The king is sick and the court that made an enemy of Catholicsnow faces the possibility of being ruled by one as Mary ridesto Whitehall. Mary and Elizabeth are briefly reunited in theirlove for their sick brother, but Edward is distraught that hislegacy of a Protestant England dies with him if Mary succeedsto the throne. Elizabeth watches as the court breaks oldloyalties and forms new alliances with every man desperatelyscrambling to survive what may be coming. That is untilElizabeth is approached with the proposition: if England is tosee its first woman on the throne, why should it not be her?
