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.
