Randolph: And yet, Madam, not plainly for so plain a man.
Mary: Ambassador from the court of England? No, Randolph. Elizabeth sends no poor brains on her business. Though I have heard that her wages do not always measure the service.
Randolph: Madam—
Mary: There, there—it's no treason to hear. And I am not a subject of England—yet.
Randolph: A subject?
Mary: One might be a subject of England, or one might be Queen of England—eh, Randolph?
Randolph: Your Majesty can instruct me.
Mary: A subject—or no, that's unlikely; a forfeit rather. Or Queen. Is it not so?
Randolph: How could I say, Madam?
Mary: Does not Elizabeth say it?
Randolph: Elizabeth?
Mary: Yes, man. Does she not say it?
Randolph: I cannot say that I have heard Her Majesty—
Mary: Come, Randolph, you are not uninformed. Does she not say it, and fear it?
Randolph: You insist above my knowledge, Madam.
