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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiHPKAD9oh
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxjrFLwXDL
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Pm064KOAd
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAPLYm9N1V
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNbrizUeMH
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0ssbPHlEC
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbZU6DOG0Q
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMrX2xgA6a
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcarWCEkg3S
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"Oh yes. Vera."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjoZA8vjCW
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnBpex1Y1K
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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. 368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtziu0QC306
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQaISxkQoa
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Dear Jim,368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax5wBVJhxY
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpsL0iFHkF
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Yours, Vera.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4btTsF8IT
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoA1raVBE5S
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcQbyZDUWO
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSZBTIWhIx
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDG5Y8pL7C6
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2Gcr71GMs
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8IPM5PQsh
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I went straight to the point.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33Yme0X2Ml
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6AcWyCp2j
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfdt79N6iQ
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I laughed and sat on a chair.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLHXTbqNJt
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpeH6Gmg4y
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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!"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiaeXsjtTp
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0n4MkrZXoj
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23ZUxKGcW1
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzQYJYBowe
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"And?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8juwk10wCL
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ly4f2tr3n
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIixEkmLGAz
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"No. He can't have robbed."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyqEDU0Ddr
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"Why?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92q1PuWQTB
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2RgOGdhPZ
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHTTWIflFr
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"Doesn't it?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCMOFC6bDD
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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?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIkb2HP7vc
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih9QNtgUK4
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"Few people take him seriously."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvzTfkAYW6
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7pdmcXWGs
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuP5zA0L220
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9HwvELQUD
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQSBSogIvs
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlMP4xox1U
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY5ZpP6iZi
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewjPA7vGgR
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYg90aDPwt
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxh6p044nx
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCzaP8CCF8
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lGQsum4go
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwILu1rRkD8
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Vera smiled.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YnLAojcnj
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWH0cFZYFL
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaEUyZUn9b
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRcBfQTrAm
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1I4YeSwXb
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdWKKWojCP
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"What is it about?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yX0pF2Y4L
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsAfyuUsvy
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhv5IrjsIgM
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I went and opened the door.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJyVgtOCNP
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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.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4tui7b6ml
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqnaAcrl13
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We nodded.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXAHbbx4ZN
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xrnt8rVv4
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsjIywDjky
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqjjd3OhXG
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zim1ka6Bw
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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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"How did-"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimrXqgRNDl
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70Izf7JOi8
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOEKoib1GO
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"Yes."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLY0eRPmn6
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWQdZFdBKb
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Colonel Rose stood up.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLcO0q6vEb
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"I must be off now."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTWlOezMPt
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHjHGfhSHu
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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?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnD8IHYldj
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She frowned.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VLNBNIc6j
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"Why, John? Of course I am."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnfPCQAqhy
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsp1OrzuXK
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRMIuND39b
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFcAEZVoyi
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqnjHQvPKq
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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?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWxG5IM68n
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I shrugged.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yj0728Z7V
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctHMOGnG3a
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"That is not enough."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoubrUCU8J
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"Tell me then."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxzkZhS9nW
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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. "368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO2jHvdibT
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"That's some diversity."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBSS3cJe8s
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzsG85AV0Q
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguLBMfspCW
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HMYm8eyyU
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I smirked.368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AnhIqjrKj
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupN9gbTJMb
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQbzATalpG
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"And that thing is...?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3yiizKvc8
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafaqRKqaJK
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdboc6yI0c
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalcre0S8Xs
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"What?"368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TbdnSVI7e
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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."368Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Zoijkq7F4
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