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Thequeen’sservantshadrusheduponthescaffold，pickingupthebookofHoursandthecrucifixasrelics；andJeanneKennedy，rememberingthelittledogwhohadcometohismistress，lookedaboutforhimonallsides，seekinghimandcallinghim，butshesoughtandcalledinvain。Hehaddisappeared。
Atthatmoment，asoneoftheexecutionerswasuntyingthequeen’sgarters，whichwereofbluesatinembroideredinsilver，hesawthepoorlittleanimal，whichhadhiddeninherpetticoat，andwhichhewasobligedtobringoutbyforce；then，havingescapedfromhishands，ittookrefugebetweenthequeen’sshouldersandherhead，whichtheexecutionerhadlaiddownnearthetrunk。Jeannetookhimthen，inspiteofhishowls，andcarriedhimaway，coveredwithblood；foreveryonehadjustbeenorderedtoleavethehall。
BourgoinandGervaisstayedbehind，entreatingSirAmyasPaulettoletthemtakethequeen’sheart，thattheymightcarryittoFrance，astheyhadpromisedher；buttheywereharshlyrefusedandpushedoutofthehall，ofwhichallthedoorswereclosed，andtherethereremainedonlytheexecutionerandthecorpse。
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Twohoursaftertheexecution，thebodyandtheheadweretakenintothesamehallinwhichMaryStuarthadappearedbeforethecommissioners，setdownonatableroundwhichthejudgeshadsat，andcoveredoverwithablacksergecloth；andthereremainedtillthreeo’clockintheafternoon，whenWatersthedoctorfromStamfordandthesurgeonfromFotheringayvillagecametoopenandembalmthem——anoperationwhichtheycarriedoutundertheeyesofAmyasPauletandhissoldiers，withoutanyrespectfortherankandsexofthepoorcorpse，whichwasthusexposedtotheviewofanyonewhowantedtoseeit：itistruethatthisindignitydidnotfulfilitsproposedaim；forarumourspreadaboutthatthequeenhadswollenlimbsandwasdropsical，while，onthecontrary，therewasnotoneofthespectatorsbutwasobligedtoconfessthathehadneverseenthebodyofayounggirlinthebloomofhealthpurerandlovelierthanthatofMaryStuart，deadofaviolentdeathafternineteenyearsofsufferingandcaptivity。
Whenthebodywasopened，thespleenwasinitsnormalstate，withtheveinsalittlelividonly，thelungsyellowishinplaces，andthebrainone-sixthlargerthanisusualinpersonsofthesameageandsex；thuseverythingpromisedalonglifetoherwhoseendhadjustbeensocruellyhastened。
Areporthavingbeenmadeoftheabove，thebodywasembalmedafterafashion，putinaleadencoffinandthatinanotherofwood，whichwasleftonthetabletillthefirstdayofAugust——thatis，fornearlyfivemonths——beforeanyonewasallowedtocomenearit；andnotonlythat，buttheEnglishhavingnoticedthatMaryStuart’sunhappyservants，whowerestilldetainedasprisoners，wenttolookatitthroughthekeyhole，stoppedthatupinsuchawaythattheycouldnotevengazeatthecoffinenclosingthebodyofherwhomtheyhadsogreatlyloved。
However，onehourafterMaryStuart’sdeath，HenryTalbot，whohadbeenpresentatit，setoutatfullspeedforLondon，carryingtoElizabeththeaccountofherrival’sdeath；butattheveryfirstlinessheread，Elizabeth，truetohercharacter，criedoutingriefandindignation，sayingthatherordershadbeenmisunderstood，thattherehadbeentoogreathaste，andthatallthiswasthefaultofDavisontheSecretaryofState，towhomshehadgiventhewarranttokeeptillshehadmadeuphermind，butnottosendtoFotheringay。
Accordingly，DavisonwassenttotheTowerandcondemnedtopayafineoftenthousandpoundssterling，forhavingdeceivedthequeen。
Meanwhile，amidallthisgrief，anembargowaslaidonallvesselsinalltheportsoftherealm，sothatthenewsofthedeathshouldnotreachabroad，especiallyFrance，exceptthroughskilfulemissarieswhocouldplacetheexecutionintheleastunfavourablelightforElizabeth。Atthesametimethescandalouspopularfestivitieswhic
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