Elizabeth1998

Dudley:
Your Majesty . . .

Elizabeth:
They are all gone to the Tower. Your friends. Tell me, how should I serve thee, Robert?

Dudley:
My course is run.

Elizabeth:
Just tell me why.

Dudley:
Why? Madam, is it not plain enough to you? It is no easy thing to be loved by the Queen. It would corrupt the soul of any man. Now, for God's sake, kill me.

Elizabeth:
No . . . I think rather to let you live.

Walsingham:
Madam, that is not wise. Lord Robert has committed treason. He must be made example of.

Elizabeth:
And I will make an example of him. He shall be kept alive to always remind me of how close I came to danger.