第03期-法国(1)

Chapter 2 France

Dear James. Very soon I am going to die, and meet my God. Before I die, I want to write the true story of my life for you.

Everything that I write here is true— I cannot lie to you, or to God.

Please believe that, James. It's important to me. My father died when I was one week old, so I was the Queen of Scots when I was a baby.

At first I lived with my mother in Scotland, and then, when I was five, I went to France. My mother was French, but she stayed in Scotland, and died there.

I went to France to marry the King of France's son. His name was Francis, and he was one year younger than me.

In 1559, his father died, so Francis was King. Then I was Queen of France, and Queen of Scotland too.

I was very happy in France. Francis, my husband, was like a little brother to me.

I think he loved me, bur he was very young, and he was often ill. And then, in 1560, he died. He was sixteen years old.

When he died I was very unhappy, and my life was very different. There was a new King and Queen, and I wasn't important in France, any more.