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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8ExBRXuv7
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW3BTeGUON
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsy14JDs0FO
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw26tsteWTS
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRj6NTNQBk
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmzrMctf7i
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmfxvdARPk
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSScrWxzT9
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlNjyayEQI
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"Oh yes. Vera."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5IfyeVDyp
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDVV8IPLpi
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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. 508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9qvS5hhju
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfy4Twokkc
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pOmgvr9mV
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Yours, Vera.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHgZWSQZQr
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9n3kNwcRl
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz0flbHhTr
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIhLekECY5
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOdqibUy14
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEOo2ogOIX
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I went straight to the point.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QBFwlG8G7
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYWYBQgr8S
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1BUVCu8Pt
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I laughed and sat on a chair.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MLBTutZus
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZwLfrBScU
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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!"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0ExMmyu7S
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcytYhyue7q
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXJbZM83Nd
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzTkiw0aZt
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"And?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHnsyNuneB
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzM66RzcYj5
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BoX8DUPdm
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"No. He can't have robbed."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwN1jTWnfg
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgztAdgMnJ
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQtQ6MUtxC
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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?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqFwvz0Gpj
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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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"Few people take him seriously."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu3CqCQwdC
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7Z8n9570j
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyiUEU4d8d
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZLeUizh7A
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImHWWwJLQx
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuMK0n1rW2
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAXeaMpjri
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgzfcS3K6H
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGQXLULurI
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvD4VeDknY
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzZVDsEEKD
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tYvcI0yEQ
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHsWWPJKmC
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Vera smiled.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuot7bX48O
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4ZOPc9bXj
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Gip5fgXRo
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUcNIjScc2
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg238sP9maO
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt8sQVR6T6
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxHzGNG6Al
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZNI2RwehQ
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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.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KDqDdjqBN
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMV20TWA22
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cmTS2mgDp
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGZHuFF0B1
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlThSVsbyVr
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoPKjsyJFN
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrytDn32AlZ
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3s9ZIv4vV
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXZ9kl3hpS
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Colonel Rose stood up.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25ENEnS0i7
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ023oJVi8id
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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?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPJNHGbGk7
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She frowned.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1siFLPJUCU
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"Why, John? Of course I am."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRLa6popuB
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoSbKp5f5Q
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8gUrr6HRQ
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoyKIpD87j
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmu6UYodFs
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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?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6EVWLr2Dj
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I shrugged.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6ufSObtt8
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIa1JyBxNf
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"That is not enough."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpOQBeHg0N
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"Tell me then."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGcLFFNCYd
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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. "508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdezNHZFmW
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"That's some diversity."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nBkKvdLbs
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMuM8Jhx40
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NE6IEf6bn
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDCzO8vt2h
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I smirked.508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoS7uI8RfYM
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPfNGbni4k
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogxJZ7yQY3
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"And that thing is...?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZiQoI0wax
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhEOB03Q7y
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZVvXXIeOa
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5z4BpH2I13
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"What?"508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqngkV122aq
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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."508Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTNKMNEbgD
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