Episode 5
Unable to trust anyone with her secret, Mathilda decides to test Woodville's friendship and love for her by asking him to join her in committing suicide.
Unable to trust anyone with her secret - Mathilda decides to test Woodville's friendship and love for her by asking him to join her in committing suicide; he desperately tries to persuade her that this is a selfish act - but she then immediately falls ill.
As she contemplates death - but a possible joyful reunion with her father - she finally puts her story down on paper for all the world to know...
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Read by Emilia Fox
Produced by Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Fri 25 Mar 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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