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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSxMDwvFZ2
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodDyi0w7QH
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIllG6TAtT
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpjlS3li7E
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54ewNpLfvc
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvian0otjVB
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktp3fBpEyy
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7UWXuRWiH
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsYZnTsfzh
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"Oh yes. Vera."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyIMKTWdXU
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj7zEfv5S9
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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. 485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVtiudjOA0
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6bRufMa5P
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Dear Jim,485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0TEK2HjNf
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMaRnnsEXN
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Yours, Vera.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kFl7e3c2j
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfC8A1wQew
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvyfbmlqHW
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GYBwk432K
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ps04MWVWb
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlursPBlm6
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7rWhAY80Q
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I went straight to the point.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsDQYuyEHT
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxHywXjpau
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1g9Bztfae
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I laughed and sat on a chair.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIKPASRweR
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8bsjgd2uc
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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!"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9dKXfgKt4
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULw1x9xkhD
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEt1cg6LdO
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ij5zmiWLt
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"And?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnCGQWVsT4
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMroqDWfumc
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiEmT3jVBr
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"No. He can't have robbed."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NMLz0eq67
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"Why?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8G1VRwynv
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57vgcdr1AY
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgPYaQWc44
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"Doesn't it?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLjkwI5o1j
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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?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pqp77lSNv
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXsQDapHuv
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"Few people take him seriously."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VZgsxo8yb
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6QT7KesiL
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaGGAGQsK5
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPJ511LaQy
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7npZdbF4y9
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9DtbYrnFY
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxXN1hFZxi
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtGcpUD8ej
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLKOddSdcn
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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.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE0dNoI2eG
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPMx1y24Jg
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbPoRklftJ
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf8ydCK5v8
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Vera smiled.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wMJdnYo8D
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjTW9Dn0Ua
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqld69rw15
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwPnXJIRwv
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4G7jYYRch
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"What is it about?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEQEF8DWWD
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRMejSxRx3
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNklmp3rBE
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We nodded.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kXorfefYP
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzESllVU4fL
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn6iYzlUBF
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHJfg8Yf93
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdK3e8c8cO
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxgngqyw97
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBI75NTWbJ
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzQfAiPPyb
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Colonel Rose stood up.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVBmmJGCJE
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVWoY2oiuF
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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?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKhtyWPJ7w
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She frowned.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVUgWG756B
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"Why, John? Of course I am."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyAABBMp9l
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hVEZoDE6e
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35FM2nFlj2
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH51idqIC9
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZD5J8gRnB0
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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?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAs8fUf2Qm
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvFact8CSR
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"That is not enough."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqxatFYwAH
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"Tell me then."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfQpUtr7nG
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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. "485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueoSjEKwwP
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"That's some diversity."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbQM6nnMha
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdBYhJZTl5
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8MBfUAY4z
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzBd9R0C2C
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I smirked.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUM8ql4ie4
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN7JIe5tbD
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRLvYoT4io
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"And that thing is...?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndY9oLVIxV
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLHm23jXFJ
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwglTt8Jx67
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFFomgantG
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"What?"485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsl2Fk45Ov
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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."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAOj6mqY3y
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