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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHw7noOxc5F
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXWyM8C9cb
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAnuDkt8H6
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBjc6yVRMc
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwfa8FFx3v
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHv0z9MfSi
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA59axL3ZK4
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1bfenTx9R
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7FRNwuSS3
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"Oh yes. Vera."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mfLRAnggq
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvktfsNTvP
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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. 523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrihUgLK2EJ
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXHoQCqepB
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Dear Jim,523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfWc1QbgWH
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFZEeRHp52
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Yours, Vera.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TKEcb3tcY
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3wB5bCrMD
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIDAbiunBi
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelDYiUqJJ3
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9rWEdicP3
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5jQmRUooI
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I went straight to the point.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdCvnaf87e
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatJOyCExnS
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Jl14ShOmC
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I laughed and sat on a chair.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWHNcNOlGZ
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF0EzM3Av0
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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!"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx1H7PdfPR
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yVl4jHg7f
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGs79Ukmro
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrrITFOQzV
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"And?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8FyMkex39
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5FWgMcaPF
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTHEoNIPtQ
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"No. He can't have robbed."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMCiL6fLPE
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiw2MJsf6q
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIKY3uXasY
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w4vLePf3v
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhGXR2XtEc
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXGreeuVoe
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO53K47DWF
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF4pHSOuyT
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV53TOMC9t
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71bfhT545f
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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.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dlAQKmZKd
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKuvlEGrnA
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsfBXAqEFu
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3zSnvijxM
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3sb7uhzqd
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqXgehJv02
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChzX8F920y
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjXYqm5EVH
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03XpDQ8bYL
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"What is it about?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq05EeC5p3m
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaVdPy6piy
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelDAdZEQxP
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgGTTVpiiR
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EpW2t0Tx3
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysHQMm40FL
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrPtY92cRw
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSEaNS5vtl
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJirO9jhVj
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Colonel Rose stood up.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFyMNZXw2K
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gfbZHqJ7U
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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?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gMRpdOC6m
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She frowned.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5emsot2NuC
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"Why, John? Of course I am."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc3siQI3VS
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGhVEXtvF3
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0r29Hgp2zx
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3DoDVEYPN
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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?"
Vera sighed. She pulled out a chair and ordered," Sit."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fAu5e0saS
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kJokgxNy6
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I shrugged.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvQd5hA61R
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieAJgOzqgL
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"That is not enough."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxNIrpIY3n
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"Tell me then."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfbh1tdaSL
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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. "523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3otNqKLScL
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"That's some diversity."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktR2RmvYfu
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFz9N0361Mk
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8NdodFPEn
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVzBl3LFp9
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I smirked.523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOrgSSDGWz
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaXWk06q0W
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTExmeJGWt
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"And that thing is...?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMBIeMhuBz
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oLwgfLYA1
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hz7h2gzFQ
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3FVWiAian
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"What?"523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4HUWSVGPa
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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."523Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYqULrTX5C
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