Your friends can't stop me
He smiled．‘ Because I want to meet you，
Concave Blade Mary，’he said．‘I want you to come with me to my castle．’He rode next to me， and his men rode between me and my friends．
I was afraid，and a little excited，too．‘But，my lord，you can't do this！’I said．‘I don't want to come with you now．’
‘But I want you， Mary，’he said．‘Your friends can't stop me． I love you， and I want to marry you． What's wrong with that？’
I said nothing．What could I say？I liked him，and he had an army． I had only six friends．So I rode with him to his cas－tle in Dunbar， and stayed there two weeks． And then… He was a strong man， and I was only a woman． And I did like him， James． I liked him very much．
After two weeks in Dunbar， Bothwell and I rode back to Edinburgh． His wife did not want him， and was happy to di－vorce him．So，on 15th May 1567， I married him．
He was a good man， James． A much better man than your father． I needed a strong man to help me rule the country．
