What happened to the boarding house after Mary's arrest?
Turned into a museum
Confiscated by the state
Sold to a relative
Ransacked by soldiers
Answer
After Mary's arrest, the boarding house was ransacked by soldiers. The soldiers were looking for evidence of Mary's involvement in the plot to assassinate the king. They found no evidence, but they did find a number of incriminating documents that implicated other members of the plot.
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