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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmu3sT0oHU
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSfpx4LPn5
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWNXMJX8I7
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDa5OJQlVw
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WnAiqz1lp
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4uHHUkJA2
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPmrlN7lC4
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXVeYnKGPz
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84XcrmwkKl
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"Oh yes. Vera."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaMwPaZibe
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpw3Bgjuajn
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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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXRGRPUABU
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AWVRV9dmw
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Dear Jim,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEVzxUICiT
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVEihAnpeu
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Yours, Vera.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtF8tkhw6l
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAECVVuOqPd
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mGF8Ec87X
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHcGn7Bwyh
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu0Davd7Ew
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZu9FyeSPQT
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtrRd6VpKo
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I went straight to the point.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTvnnBoePL
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5qywVAoKi
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtq9Pc3ZgU
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I laughed and sat on a chair.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09D1uUAAGN
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJjBqSOAAw
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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!"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JRmGE1jaJ
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzhYZ0mCCy
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7KRddvvWt
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhB95W30Kh6
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"And?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg76o2Ch6I
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcAv8Pr86l
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETh1j7iRNn
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"No. He can't have robbed."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdT8OIHWzz
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"Why?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGKs2TyXrH
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUIyLbyeRp
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9Zd6Nstkl
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I have to say, sarcasm is wasted on Vera. All she wants is talk of business. Nothing else.
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKf9YaurVMY
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"Few people take him seriously."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiSjnbgJEX
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DRzUgqQt6
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBld88YoPzF
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAwunm3uny
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv6sXUNQD6
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rGHwCZNmE
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjseOa8GWnn
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrBF6zolvu
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwj2fFLUIbC
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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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj58rwtrV3
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFUuvlw9Ir
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5WNJFVHF6
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE1YyefoKS
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Vera smiled.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bYcRjtujr
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4q44fncvL
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRROdEwJjF
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD27I1u6qzb
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dV8kNDQWz
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRnC5ymcwK
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywkP73EevE
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I went and opened the door.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjfonljnkQ
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV8jLyqrII
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We nodded.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiS4haYmLU
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2QT2GMfVp
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjzvuMkgaS
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jEqjCOg7g
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBajssXamZ
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgc3NRFJQC
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdluZ3twLg
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Colonel Rose stood up.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vHSJvDS2P
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFI5HP8peND
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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?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfonaopTf9c
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She frowned.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSPbOX15Xv
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"Why, John? Of course I am."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd2I4W1ivh
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfr0ygy73HB
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm99S4gZ9NN
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtg9c7lO3L
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2q6GOeNR62
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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?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKbJ7u0vH3
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I shrugged.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDuanKks3x
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HEj9TLvIL
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"That is not enough."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eB4ujHbtl
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"Tell me then."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GcpkpTp28
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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. "382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjmgqoGSgE
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"That's some diversity."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnqh8Ur4A9
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OKvkKw2wk
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJ8XQZ7UYp
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJlc7goJSv
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I smirked.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13gh7i3SL0
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVxAAbdfKI
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWEEns4svV
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"And that thing is...?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSIOODi2RB
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBhC42mT9z
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNajj1vrCJ3
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUetMmcpGD
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"What?"382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDOp6zUZdW
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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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3nk5BGQhS
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