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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuqZcKFhH2
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHFf4tXz0x
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUkWlGYs9L
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84Ann1phx3
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"Knee?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQcbhgVTn5
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8kRdbJXfr
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWesc2orIei
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybhXOMbSsb
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomAVluiXci
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbWUv6Ego3
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"Oh yes. Vera."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaFNWFqVwM
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"Oh."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbj6C4VvpW
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThf3HMU29q
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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. 618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmm1xuB7pc
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN6Y7uDAiu
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Dear Jim,618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYXxkfm7Db
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprmR73oX9m
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Yours, Vera.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFkSQMF7r2
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVaKlaMg4k
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR402FQ7QVa
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaur1rndFwl
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm7m8khgEe
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrZSeFIrTd
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2CBcwCzYC
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I went straight to the point.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dF6lZuOxO
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhJYyBOBgh
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBshsIavLK
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I laughed and sat on a chair.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJG75QPXhX
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUL221n9iPW
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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!"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOG03rph7au
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85jsxJupSl
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBMN3Jce2u
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIml8KUcXO
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"And?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBU5eQgqhXv
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVIXpXSRw6
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgn9M8FxMd
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"No. He can't have robbed."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VhSC3UGwo
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"Why?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEXVFOrMWi
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIb0UOML8V
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYYIkiUP2O
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"Doesn't it?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBX1qvE1Rf
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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?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwjO152TN0
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOuleuKVWR
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoiW2dWDBO
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSUtRpT39e
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc01Fxpxbh5
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbDcOQKH0e
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8bPuhfhqf
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkzk9m3lg1
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLiGgC4XIw
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oqNrVo9DL
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3uewtfeqD
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQvqNwIQil
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYjBlFKIAf
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl8s7RWIro
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Vera smiled.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfcgs5VTZy
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBN8SSCQWM
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjGdIryVeP
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlwHFPw2iS
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cMFGTk8yC
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxA8fsScoov
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I went and opened the door.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFRgMJSaxa
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4EdWLOASn
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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.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSVkZDMIHU
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNAzWUoUfs
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We nodded.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZSbEpfycC
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGdxiKyb8d
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLylQUeI9HL
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywjGAMurxP
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOHqstVFc7
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERR63vcvr1
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxh4D0WnDoO
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqldFamNGUD
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Colonel Rose stood up.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdWFqm1s5I
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtvHEmnbtM
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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?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUCjcfts4u
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She frowned.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRViLXVQ9NX
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"Why, John? Of course I am."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8SXnWSJmG
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQLaLPx3Zb
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndMuNYGM17
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5p0nN2MIl
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WbNxR1WCE
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZNj8lGKDH
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98O4w4ifJb
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Werauotu3
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"That is not enough."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaJQpem3ts
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"Tell me then."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVdyNOm0EK
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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. "618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6McogTWUm
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"That's some diversity."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4i6zoSn2k
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54moDxT9XX
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HVGS9njL8
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIO2LZGn38
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I smirked.618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02znb2FtIi
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4RhG0y9ex
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFZzIxQ5Vc
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"And that thing is...?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9idZKbEhp
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRlY4NoBB7
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsDi2kRtMI
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH6nW1dpUT
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"What?"618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8GCtJEO8p
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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."618Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbTdWNodw7
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