[Footnote 3: Soon after these words were written my valued friend Father Stevenson was taken from us. He died on the evening of 8th February, the same day on which Queen Mary, whose honour he had done so much to maintain, suffered death, and I by a further coincidence finished the writing of this book.] CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. CHARTLEY 1 II. FOTHERINGAY 16 III. THE TRIAL--FIRST DAY 44 IV. THE TRIAL--SECOND DAY 69 V. SUSPENSE 83 VI. AFTER THE SENTENCE 107 VII. WAITING FOR DEATH 125 VIII. FURTHER INDIGNITIES 145 IX. THE DEATH WARRANT 163 X. THE LAST DAY ON EARTH 179 XI. THE END 200 XII. PETERBOROUGH 225 XIII. WESTMINSTER 244 APPENDIX 249 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, REPRODUCED FROM THE PORTRAIT AT BLAIRS COLLEGE, ABERDEEN _Frontispiece_ CONTEMPORARY DRAWING OF THE TRIAL, } REPRODUCED FROM THE CALTHORPE MS.[4] } _Facing each other } at page 44_ FACSIMILE KEY TO ABOVE } CONTEMPORARY DRAWING OF THE EXECUTION, } FROM THE CALTHORPE MS. } _Facing each other } at page 200_ FACSIMILE KEY TO ABOVE } ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXECUTION SCENE, AS GIVEN IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE ABOVE _To face page 220_ RELIQUARY CONTAINING MINIATURE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, AND RELICS, NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF LADY MILFORD _To face page 244_