He did... he did something very, very bad, and... and a lot of people have been hurt. [ More and more she realised how it had all spun so far out of control. ]
... But I think most of all I wish selfishly, that he had not done it, because then I never would have been Queen. It is easier to be a disappointment when no one thinks much of you. I could have been in a Nunnery, devoting my life in prayer and readings, I could have been married, with children of my own by now.
Now I am Queen, and every day is misery, and... and if he had not...
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[ She has to think, for a long time on that. ]
He did... he did something very, very bad, and... and a lot of people have been hurt. [ More and more she realised how it had all spun so far out of control. ]
... But I think most of all I wish selfishly, that he had not done it, because then I never would have been Queen. It is easier to be a disappointment when no one thinks much of you. I could have been in a Nunnery, devoting my life in prayer and readings, I could have been married, with children of my own by now.
Now I am Queen, and every day is misery, and... and if he had not...