'I said. Why do you want him?' 00 He is a bad wicked man!'Ruthven said. Send him out!' 00 No!'I said. You want to kill him. David Riccio is my friend! He stays here with me!' 00 He goes out woman!'Lord Ruthven said. King Henry hold your wife please!' 00I stood up but Darnley held my arms and I could not move.David Riccio ranbehind me and held my dress. My friends in the room stood up too and moved towardsRuthven angrily.But he had a knife in his hand. 00 Get back!'he said angrily. Don't touch me!' 00Then five men with knives ran into the little room and there was a fight. One man held a knife in my face and an-other man hit David Riccio behind me. Then they pulledhim out of the room. 00 Help me!'he screamed. Help me my Queen please!They're going to kill me!Don't aaaaaargh!' 00I couldn't help him because Darnley had me in his arms.But I could hear David Riccio'sscreams. I think he felldown the stairs and he screamed for two or three minutes. Then it was quiet. 00 What are you doing?'I asked Darnley angrily. Riccio is a good man why are you doing this?' 00Darnley laughed. You a:< 11 hc?hu&U$hc?hc?CJKHOJQJ^JaJ)hc?hc?B*KHOJQJ^JaJph<n 6 n. ^Z !(#N$%'$dwdd1$[$\$a$gdc? $1$a$gdc?1re my wife Mary not David Ric-cio's!'he said. so why are you with him every evening?You never talk to me!' 00 I don't talk to you because you are never here!'I said. You are always drinking with your friends! You aren't a king you're a stupid boy!' 00He laughed again. It was not a nice laugh. Well 'he said. Perhaps I am a boy but that is better than David Riccio now.Do you want to go and see him?' 00I did see him five minutes after that. He was very dead and there was blood all over the floor. Poor David Riccio. He sings to God now not me. 00I looked at Henry Darnley my husband. He had a stupid smile on his face. But I think he was afraid of me.I looked at him a long time and the smile went away. 00 Remember this night husband 'I said to him. Remem-ber it well.Think about it when you look into my eyes and before you go to sleep. David Riccio was my friend and youkilled him in front of me. I'm never going to forget that Henry Darnley. Never!' 004 ~̑GYeYKN{k 001566t^ 3gvN*NfgmQZf N0bTNN gSFT(W1rN!X0~̑GYeY_N(W̑ SY؏ gmQ0N*NN0bN(WN\K\P[̑ Lh NFd@w0Nvv܃ bN_ؚtQ0}6qYbYU^<{i FOK\P[̑EQnN)nfTS}Yvll0 00z6q bTv蕫Sb_N Sz@wbvN+YN)Ri`)R0bzweggN{0 00 Zf N}Y bvN+Y  bS  ۏeg'T `O`TpNHNT? 00 N ""  N0 b N0FOb`PW(W`O bvYP[0S*NNp_0 00NNNbev^MO Nzweg i`)RPW0RNb06qTN8OQKbsb@wb0b NU"kُ7h0Nv8_p Nvf__[`0 :NNHN? b  `O:NNHNN? 00 N/f*N NS_vOWN! e)n0 bNvQS! 00 N! b0 `O`@gN0~̑GYeY/fbv gS!NFT(Wُ̑ Tb(WNw! 00 N_Qeg sYN! e)nR5r0 N)RNs bOO`OvYP[ _p! 00bzNweg S/fi`)RbOObv󀊁 b NR9_0~̑GYeYэ0RbTbOObvc g0b?b̑v gSN_NzNweg $a`0WTe)n<я FO/fe)nKb̑b@wR0 00 VS! N`,,---t..@//(0011$dwdd1$[$\$a$gdc?11gdc?4182P/R . A!"#$%S 666666666vvvvvvvvv6666>6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666hH6666646666666666466666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666F@F cke a$$1$CJPJKHmH nHsH tH$A@$ ؞k=W[SONi@N 0nfh@0(  0 # ?RVv|AByz /p69>69HSU9<beHK3c !{+Zi wKJou&c?da&7~ qghG<=WBFz] kxzrk:w@ | @@ @ @@@@@@@ UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial7&  Verdana;[SOSimSun @Qh:W 1TableWordDocument66SummaryInformation(*DocumentSummaryInformation82CompObjm  FMicrosoft Office Word ĵ MSWordDocWord.Document.89q