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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAei1glsp9
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIuNRV5YXi
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQUSLR75Gq
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwj2PeK3Gc
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"Knee?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJdi6hp6tm
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW3VYKrreW
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjCrNDoSMc
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuf0ThA6WaR
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGhm3ato7X
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNaPxI2cyr
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"Oh yes. Vera."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfN5tQi5aOA
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3DeO6GPo5
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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. 496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWHLaeqrjJ
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9deTbcekJ0
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Dear Jim,496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VncKlhfsS
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGauyDs826b
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Yours, Vera.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3WjMjkGRS
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduNy7ELqso
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyt0o4sqTF
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LL774VVTp
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgTudu6lmt
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHkSvYp5V6
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPZTSGN9yI
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I went straight to the point.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAve1v7OIr
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTf6gJyTjs
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMNmuq5NG6
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I laughed and sat on a chair.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3r2WW7wxT
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVKWLd1rRm
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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!"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvpssudsyI
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtZEGzwqHq
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6XPq9pg9o
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKDfKFwspb
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"And?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeQAd8ZKtD
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjFUyJxrJt
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNpODpnwBz
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"No. He can't have robbed."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hu7fHgOmE
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"Why?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRQuITfzu2
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ryKuFK1IN
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMiGsjOtP8
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"Doesn't it?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGVyeFTQc6
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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?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3UcWkTkUB
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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."
" He looks rather ridiculous to me."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhZcqHgbCs
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"Few people take him seriously."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXz7BFllsDg
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qNh2mUbFR
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSW7Eunca9
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdO3i12YCh
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssSEPLysK0
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflE2HpLuJu
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt639itp8oI
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1CoOVAjRr
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c2eUlFgxB
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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.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7x2gfCgWU
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWhm27Fmmv
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iyJJzQ0ft
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUQ3eTg1CB
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Vera smiled.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hsW3B3V6w
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCF7VnYPfQG
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcbi4C8z3u
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RcAljkcLV
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH49BOD0KnL
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl38ZAyCLtf
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"What is it about?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8TDPriS2v
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"You shall know - now."
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"You knew he would come?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZhKBNiSS2
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2UuHkjyLS
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"Good morning sir," said the man, scratching his faint beard," You must be Vera Clay, the detective..."
I corrected my identity and assured him that he had indeed come to the right place.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAokIBgAnZV
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pUHRBPVWY
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQpc3WsUWA
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4ewVVSSsC
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFdhaPsEjs
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9uvCFruuJ
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfRPX3NDUb
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7agxmZufYC
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkh7NnPEutG
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Colonel Rose stood up.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb2H4JWCxY
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaP656hNLc
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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?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMK4mpfxBG
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She frowned.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUuwkTM2hW
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"Why, John? Of course I am."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO0znLZdeX
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyYuSkkWJh
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaYPr4IPLf
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHbwYLoAIs
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVghiaThRaB
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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?"
Vera sighed. She pulled out a chair and ordered," Sit."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMP2tGjtIIh
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7dHfhwUyb
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I shrugged.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoq2pcemk5
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3vB3ykYSl
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"That is not enough."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXbJ1VVIvy
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"Tell me then."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrhQVlCQfV
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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. "496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkKgXuzGN9
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"That's some diversity."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbE48XAGgUs
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ55n7z5On9
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRWbsWnpGp
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDBp4I7tQY
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I smirked.496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZjl2rOOpL
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzn1lujxIc
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBCgtOZUiW
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"And that thing is...?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEnwRYHGdy
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhCDrzmwJP
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURXsUL6XAk
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYA8G0rr2r
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"What?"496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEs9Ox4f2tf
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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."496Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Nm3CIZj43
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