(As Bash leaves, Catherine enters Mary's chambers, startling her)
QUEEN CATHERINE: Please don't scream. (Clarissa goes to kill him, but before she can, Mary comes from behind and hits her over the head with a jagged rock. (She obliges and rushes over to help them)
BACK IN PARIS:
(After refusing an additional payment to allow the men from the tavern to release her brother, Lola continues to press them. (Without saying another word, Nostradamus sits the bible down and leaves, while Catherine notices some rope and a noose sitting nearby)
OUTSIDE THE CASTLE:
(After the events of the morning, with the Frost Fair, outside the castle, a mini-fair is being hosted; one similar to the one the Princes were unable to attend)
MARY: What's going on? And if it's me that Clarissa wants to punish, I need to be there to let her have her say. At court? Bash, seeing Mary out of the corner of his eye, drops what he's doing and goes to meet with Mary)
BASH: There you are. I couldn't help but overhear that this lady is to be played for this evening. I left her a message. I'm their mother! LATER: (Mary and Bash fight over with to do with Prince Henry and Prince Charles)
BASH: Lord Hugo's right... my brothers need to be dealt with. LOLA: And the wine. MARY (to the boys): Get down! QUEEN CATHERINE: "For their safety?" QUEEN CATHERINE: And abandon my children?! QUEEN CATHERINE: Clarissa? QUEEN CATHERINE: Missing? She tried to get Mary and Bash...
FRANCIS: What? Something had to be done.
Plan: A: Queen Mary; Q: Who asks Bash to marry her? A: Bash; Q: Who did Queen Mary reconcile with? A: Catherine; Q: Whose younger sons are Charles and Henry? A: her; Q: What did Queen Mary hit Clarissa with a rock, killing? A: Queen Mary's wishes; Q: What did Bash go against to take the boys out of France? A: an abduction; Q: What did Bash arrange for the boys to be taken out of France under the guise of? A: Clarissa; Q: Who abducts the young Princes? A: Nostradamus; Q: Who helped Queen Catherine escape the tower? A: her sons; Q: What does Queen Catherine refuse to leave the tower when she learns they are missing? A: their mother; Q: Who did Clarissa want to kill the boys for? A: her left cheek; Q: What part of Queen Catherine's body does Clarissa want to kill the boys for? A: Lola; Q: Who goes to Paris to see her brother? A: Francis; Q: Who helps Lola settle her brother's debt? A: Prince Francis; Q: Who does Lady Lola have sex with? A: their similar situation; Q: Why do Lady Lola and Prince Francis bond? A: court; Q: Where does Francis decide to return to when he learns that Queen Catherine is to be executed? Summary: Queen Mary and Bash disagree on what is to be done with Catherine's younger sons, Charles and Henry. Going against Queen Mary's wishes, Bash arranges for the boys to be taken out of France under the guise of an abduction, but Clarissa intercedes and abducts the young Princes' for real. Nostradamus helps Queen Catherine escape the tower, but she refuses to leave when she learns her sons are missing. Queen Catherine joins Queen Mary and Bash to find Clarissa, who wants to kill the boys in bitter vengeance for their mother abandoning her as a newborn infant due the birthmark across her left cheek. Queen Mary hits Clarissa with a rock, apparently killing her. Queen Mary and Bash reconcile, Bash agreeing to care for the boys. Queen Mary asks Bash to marry her immediately and he accepts. Lola goes to Paris to see her brother and happens to meets Francis, who helps her settle her brother's debt. Lady Lola and Prince Francis bond over their similar situation and have sex. Francis learns that Queen Catherine is to be executed and decides to return to court.