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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdIdaCvbpH
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEikPcdr3Q
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvFII2oOrB
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AWdfztwZv
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuhapwwdAv
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1mUWLeoun
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrs5AXQFkU
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fGzYMQwLx
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDGdzpD4UZ
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"Oh yes. Vera."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzjAvZJEcO
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFMvI6xklT
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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. 520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4OxUtsCUP
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1ExgUnG96
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Dear Jim,520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6atp8qj1z
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0B3narnpK
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Yours, Vera.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOLT00hYYS
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzynlBUcwt7
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGHBqpp0Kq
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmiaoS0OrD
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gvTxP6Ic4
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ1iGZKxjs
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I went straight to the point.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxq6Fj50xy
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkINJvbOIw
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzi94hEPr7
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I laughed and sat on a chair.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncjRxw4pij
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZ1yhta8C8
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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!"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSwJUEotvb
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxW0vRlzN3
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95LE5gbDP8
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbGBO6ocBW
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"And?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIXTvvPEPk
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpYgvUEeIe
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyVj5GpdFB
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"No. He can't have robbed."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0l1g3vgZ4
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"Why?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAX3iKcoM7
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVVeitVFbW
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZylzutzZyA
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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?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBGHoev3Zo
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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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"Few people take him seriously."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqusYfVfuJ
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebaOZDc829
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7Qd53ZHYR
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCkwPOKl1Q
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSA4S1gzcaj
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAleNk7HlV
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaJ2XJbD0i
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeS62zSWob
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhygowLaT8
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiHwutk6Lw
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJV4lk7Dle
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvOf1HAZDB
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPhAXGSaXS
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbb2Qo679T
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVh1vdN1Sx
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nCFeoCBQd
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhYzzLmoZi
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sTyl8vdNr
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"What is it about?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz8RQND7rT
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TiuOA2FG8
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAzlfo7fWR
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyC2jgrdYw
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk2opktP9C
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg2Gmwj74x
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeORauyaLM4
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhO4spcPPQo
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gogqjFzZ8
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGTpb3zQ87
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"Yes."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQb6dSAmc2b
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSLN1sN5MJ
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Colonel Rose stood up.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp4HnuLSRp
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyzm5EMdkm
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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?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkq9h5QP2fo
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She frowned.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfGk4t0PG0
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"Why, John? Of course I am."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVopWsKdIaz
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcssp7BoAnl
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBUf6ytD85
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aGjXPH5gW
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaqGqyWjJd
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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?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQ9AD43fze
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbTOyO22FN
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"That is not enough."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY53KplsngP
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"Tell me then."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HiNEeyEUh
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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. "520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI51hFCyHf
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"That's some diversity."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHtdWusY8U
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfkn4YtxMS
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD6HB8ueZn
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWBDNuTc8W
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE36IYM41dk
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sePsxW1Hu
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"And that thing is...?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5PURscwzU
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PRxtFQqlU
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvZys3Y5n1
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSr9Pg77pM
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"What?"520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe08rlJsU2
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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."520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5PtzTTGiC
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