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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurCfHP8uNs
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtc1SlmUCSC
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mJcifywco
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixDrsAk6vD
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"Knee?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xk70YsmA2
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnK9lMAdiIQ
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I didn't. 594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol4Yj4oA0b
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnNhOBPg0t
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkJYeJCVjc
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96O9rDB8hD
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxGroEJezH
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"Oh yes. Vera."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPAQFQ1wqn
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"Oh."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqCxfN0Bl0
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVnMPL2aeR
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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. 594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqY2eG1M5D
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchqvJ2IacC
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Dear Jim,594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsUh8XQx8a
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9LymcoGC6
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Yours, Vera.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpjIKfirQf
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGQZg63wk9
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgBjp2Erv5
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPznIpA75Ot
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzu8C0fpIdk
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQX3Tzg1OFn
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NzsA6CNPd
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I went straight to the point.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiURD1hZb3a
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4Ys7oHrAP
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDEOtyHarF
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I laughed and sat on a chair.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIE8ioGOV9
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xsL1Kv0uw
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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!"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6udwdPKdhd
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2exntZQsQu
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FMQXvtVK9
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrjSiifrpE
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"And?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeZGP41UR1
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0UVM3LbW9
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wVZPckWI8
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"No. He can't have robbed."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3AjpTH9VD
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"Why?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5pNNqNkwt
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQW6ODYsA2
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5f4SaHWWa
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"Doesn't it?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1yn6D9zb1
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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?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYET3R9b3g
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNL1UL6sNOU
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"Few people take him seriously."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJP7EYhVyB
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQPy43DYiL
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbczlmFDKM
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFEi1nFAY6
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RVzfefp6e
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONBLtcS37y
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGutTsMUMAQ
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnbA7UHZv0
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0zr5cOdn4
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFayPhkFi5
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQhFtVruQy
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8pheD20oj
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkEWNAKUxR
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Vera smiled.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bFirZxSiv
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdyLxveVn5
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtN3dtHkANl
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOjZu9lWyB
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7TTLjitVm
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI6TW3OTDq
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"What is it about?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7pb7Gz0EH
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5XHnlonPn
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"You knew he would come?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVMvBo7nlG
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtplM1OKBH
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I went and opened the door.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotjAvFIvcr
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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.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlSSTn6RiN
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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.
Nevertheless, our man sat down.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLKATWuwDI
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAN4ekbnTke
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We nodded.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdE26b13hw
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxw43uAArJp
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCO1P3vePx
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBg8QZqrgy
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XBJaD0wbY
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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-"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaus9eJ7aN
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcbNiPNtGc
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Vera nodded.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6QbPKNlu2
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNbkmVB2Eh
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"Yes."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZALgB6T7xK
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVB8bH2pdW
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Colonel Rose stood up.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJstnpVq7uM
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"I must be off now."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnzkSH4H7n
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaq9U8llE5
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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?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBlVxzSVcm
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She frowned.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGUjjdmZeb
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"Why, John? Of course I am."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOw6ykaYlYW
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L5atVXyB2
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAf8TLnTGX
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcykxKN88R
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngo2Mzj9Kp
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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?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo1e6WInMw
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I shrugged.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rrqbxrPjw
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWj2JyWGJR
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"That is not enough."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCWBLLcVAx
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"Tell me then."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxegKMmkqsk
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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. "594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aUEJNLnzO
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"That's some diversity."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdFlbaZKJi
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEZn1BHrfB
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sPKxALEbu
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWkzrwyzDy
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I smirked.594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbqJPPzzbw
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40y7Cx457F
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXh9OCnbyvi
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"And that thing is...?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VmBfDFKLJ
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvq0ROwVnmr
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE6IVINdzt
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z8o44vdlU
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"What?"594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxhYD6Zq6Y
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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."594Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrCh4TWNQP
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