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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRhMCU06Mk
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpvqqPQ4gJ
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSnQTr7LJM
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTJNceME6X
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1wk7CSumw
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oLR3npkzN
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ByzIbsblT
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGlqaxpKia
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OChYDfALN
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"Oh yes. Vera."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSLBBASlw4
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kk1iERRvz
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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. 484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdIUNAqfQY
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFD0ykFpwI
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Dear Jim,484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYWXzHupLB
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1VfDMI0U5
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Yours, Vera.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I47lShdlK
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXek4DYAZF
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WNKMQBETP
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybCfNe5bWp
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEHhMh1bVh
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5G0qLNGcyi
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXXpS8jP0p
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I went straight to the point.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXKFXfQOKo
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtknF3mmz6W
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpCQHAMBl6
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I laughed and sat on a chair.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uc7M7WFfH
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz0bxwNj8O
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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!"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6ak9EbAvr
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ303HkYSOs5
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpnLFMqsHx
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrRkxz7eM1
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"And?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nqRiMseeK
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdqRrd5LR4
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNahBEC392A
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"No. He can't have robbed."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGi5N4mbEz
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"Why?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ReODeupg8
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zyha6NkxU
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeCpYUGhMw
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"Doesn't it?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ovLu8xIro
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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?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5GmYZLjFE
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN4sWaxkT1
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"Few people take him seriously."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZfsKKh8ml
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xKSERiLR4
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZ967ibyPM
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQVVB3VwVF
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcyH4pZMQu
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMfxDy38qM
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdH7j0f4Rxt
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA9CmfHwhS
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gVW6luCpL
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6jMaDN9O1
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrH2a9nmwQL
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr97z7rlQzw
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD1BfviOmT
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Vera smiled.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKez83MOXtn
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHIcdqnLZf
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmgpPi6Kub
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkZMB2wL9g
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfeDvxloEs
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSHNHCN3Xt
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"What is it about?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodyK2DJNOg
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCE8ZcPl2dK
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"You knew he would come?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj5yYxAMvj
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDyKOpVAmi
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I went and opened the door.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcucP5Io3uS
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cQ5wXZtGE
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrssIvHY0C
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCciM139cb
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We nodded.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQxn6V4APS
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFOcQ0TFS2
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVELi5Z0ri
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdoAbmFi4m
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiA0k3XxIs2
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY16geSKLH
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Vera nodded.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKO9jBvxaC9
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Iu73UrEh6
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"Yes."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BbXw4x89C
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMMOPnDIkq
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Colonel Rose stood up.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1x01dRnT0
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"I must be off now."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIo12w0hhS
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxo04fjqkY
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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?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvS192O279f
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She frowned.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWdQwkwd7D
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"Why, John? Of course I am."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErnYFMEJlr
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SDTwygNJq
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BqT6wFOlJ
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlih1NzvEO
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4sytmwTxq
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiEj9LtIMC
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pgGLvtZ6Z
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I shrugged.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxHjGJ250U
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHcF7llZXp
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"That is not enough."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGdhjC8kPn
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"Tell me then."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CfWSjNyTk
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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. "484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYVVAI2iug
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"That's some diversity."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrn3Xy80jj
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbukpJBnHL
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Rg0ROKZm5
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKKNxH688w
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I smirked.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKO6DHRuKV
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzdPFzjxS5
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbVk7qRmW9
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"And that thing is...?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWUwPSjMEl
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQmyBJfjvZ
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfuvDu6R5p
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjtnS9h9ay
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"What?"484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hPxtAZsGo
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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."484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8JWSBC6e5
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