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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF8WLYMlTM
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ubDW1eR9Z
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPLvVrphJf
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZFcoQRUN8
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"Knee?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwslOwvUjG
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzQYxYpQPX
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyW27eAods
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQWMG1tjQd
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwywvk7HLG
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhozG8O7cFC
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"Oh yes. Vera."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGB8PPexbg
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"Oh."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvljsqAFhO
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AvQOKKKLs
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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. 516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMPM6mD5dH
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdR6kXfgWSb
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Dear Jim,516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMykuqBwym
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vB820VDm1
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Yours, Vera.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0ptu75zqz
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1rmuzviKh
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVMfr9Aiak
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIgvztTyVW
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJUtFV6mZn
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7EXwpZBY9
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iBoYt6Byh
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I went straight to the point.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLcq63oCXe
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXY31o7yuCJ
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokD10GrIKO
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I laughed and sat on a chair.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lTDNWqgkO
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75ViplUZid
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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!"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXI2H4hHwo
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiZ72N1fxM
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8jReBobaU
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0qnWQ8qA9
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"And?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPM9XrcwsZ
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MVRp9RsoH
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsZP9XH9Mn
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"No. He can't have robbed."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6ngCsJSvV
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"Why?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmaTVFQ2qJ
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUAKPYETuT
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwPvRs2cVh
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"Doesn't it?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1rbovgMzS
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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?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPZK4lQg5r
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1kedBDCo5
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"Few people take him seriously."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQf3j8fNi3S
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoTogAUMQZ
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BP02BbPo9
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiZ61DfdDG
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2m5BHs40v
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5UozT3AOr
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdH4f3ewm7
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPUpkCobKN
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAeQfOjVkb
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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.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo31l9hoNyU
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlJrdFgFLc
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSNb7fEycZ
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxFYF1UhBL
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Vera smiled.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1o5JSKoU8
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UYZo8R7iA
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9epjkvXAb
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BavStIFGL
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLBgsSDYyk
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7xYSKppHe
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"What is it about?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzgXKCS6DZ
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBJJ6Z5kWa
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I went and opened the door.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFChiZkwqX
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzMRooDV96
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We nodded.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E09AgC0IY
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkNDXyuiSz
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZk5sA4RQ4f
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNH31IRAX44
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2SknI04dx
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL8Ux5k9tF
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtUUhrV2DY
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"Yes."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJMbdk1kHI
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3F8aS5pYVa
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Colonel Rose stood up.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa2Rtqg9L0
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPZHVgqTA4
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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?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfPyq3Tm7d
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She frowned.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGow0wtIQk
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"Why, John? Of course I am."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdh2S9vfnV
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMwRq6CE0z
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI2Tcr5RLz
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOofpuYQbl
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp5fwwyacN
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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?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpCvqYj89b
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I shrugged.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JgOb6qKva
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATFKu0AlyT
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"That is not enough."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTuIoTblFq
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"Tell me then."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQghDvnqb3n
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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. "516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD0AX9GF64
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"That's some diversity."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JbQjXUUGb
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTu43vSGxR
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBs7GtaoEZ
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0WA1xq2W3
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I smirked.516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngHLUgPh3S
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWcsE3jD0p
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSPILJAzMz
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"And that thing is...?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvfphXiIZj
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuHhXpzef3
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96m4fd6nzS
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGSDz8YKSj
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"What?"516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaL0m0D76p
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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."516Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZlT7QmVha
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