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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFNmwVCHdE
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyOQqroXyc
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieGgmHKD8r
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqSocAD3yX
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPSws1qCpo
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBo3fuDjow2
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHrQUfPBLN
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCnxB6hlQo
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE4khqHH0l
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"Oh yes. Vera."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sr9Y10953
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1qbTkufkv
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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. 416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuanW9sIg3U
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVA0KmGI9n
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Dear Jim,416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kqmdsZQ59
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEl7ZAHr1p
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Yours, Vera.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKGrwkKIQT
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoUVLv7Kwt
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4FXKFMkHS
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjGnAAAyeN
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I walked inside.
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfCLO6Th9U
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNRlrkHx6D
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I went straight to the point.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQA7TbVK3xS
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcZs2ofK1o
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2d5DbGvkp
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I laughed and sat on a chair.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rUszF37L5
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlCnqPbd2W
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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!"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhB1Q0p0jm
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOdbq37W3z
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFV1KHL1hj
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTR6YFsVmj
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"And?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrK3aMCScc
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiQCmd3pc3
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnXqU3DQPR
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"No. He can't have robbed."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRUHIKQ2YU
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"Why?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdu9xEu8vl
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgN0yQCn8E
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubZSgvjc2L
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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."
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfQEmXBt1C
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl7nbXHfrZ
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5xap9rcVd
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMNP200tCJ
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gqnO3zgEF
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKCLJzCUxz
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8eJmWGDn4
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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.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB2fViBmw6
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY1FAA9e9c
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDL51GYnOP
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIp4hLcDGK
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡee7hPjwwSY
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkklh4dt9z
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KBO2kzWiO
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnh4Wk2z3p7
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSEKh6PQZt
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgCW0jQ7kX
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED5wOVPIpV
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6XVu3y4NT
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55OxroJE8a
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMfmi3J3RB
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWOLPkPzos
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuLU16orRJ
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVkEa40enOJ
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Colonel Rose stood up.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAAIAzPvrn
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyKUOXiYgM
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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?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80T2ZOby5l
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She frowned.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65mLKm9NKy
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"Why, John? Of course I am."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpzfSiDdtG
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7cHOUAv3p
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9zxieGmw3
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4puuY0IblU
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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?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3v1Pj5MMyF
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I shrugged.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z392zyii0
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYw4bwdzCr
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"That is not enough."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA8q7z8y5W
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"Tell me then."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbIinl0g7b
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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. "416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ST1AzIE8l
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"That's some diversity."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NyKuzm90G
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxvyp2ol8R
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0ZIYtxt6x
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMzsjBqPyt
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I smirked.416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCLpmLuHwF
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3H25i8xbo
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePM7SQf9bQ
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"And that thing is...?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyTfTOGOBX
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eqQttWQAc
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN3ABRdxUI
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aoU5MyUYI
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"What?"416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFgXiFBqRr
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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."416Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9F3JUXw3S
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