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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIOb51FDQZ
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOszOv58o1A
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu7v7JNj7N
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qy1vD7ee9
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBDgNwHCmu
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VgsS2tecU
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhELlnJxSb
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIK30EfSA7
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsAdHuMZCA
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"Oh yes. Vera."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxP5JHjvf8
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ylUiPiaob
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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. 613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hq2UY4zRs
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYffRrlTFqW
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Dear Jim,613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMUrBbsekC
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2xIB1Ssa3
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Yours, Vera.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VtFnl0ZQQ
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1hj6l0nv3
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NFePrcCTP
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6RuYPmLYH
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5mUGelY8u
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWoK53Eh0h
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGpQuTqTTR
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I went straight to the point.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw99d5LUGD3
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhe7GQq5z8
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfCcTYvxDv
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I laughed and sat on a chair.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7VFgghwm2
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQkR8vP4kh
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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!"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysLIE6hneU
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zFZFh5wRW
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXCgMZKuSj
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ558NoGl69
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PJc1hbfIB
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3MheaKV32
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"No. He can't have robbed."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIuEJ6aSRF
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9L8EpaIeG
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCoAyK6kfM
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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?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIKbZ2zPX8
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE4Tagb8Ae
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"Few people take him seriously."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrTRMRNu7x
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2MrQJidrg
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH4PYf9hi6
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlwkCnQ6wQ
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BW43hKMA0
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFpP0C5GsX
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxplz5zThsz
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwCmKhInee
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPbpzUu7q9
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zO4qZd80h
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1OXE6pRhA
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH6GrzrOmT
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0Scf3Hs30
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sWyUDoyh3
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGKIttBcfi
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fbVizUkYK
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9VvdqjuwJ
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPz3UhtNXFQ
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOmIQB05Fn
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkpjL7FS0Q
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I went and opened the door.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLAWpitzbO
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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.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0FfyCE1wf
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5HJsskdxG
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W5eSgPREU
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0eI1LXW9j
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9ZdOnhcP0
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaHX00Gm6p
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtqFaAU8JZ
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8163h3NWV1
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytR5k8Gtg8
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Colonel Rose stood up.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXNePV57Fo
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpphh6EOIw
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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?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnewFqALKe
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She frowned.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DUkKue8ja
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"Why, John? Of course I am."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NrDlTH2fa
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcZ1zRcfXu
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBQDGmWedx
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwBR1098G7
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWoaWdXRDf
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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?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsi2HNCOIH
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I shrugged.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcDjt6Hs0Q
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVHG9HIRJ3
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"That is not enough."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA7H9whQ1N
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"Tell me then."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75d18KwYpB
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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. "613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjahRlbUUa
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"That's some diversity."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FJO3DgXRk
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljST1z86kL
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdt5vCx8jgv
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCv4oDVzNYk
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I smirked.613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi4kMEx4Mc
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDhCUD9sHE
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWRzezL50R
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"And that thing is...?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyK1p6pFWP
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB41jnSFEO1
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkj4s9K3DvQ
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJE0VVkYVA
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"What?"613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0WF4vO6sI
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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."613Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9S7XtTOBdg
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