书名：Mary Queen of Scots 《苏格兰玛丽女王》
作者：Tim Vicary 提姆·维克瑞
简介：
1561年，苏格兰还是个未开化的国家。当年轻的苏格兰女王从法国回到苏格兰时，起初，她的人民非常高兴见到她。她的丈夫——法国国王死了，现在，她需要一个新的丈夫。可是玛丽，这位苏格兰女王是个天主教徒，而当时大多数的苏格兰人都是新教徒。当时的英格兰女王——伊丽莎白一世也是位新教徒。在那个年代，人们都乐于为他们自己的教会而战，并不惜献出生命。
年轻的玛丽女王该嫁给谁呢？谁是她的朋友，谁是她的敌人？玛丽既美丽又聪明，她热爱生活，喜欢冒险，也热爱人民。或许，她爱的人太多了。人们说她“又狂又坏，认识她是危险的”。但那是真的吗？
1587年，玛丽坐在英格兰的福瑟临黑城堡里，疲惫又忧伤。现在她是伊丽莎白女王的囚徒，不久将被送上断头台。她拿起笔开始给她的儿子詹姆斯——现在的苏格兰国王写信。这就是她一生的故事……
提姆·维克瑞是位经验丰富的教师、作家。他在英格兰北部的约克镇上居住、工作。
Chapter 4 The death of David Riccio
It was a Saturday evening in March 1566. I was in Edinburgh 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 inside it was warm and friendly.
1566年 3月的一个星期六晚上。我和一些朋友呆在爱丁堡。达维•里奇奥也在那里，另外还有六、七个人。我们在一间小屋子里，桌上摆着丰盛的菜肴，我们都很高兴。虽然外面夜幕笼罩，但屋子里充满了温暖和友好的气氛。
Suddenly, a door opened behind me. In the door was Henry Darnley, my husband. I stood up and smiled.
突然，我身后的门被打开了，门口站着我的丈夫亨利•达恩利。我站起来朝他笑。
‘Good evening, my lord,' I said. ‘Please come in. Would you like something to eat?'
“晚上好，我的丈夫，”我说道，“请进来吧，你想吃点什么吗？”
‘No, thank you,' he said.‘I'm not hungry. But I want to sit next to you, wife. Please tell that man to move.'
“不，谢谢，”他说。“我不饿。但我想坐在你身边，我的妻子。请叫那个人走开。”
A 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.'
一人从我身旁的座位上站起来，达恩利坐到了我身边。然后他伸出手环抱着我。我不喜欢这样。他的脸很热，他的眼神看起来很不高兴。但我还是笑着对他说。“很高兴见到你，我的丈夫。”
‘Are you, Mary?' He laughed. ‘Are you really?'
“是吗，玛丽？”他笑道。“是真的吗？”
‘Yes, of course, my lord. But—'
“是的，当然是的，我的丈夫。不过——”
Then 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.
接着，第二扇门打开了，他的朋友——鲁斯温勋爵站在那儿。他手里拿着一把刀。他的脸红红的，满脸怒容。
At first no one moved. Then Ruthven said, ‘Your Majesty, send David Riccio out of this room, now! I want him!'
起初，谁也没有动。然后鲁斯温说道，“陛下，把达维•里奇奥从这房间里赶出去，马上！我要他！”
I looked at Riccio. He was afraid. ‘Why?' I said. ‘Why do you want him?'
我看着里奇奥，他显得很害怕。“为什么？”我问，“你为什么要他？”
‘He is a bad,wicked man!' Ruthven said. ‘Send him out!'
“他是个不道德的坏人！”鲁斯温说。“把他赶出去！”
‘No!' I said. ‘You want to kill him. David Riccio is my friend! He stays here, with me!'
“不！”我说。“你想杀他。达维•里奇奥是我的朋友！他呆在这里，和我在一起！”
‘He goes out, woman!' Lord Ruthven said. ‘King Henry, hold your wife, please!'
“他得出来，女人！”鲁斯温勋爵说。“亨利亲王，抓住你的妻子，快点！”
I stood up, but Darnley held my arms and I could not move. David Riccio ran behind me and held my dress. My friends in the room stood up too, and moved towards Ruthven angrily. But he had a knife in his hand.
我站了起来，可是达恩利抓住我的胳膊，我不能动弹。达维•里奇奥跑到我身后抓住我的衣服。我房间里的朋友们也站了起来，愤怒地向鲁斯温逼近，但是鲁斯温手里拿着刀。
‘Get back!' he said angrily. ‘Don't touch me!'
“回去！”他怒吼。“不要过来！”
Then five men with knives ran into the little room, and there was a fight. One man held a knife in my face, and another man hit David Riccio, behind me. Then they pulled him out of the room.
接着，五个拿刀的男人冲进了这间小屋。一场冲突开始了。一个男人把刀架在我面前，另一个人去攻击躲在我身后的达维•里奇奥。然后他们把他拖出了房间。
‘Help me!' he screamed. ‘Help me, my Queen—please! They're going to kill me! Don't—aaaaaargh!'
“救命！”他尖叫道。“救救我，我的女王——请救救我！他们要杀我！不要！——啊！”
I couldn't help him, because Darnley had me in his arms. But I could hear David Riccio's screams. I think he fell down the stairs, and he screamed for two or three minutes. Then it was quiet.
我帮不了他，因为达恩利紧紧抓着我。可是我能听到达维•里奇奥的尖叫声。我想他是从楼梯上摔了下去，尖叫持续了二三分钟后。一切归于平静。
‘What are you doing?' I asked Darnley angrily. ‘Riccio is a good man—why are you doing this?'
“你在干什么？”我愤怒地责问达恩利。“里奇奥是个好人——你为什么要这样做？”
Darnley laughed.‘You are my wife, Mary—not David Riccio's!' he said. ‘so why are you with him every evening? You never talk to me!'
达恩利笑道。“你是我的妻子，玛丽——不是达维•里奇奥的！”他说。“所以你为什么要每晚和他呆在一起？你从没对我说过！”
‘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!'
“我没有对你说是因为你从来不在这里！”我说。“你总是和你的朋友们不停地喝酒！你不是个亲王，你是个愚蠢的小男孩！”
He 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?'
他又一次笑了，那是个不带好意的笑。“好吧，”他说。“也许我只是个男孩，但也比达维•里奇奥强。你想去看看他吗？
I 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.
五分钟后，我看到了他。他已经死了，地上到处是血。可怜的达维•里奇奥，他现在给上帝唱歌了，而不再为我。
I 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.
我看着亨利•达恩利——我的丈夫。他脸上带着愚蠢的微笑。但我认为他还是怕我的。我盯着他看了很久，他脸上的笑容渐渐消失了。
‘Remember this night, husband,' I said to him. ‘Remember it well. Think about it when you look into my eyes, and before you go to sleep. David Riccio was my friend, and you killed him in front of me. I'm never going to forget that Henry Darnley. Never!'
“记住今天晚上，丈夫，”我对他说。“好好记住。在你看着我的眼睛的时候，在你上床睡觉之前，好好想一想这件事。达维•里奇奥是我的朋友，而你却当着我的面杀死了他。对此我永远都不会原谅，亨利•达恩利，永远不！”
【词组学习】
1.go out
被发出；结束；走出；熄灭
例：You two can go out.
你们俩可以出去了。
2.go back
回转； 回顾；向后伸展；背叛
例：Let's go back to chicago.
我们回芝加哥去吧。
