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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLrxFxhWKb
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFCVw4QqLv
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJ5uKlAClT
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoXfYseHPg
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"Knee?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeT8lv9n5f
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMZ8gSqzNJ
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I didn't. 575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6AedKIRtt
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrX24n1UD1
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQPxe6EdjN
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuDu9nNkc8
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuV0dFLm69v
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"Oh yes. Vera."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhGEMZj5x2
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKHIprdrQJ
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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. 575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXGflkOFMc
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0oXE6qp3m
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Dear Jim,575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09yPt5GuZd
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3ItAj2XNM
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Yours, Vera.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKHVooGje9
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYqF2fviZd
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotS3mxDcjz
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLX7txFjPQ
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f9Mm0MP9s
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOOuUXqQLs
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEIX1bgGsy
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I went straight to the point.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e8I2RnrLM
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj1Wn6AkQj
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ6VGbjrBt
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I laughed and sat on a chair.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDsZJ0yBwR
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTIdCRwjPO
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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!"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAuADMQcu4
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC98cycgFb
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq83Q7UQvqX
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VXA11Slpz
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"And?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcQTFxXpld
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0uB1ucHcr
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsARFPwJza6
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"No. He can't have robbed."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcb3GmjwGN
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"Why?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIisCJrIPxH
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RJVuipy3t
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUfG5ISRMj
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"Doesn't it?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfRQOFFKXb
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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?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yxcYAYQlV
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLEj94XmUk
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"Few people take him seriously."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVjVlu1X5l
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzacMsbxUYZ
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xhmX9bkuv
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu1CpiCCci
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNnbaEV8uH
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNRACeqCVz
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDL2fi2FEQ
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk6htbCMRQ
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTFfHRHABS
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoj38GkKfy
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLhas89U97
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD13ru1y4mM
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcxyKKC9s9
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Vera smiled.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiIlWOjXLi
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1KpsDlKWF
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f7bG0toL7
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhj9Gdd8hk
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdWZk5ecqM
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"What is it about?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPthkvK7gjv
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpR1hLV63p
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I went and opened the door.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dNPlfDUxR
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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.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzbsyl6YZM
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEViJ8d3944
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We nodded.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUkQX51IlD
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBWWOTNXyf
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOveuyJUqAU
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN045XpbpuQ
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzP84x8ZtQ
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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-"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpVpU1E8fg
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEetJ8bFHgt
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeO1IdkrQ1
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffU0kXTyuK
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Colonel Rose stood up.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWztC9S7Ud
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDI6RnBAeB
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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?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs0Sjg5TJx
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She frowned.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIjXeFJrPm
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"Why, John? Of course I am."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWkIHpwz7V
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlQuIo7KQ0
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7Y8bKG93I
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt44Nvg94og
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFWnBjFPtQ
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvp9I9Zn0gK
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I did.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtEGcIwK4m
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyOpXYrB44
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I shrugged.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡka2pzgDCEg
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwgwxcN1pu
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"That is not enough."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2N2QNQ5lk
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"Tell me then."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzh2NMBU0f9
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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. "575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IDIZz3onS
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"That's some diversity."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmmcpivHIv
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdlxAzK6q0
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1qb7kqeCF
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSvxxb0Yxy
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I smirked.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk87f7qqrKM
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ibo6WaTzO
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXoe9ktd4K
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"And that thing is...?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTNFcn1meW
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBnmCelzuc
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6RPkIdjtM
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JPWOdFyGn
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"What?"575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OUMzfJxqp
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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."575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrcVrcQysL
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