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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cyApco4LK
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFTfSUVpom
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr6Aq5RuvQ
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJYM6SW6aq
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"Knee?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegYOMShBIk
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsTkHwUDAc
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I didn't. 824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYy5x0KV2Py
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdcziMK4GZ
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8HRJ3DkXY
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctoM7ilWcN
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvECMS9ZfkK
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"Oh yes. Vera."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBkNoNzPVY
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"Oh."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNuW03CbHR
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pzfQiAKj0
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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. 824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hjgyi1Nhs
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3RNAZh9fh
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Dear Jim,824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSPSPqzvRg
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgInFc0Tyly
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Yours, Vera.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLtABf5Xlo
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtS955hqy2
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv0QrNtoG3
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCCbkB2hxB
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QMTRfoHhq
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnFElCEMaw
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50wc6Rhwaq
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I went straight to the point.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFifkx8GeW
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtRz2nW5S3
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcKvjfMPQY
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I laughed and sat on a chair.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNogGtV5v4c
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zEYvLFFvZ
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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!"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuS5jXU3hf
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOy6aowHYw
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjom8jb1RY
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdevb1qCGL
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"And?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOgNctCb7h
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlOXNQbnSw
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybcAX914As
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"No. He can't have robbed."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nAhzmXHPk
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"Why?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsErLiYFcKY
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbZvBN7ln6
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyTvyoJvcq
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"Doesn't it?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvVOmXU881
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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?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGB4Nh48Hb
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCG7Yz50WyB
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"Few people take him seriously."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiT69a8GYMD
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxEemSgwG7
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeyJ4PIT9A
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMqpR1DyR8
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynLSvaQg63
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPohiJKgsq
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pFZuXCHu4
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEFGJfe5h5
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBbf19TpmR
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0p6yZgH3G8
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dVnNIdYOZ
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEubBBL7oEK
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJovTtaumcW
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Vera smiled.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQBzWiMKO6
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5Ph9pJdVp
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZSpirOp2U
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPVCbqM8tV
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNASy1m1zY
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSuX3qltoq
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"What is it about?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTBRqa4kTr
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGGnsoqejb
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"You knew he would come?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdQ3VRYrgP
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDiAlFuf6t
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I went and opened the door.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcNPXbxrbI
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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.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQuYhERnqO
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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.
Nevertheless, our man sat down.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LNlJMQJr7
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjsOOca5fK
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We nodded.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEZUDsDjpy
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Vera said:824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHQ91ikvlC
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyW67KbmHv
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUqnEHJFgT
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jkdcrGuX0
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU36lU6NRZ
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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?"
Colonel gasped.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNYAHmr93J
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"How did-"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfAtyspdoT
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwIGnsEoEp
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Vera nodded.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshosuGWlrR
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoTVWKLZm2
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"Yes."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tKtffD4lh
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyO7dpJu9s
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Colonel Rose stood up.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusSPgwZvcX
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"I must be off now."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3L6R89ZR1
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsBwMBfUTn
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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?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfB811mgcu
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She frowned.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5CqSu06Yr
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"Why, John? Of course I am."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7sktLcS0k
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6YtZpdRRV
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRmLAkRQ1R
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CAv3Dd7x0
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppzuf8JQys
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b9YLMpAME
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6Byh2hbkQ
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I shrugged.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsN7BMoCiK
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TV1yZKge6
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"That is not enough."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PxId0TGV4
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"Tell me then."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtOeKbRvly
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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. "824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iOiC5DEUX
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"That's some diversity."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOB1A4PwrIL
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkQZHKlVZQ
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFGCffbTnv
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6mgKpubeE
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I smirked.824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY98aTj3Gu
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtt8HXsyWe7
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSZLu9RfeY
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"And that thing is...?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcppfFRLXv
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iXCtadtp7
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgw7bpduGyj
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0LyoKLSgw
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"What?"824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFZONDR0S4
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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."824Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURK9Ya8Ffm
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