On September 5, Paulet was told to confiscate Mary’s money and isolate her as much as possible from her servants. Even Walsingham was alarmed at these measures, in case they should “cast her into some sickness.” If Mary died unexpectedly, she would become a martyr to the Catholic cause, the center of a glare of publicity. He wished to avoid this at all costs. But Elizabeth was adamant. For the first time since she had quarreled with her cousin over the ratification of the treaty of Edinburgh, she had hardened her heart.
