I will start my story with an apology to my daily journal readers. Though this account of mine is quite different from medical discoveries, it might clear up many theories and conspiracies regarding the famous case of the English Duke, which has been branded false by some and incredulous by many. As my dear friend Vera says, it is the conspiracy which interests people, far more than the truth. Yet I hope that this story will finally give rest to any other versions of it.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOoFAk8ZTA
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It was the afternoon of the 10th of January, a cold and windy day, when I was fixing a patient of mine.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3j1OlCir5
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrQyADdGuy
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ894I10grlI
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXvZpONyi2
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Before I spoke anything, my patient stood up, and for the first time, I was able to see his face that was hidden under his hat earlier.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyhIWccvOz
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He had an egg shaped face, a glorious moustache and sparkling eyes. He reminded me of someone I had seen in the papers, but who, that I couldn't tell.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAjJPPwtvd
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfgHiD63Sn
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oN00MXDF0
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"Oh yes. Vera."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOQtehrI6H
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Vera. My closest friend. She had a very odd job in this world. But her life was thrilling. Running here and there, chasing after this person and that person - oh what a life.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ675gLITttG
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The man put his hand in his pocket and clasped his cane with the other. As he turned around, he handed me a letter and bowed, signalling the end of our time and went out of my clinic.
I sat on my chair and gazed out of the door the man had gone out through. There was utter confusion on my face. 465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NUJAc4ENf
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBVSqQdGWv
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Dear Jim,465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmI8iHCLHf
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How are you? I am fine. Listen. Come and meet me on the 27th of this month. I have a very interesting thing for you to look forward to. It might knock you off the chair you are currently sitting in and also change your sceptical look to a look of awe.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnWNxsVr5B
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Yours, Vera.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsSzHGklsj
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That was her. Vera Clay, a friend of mine. She was a detective. I had first met her when I had stumbled upon a murder case involving a relative of mine.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFtPsii5kj
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I knew of her smart brain and so didn't care to think how she had accurately written in her letter that I would be sitting on my chair, with a sceptic look.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zbhYOavrO
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The 27th arrived and I repaired myself to Vera's house in East London. It was a small flat, a rented one. I had lived in it with Vera for ten years before I had moved out to continue with my practice. The door was a little rusted and was unbolted.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcRjGZm835
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGB1C7ScQz
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Vera was leaning over her table, looking into her microscope, examining a sample.
I quietly walked over to her and placed my coat on the table beside her.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCDT8tGSdX
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21JykWIshe
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I went straight to the point.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63HKuSJADC
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegvgBxxWyC
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She dived even deeper in her microscope and just replied impassively, "Hmm...what? Oh the letter. No i didn't. I just dictated it to young Dave living across the street. I fancy he might've added some of his own bits, considering i had just dictated him one line."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOphLsQcoXz
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I laughed and sat on a chair.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38t96xvEOj
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoprnWfH07
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I smiled and replied, " Of course. I've known you for ten years. I know your style."
None of us spoke for a few minutes after that. It was typical of her. She only spoke if the other person did. She was not the type to start a conversation.
The silence was unnerving me. She was so engaged in her scientific work that I thought she had forgotten that she had called me here.
Frustrated, I asked, anything to get her to talk, " How did you know that i would be "sitting on my chair with a sceptic look"?"
She replied in a bored voice, " It was so obvious. I have know you for ten years as you say so yourself. Even young Dave got it."
The silence continued.
She perched herself back and slammed her fist on the table. The action was enough to surprise me, but not much - I was used to it.
Vera yelled, " Awful! Amazingly, brilliantly, boringly awful!"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN8Kkr06vX
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpbJxob8F5
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFTeIwtUOi
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She looked at me for the first time and replied, " Oh Jim. You're still here. I thought you were off. The experiment? Nothing. Just the old sheriff who commissioned me to match fingerprints for a robbery case."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5046WxYZb
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"And?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3hhwZyFTI
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqUDjmns0K
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7IA4tZ6ge
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"No. He can't have robbed."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGd1S4QGlR
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"Why?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm96WQrQ2Am
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She frowned and replied, Oh why can't you just think Jim? He can't have robbed. That's because identifying fingerprints is something which is fairly simple. Surely a man as intelligent as the Sherrif won't turn himself in. Also, he was wearing boots on the day of the robbery."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyJfhJwnGT
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknEcdTnPWB
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I have to say, sarcasm is wasted on Vera. All she wants is talk of business. Nothing else.
So I asked, " Who was that man you sent the letter with?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaQyk9XCCJ
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"Oh just an old friend of mine. He is a detective too. Might be the greatest detective of today's times."
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wqFOMytIe
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvblmBuNww
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe6G82R2uJ
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41CEEUeCkg
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMWdtd9aNN
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36dRneZs43
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz65LB3nc9p
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZMOsTkzgF
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I handed it over to her, expecting a reaction, but all I got was nothing. Her eyes were uninteresting and bored, as if it was obvious what she was going to say next. Knowing her, she wouldn't say it in such a case.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PJuNluFbQ
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvF6VdBaZd
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPr8KN29LJ1
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5kviTWQp7
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPEI30X9hO
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBWrYSg0c8
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Gq9w2FwtZ
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUit43mINYx
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCREzKReNv4
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"What is it about?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYssQb4okZW
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"You shall know - now."
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Vera looked away to her work and said," Indeed. I see that you didn't notice the walking stick our visitor has left in the corner of the room. Indeed, our man has come back."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDPWMWaY9P
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"Good morning sir," said the man, scratching his faint beard," You must be Vera Clay, the detective..."
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When he met Vera, his face shined with surprise. It was not unusual. People hardly believed that she was the detective and I was not, owing to the fact that she was a woman, a fact that I found mildly absurd.
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"Madamoiselle, I have come to you on strict orders from the Royal Family. My name is Sanders Roy. That's Colonel Roy to you two."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1dvvFjqlN
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsQDGlOJip
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkI0TCctxk
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOAIEC9Vkz
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY6zP9VkV1
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Colonel nodded," My apologies."
Vera smirked and said, " Don't be sorry. As it is, I am going to take my money from you. I believe you still have your change of €2 from the coffee you just had in the coffee shop opposite this flat?"
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"You came here two hours ago and left your cane. I assumed it was purposely done so as to notify me of your visit. You belong to the Royal Family meaning you'd have a long way to go back. So I assumed that you were taking lodging nearby. Look at the time now. It's 9:30. Most people would pass their time drinking a beverage. So I thought you'd be having coffee at the shop opposite. You mentioned just now that you saw my friend Jim coming here, confirming my assumption that you were at a place nearby. The cost of the coffee is €5 and I thought that you wouldn't take much money out with you, to not attract much attention. The €2 was just a wild guess."
For a moment there was silence. I, who knew of Vera's methods gave no reaction but just looked at the Colonel. He was speechless. His mouth was open as he looked at Vera as if she were an alien.
He cleared his throat and destroyed the silence.
"Well", he said with dignity," let us go back to our purpose of the conversation. I, as you know, am from the Royal Family and I have brought with myself a letter from them - which you have already received."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmhRbEHwX2
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"On behalf of Duke George, I would like to invite you, Madamoiselle Vera Clay, to the Royal Ball. You may invite a companion to come with you, and I assume it's going to be M. Shepperd here."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnl69hUVstH
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuOLHKcQ9g
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Colonel Rose stood up.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8wnVsNlP4
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvdhNavIlE
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Vera, being herself, went into the kitchen without saying a word to me. I followed.
"Vera," I beckoned,"you aren't seriously going to the Ball, are you?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDchYra0yai
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She frowned.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tSI2V8gNV
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"Why, John? Of course I am."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoOJnjHmPM
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"You do understand that there are going to be real people there. People you are going to have to talk to."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxZGsLrKfF
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKR7JfT1Ywf
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SNlTn0nqQ
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd87kihVI9U
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"Vera," I said," why do you want to go to this party? You don't usually go to such things. Why a sudden interest?"
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR1XqvfGg9
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I shrugged.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFvvcAlq4Z
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RUfwuG94k
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"That is not enough."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoEXWCsjG4
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"Tell me then."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kMV8kWdhQ
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" John, the Royal Family is large. There's the Duke, the twin sons - Micheal and Roger, the mother, the Aunt, the Colonel, the governess, the hunter, the writer, etc. "465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANKTZvb687
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"That's some diversity."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd1p3HsTSn
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4fLPliUqc
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ098XfKDMOV
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"Exactly. But more so. A violent clash of egos. Fights. Rivalries in everything - sports, poetry, music, women - you name it. Especially between the twins."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hoVPOfRlo
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I smirked.465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfi37WJUJ8
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhmyZSDfMY
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvl5RiV72hs
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"And that thing is...?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SSRX6bMvQ
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJNJVUaRdt
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"The egg faced, old man with that glorious moustache? I don't know him, but I fancy he's a hairdresser."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8teOfbuQM
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"He's a world famous Belgian detective. Earlier this morning, I answered a summons from him and he told me about this matter."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNkjnzu8d1
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"What?"465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5afSuwGBC
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"The Royal Family is a plethora of secrets and controversies. According to the great detective, whom you just met in your clinic, one such secret is the planned murder of one member of the Royal Family."465Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcb2SFdwlFF
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