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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLrY1JwZGm
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS2XP91oXC
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaFQrkJJ8h
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuie88Kldya
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UlHn7c5qh
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4YKOA9zpE
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLbeg8uYkN
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YduRrycPG
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQM3YZE6Kz
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"Oh yes. Vera."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ckkURNCYo
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbwnakZiC7
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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. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX7nGNQ9OK
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpXgSQyldC
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Dear Jim,608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfYtqYaB3w
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkwv1zTsiT
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Yours, Vera.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5fLm2yWn9
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKOQVYrN5f
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r24N5U0Xb
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vKQCZ1ZL3
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBcmRD6Cdu
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTr2hinUnR
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwF57l2hxX
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I went straight to the point.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNb16vq1ne
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwttFNIf3NG
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLtUgjycqL
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I laughed and sat on a chair.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzXuR1vh5d
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6v83mBCVu
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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!"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pcxZGnW2d
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnYWKE3sX8
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPfYzkH0rs
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJCAgaR757
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"And?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LrwfTaTPR
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e8ZwHGuMl
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKGXwo8pYZ
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"No. He can't have robbed."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI1FGNboeK
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"Why?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbHvMwNXUB
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHLjioellZ
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTnGqAy5Rf
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"Doesn't it?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4rxmPACuf
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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?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxRSyqx2lf
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9K21DeJ9Xo
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"Few people take him seriously."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQJB42Ny4k
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO17kDg7g5d
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESdfIW8fkb
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVI6d2hP1OP
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFkKjq9YwF
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5s7NQ0E4i
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfihTchfRQ
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhGEBLLcuP
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQbrTb5574
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQtQKETf45
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ojeOon7aD
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLzuQlHFQJ
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlRKUqMNd5
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Vera smiled.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5ACSTVC7S
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGKcorpmXP
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjH6wo0ZXqC
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LwWcv16y1
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWiORWKgDU
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUarR6mzHY
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"What is it about?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVHxmSvOP2
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnvAUQym6E
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2q1RtjUjk
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I went and opened the door.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeW3iyrUeY
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyFlQ7LA1r
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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.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4OuPS0B3V
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNyLjy8TBF
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We nodded.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7yWETu4dN
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD8IdbeCwv
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kOdRSvsZo
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy49gcoL96z
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡao3mz7rOHD
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ej6kXmR1C
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrTVM5l6bV
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"Yes."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeJXHOteZg
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkFkywzqae
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Colonel Rose stood up.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC7N020jkc
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jst1uvWdz
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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?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbhCO78Rkj
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She frowned.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5D8tsfZZe
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"Why, John? Of course I am."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EwcCkjbai
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9Sg9pOnsA
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfZJiBONnE
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt4KOQqyHp
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLnyET0Y8d
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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?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfDRNXnAhg
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I shrugged.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLUEgs0q29
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaOtAptwU9
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"That is not enough."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12FNP3KAwP
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"Tell me then."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79rqKS1z8V
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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. "608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDN5xB3PBu
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"That's some diversity."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKsLcRwgI4
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0icV2NWM1
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2ARc9JJnc
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0fzCPKuWW
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I smirked.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVCRhAEfA7
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nwj1SrhqM
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgtfIAOGYb
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"And that thing is...?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjjAP141I2
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMw3jDSZEq
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV7Q7D0s6J
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahhXXqXccT
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"What?"608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P209uYUZb
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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."608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOYwLbumQZ
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