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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dLEkSp6gD
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlhz6qywF2
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2jMxNx6GR
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz8U9SDdGR
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMTb45a73d
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0VjfoxcLA
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz34QiERKSn
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6Y0ntNala
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnKczVVB2t
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"Oh yes. Vera."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPuHvMRMG1
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrOJlzTpri
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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. 449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRt8hvNUIY
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2riFCuepf
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Dear Jim,449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7L7aPCCj3
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37or0JUPK0
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Yours, Vera.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp12QDXvyO
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpItTraF7kG
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLJjj4Ws9v
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQliTuenh3
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kjpM0MlZl
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOw3rNJn1U
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpXWttO58v
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I went straight to the point.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXqfccAzrq
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcnrRjND5R
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxujXxduaIw
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I laughed and sat on a chair.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1LwRpHibl
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1jzb9SxCS
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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!"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ1Udedoc4
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCjL137Fr6
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz4ehHFnvq
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k9skeoqJo
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"And?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBbAGlLgl4
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGeGq6wTPY
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjkDOwrJQj
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"No. He can't have robbed."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmv9O7Ky4Cj
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"Why?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUGXkluNfA
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49DsGBbosg
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJWuAY37cz
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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?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSZBFgzuAc
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fkUq8sAAM
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"Few people take him seriously."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I1byC75RB
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihch79tVO1
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5TwzVQMAZ
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMREhy0DBVO
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDM0QnXQUh
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwv8Chu4Ac
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRtEFo6hOC
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKADnhXfo3r
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2Zq6Lfj7p
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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.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1S2d5nSQd
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0At7OziCov
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j3UJyZ5fW
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMDs8bycKV
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Vera smiled.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3yjxjvaqc
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkUvb214BJ
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg78MJqwfS5
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxNjNFrn42
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXJOWVSyQp
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"What is it about?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqYZazuBuR
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZRA7XkYe5
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I went and opened the door.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE5Lj5OS1X
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKriNwDiMu
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We nodded.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2RcL9hgPJ
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEj3k9Ldjl
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eJucn2u83
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdOkDvtRJO
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu9i8FwJx7
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihlkXMln1a
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYURSduWIS2
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RCP51GMXG
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Colonel Rose stood up.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNs88e6gRX
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GLutM9iOf
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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?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgThu7I0kJP
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She frowned.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIOL2Ejx2K
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"Why, John? Of course I am."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3LvYm8fbg
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGoFM5T3g5
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnYY9YFFJS
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WyrnV0orl
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QecUz7KcX
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhJOLF9xBV
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf96pKA9O6M
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I shrugged.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvznTFuQSW
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwtsDvdC6c
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"That is not enough."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0y7TjWStA
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"Tell me then."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKLSGb779q
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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. "449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpFI3DT2Zd
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"That's some diversity."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXhjz1qvq0
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XkNsRRQOf
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawS9GyYjXU
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMwYZchEYY
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I smirked.449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpu5H67FCb4
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30Rmz6bmHd
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3qCowRwDt
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"And that thing is...?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHr9HPQ3wOe
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOn2FjHiHGX
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtL6Fy9O5M
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SuFOnbugI
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"What?"449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dHkZm2E1S
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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."449Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAzmseh38v
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