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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fer3A4cqX
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9VQl03ObO
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrm9rhJ7dF
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOa1UXF03c
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIw2HNG37as
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3xHdLXGFN
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIx6D17GKmD
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGnY8uFP8i
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRvUtqO6n4
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"Oh yes. Vera."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBDNNvjr3I
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMphd0cDlB
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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. 515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVxYuImZ7s
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHUSN0u86j
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTPzzhWwAm
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Yours, Vera.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPiOJWi5Gu
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYJZuefTxd
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZwveTP1Wx
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ6SB4U6ds
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I walked inside.
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWR2z1BhOZ
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaagx76dL9W
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0Vlfgd8bG
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIclJxF32y
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I laughed and sat on a chair.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb14sHAqNpZ
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4RNo9WOcQ
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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!"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9A49PQhAq
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqRL7CFHQe
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2I5QCH2mya
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFye9hIEak
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqWxj8ZAg1
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoXhdFPW3z
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"No. He can't have robbed."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a1V2nkrxO
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"Why?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr5nKAwqVP
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFAHMDyxer
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UBrLOeNEr
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I have to say, sarcasm is wasted on Vera. All she wants is talk of business. Nothing else.
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjLMVsDGFY
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkXCOAjTtk
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fFRoXDCvm
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMh3QIuJdt
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1CPnDqo5B
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z6O7ZTa8q
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQYdxeyTXN
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrR7QEbnUq
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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.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEM26qFhNT
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLswP70S968
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CLXtTYZAC
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjdn1J8yqk
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpicinGLNw
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTo7ouEGXt
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiXg1f6gaC
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzvmo1zEVQ
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6QaaXjyyX
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVvzq0Zojc
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43IlGEeQ9Q
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAuHFdNbb3
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttqrSt34nu
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMqxhNHZcq
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjKiMkFmhk
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X7A2oHTyQ
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEw8nsTs6JY
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIW5Wqko8X
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Colonel Rose stood up.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dQln7P2iy
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNGSA6N2wT
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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?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX06lLPV2qK
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She frowned.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCVhDPrYIJ
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"Why, John? Of course I am."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TfAE2QAzW
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3YjJJreiH
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGMOKpk2FV
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhTE4mgfJN
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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?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMslhJof4cb
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkG4jNZd9n
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"That is not enough."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H6c6dQub6
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"Tell me then."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaG6Cnhqhy
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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. "515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWR1freZWn
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"That's some diversity."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEaneN325d
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7i74LbOH6
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwzjStTTR8
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNAZnulg6C
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCKZFRTQdO
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGunHz72zb
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"And that thing is...?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFP58RjpLo
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLUStszLBC
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7zhsT9Xoe
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaYT7yweqa
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"What?"515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7fxRYEiqr
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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."515Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGsnmWoJRF
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