Mary's own correspondence, intercepted and deciphered by Walsingham's spy network, provided the irrefutable evidence that convicted her at trial.

41:08study. So, Babington's correspondence with Mary, Mary's correspondence with Babington and her various friends and allies abroad. And most fatefully of all, that letter which Phillips had termed the bloody letter and illustrated with the gallows. I mean, that is the letter that is going to destroy her. And when Mary realizes that all her correspondence had been penetrated by Walsingham, I mean, she is stunned. At that point, surely she knows the game is

41:40up. And she she sobs. You know, she she is good at at at weeping on demand. Um and at other times when she's not weeping, she goes very spiritedly on the attack. And she she plays all her favorite cards. She says, you know, I'm not answerable for what people like Babington wrote to me. I had no influence on him whatsoever. She says that the letters attributed to her were

42:04not in her own handwriting. And she declares, "Can I be responsible for the criminal projects of a few desperate men which they planned without my knowledge or participation. And she also makes sure to respond directly to the two men that she now appreciates are her her two greatest foes. So, on the opening day of the trial, she accuses Walsingham, I mean, correctly, of having tampered with her letters.