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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoagKo2ca4r
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6Y3MJXpAz
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUGOszGcby
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xdbIUOvFx
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7qQF349xp
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TmnyS7Du8
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRPvQ8VUei
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eWxxWBqei
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAKTNFFEV5
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"Oh yes. Vera."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFMXWzviEH
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzOJQZaGlC
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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. 491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyTC7F0uyo
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlPfzdkP8V
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Dear Jim,491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNn4lFlQLj0
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq8l4iiqsb
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Yours, Vera.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhaDFIYctr
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksZmklb8rC
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKoS6GmibS
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwqJuWsM71
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqYRcjjxEu
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EIdBL3U2W
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OjMa1MB4a
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I went straight to the point.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5JtBQ8Bti
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHOamlFU9P
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52N6t8Cwwk
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I laughed and sat on a chair.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoYk5ZXXqU
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlejG6mwon
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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!"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUCeLF6OTf
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPHGjdWsCZ
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFcYEzShSG
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4a2Ck4dxvU
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9cJLKshzx
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2V17Islksv
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"No. He can't have robbed."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaX0M2VJhP
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LHCOzt81I
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8FDT6HW7B
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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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"Few people take him seriously."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDRDEDEhLA
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tcrPJYFjY
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwu936bMhX7
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzBWzKenPt
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhHBfyeQjL
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXuHeW6csH
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL48SbADXr9
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYjHeLcgLw
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu2Qob57SX
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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.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNW26i2yUJ3
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzkaXODbQl
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc8zaPk6Hq
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2K6m0IXhSw
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuY6KKa36N2
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSYjGAGZ4E
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5HKxKvL7A
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yF7h0ctSq
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QXGiMNSnG
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"What is it about?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHT8Q9T3ki7
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLu7X6UUSu
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I went and opened the door.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXF7x4y2IBL
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKmOYQ7OAI
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TwuakfOW3
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIizaCXWyrQ
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sW5tfu2E8
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAoMw9d3Ya
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNC85phXh2A
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKgGh8FAEz
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsumCrEYhL
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Colonel Rose stood up.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU61g4yQG8
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRFnJM1KvD
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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?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyopbmHjj4
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She frowned.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4smaw19e8
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"Why, John? Of course I am."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtFRfEOwnc
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFIEvspB5J
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4EdcjI0iu
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKhRtqrVwc
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihUJbfSVoM
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWKtnipMAw
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsrGRjm8zU
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I shrugged.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkUT5i5w6Y
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczJy5IFRYY
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"That is not enough."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gEqfjPZo3
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"Tell me then."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkJbgDyECp
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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. "491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdZ4l9w6nd
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"That's some diversity."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDnYlAijRF
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmldhlNnQs
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4COvosszWm
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxxkTObBTa
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I smirked.491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaOzgXsIQi
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXha3hxPWKI
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfckfr901CS
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"And that thing is...?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmANhneajeM
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGMg40BBeJ
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3q62xb8GgP
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbm5sFqVdy
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"What?"491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68UViObQwE
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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."491Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISzmu6kE70
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