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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OeRftrZ3v
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7TmOJ9bPS
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOyHkEcTJp
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gKbwCkNGZ
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDRHYxpCxl
It was the afternoon of the 10th of January, a cold and windy day, when I was fixing a patient of mine.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhl3zTUWu4
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mYJMP7lzt
"It is cold then, which depresses you?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCUOZS2aIr
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquNngu1DJf
" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPp10KdEMH
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoesphRHEp
"Knee?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBkyAPQoCr
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6MjWOZ56r
" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01tCy3sCfJ
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqqbHNupmD
I didn't. 518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldXx36VonZ
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrZ6TT4hTk
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJKGCHjLTb
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gjqb0Vl6L
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO10TobnQ5J
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXp76njvkKh
"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULRYhd7YCD
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VgkAfLUgg
I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCIfVfeWWf
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7GPHBWOYT
"Oh yes. Vera."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV70UuUzdFK
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdyQD9wHKy
"Oh."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyWEmazQqd
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsnTTH2Uas
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Fxnl4IbSz
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEi21fQijQ
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGN59QBK8RF
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfW5LT1WlK
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpyjkP2J9a
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. 518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaftfsIpcY
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNQH33fTmw
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoGUsYegxt
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiqFvwIOG4
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eStLcFjvL
I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWrTiBTzPg
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UrtV3NIYN
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJaejtRuaO
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhW7u728go
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFY7NBZSIT
Dear Jim,518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zYydw6Psr
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTOtlb24BX
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQk7aarbjcT
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiskGFTcr33
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAz70GQUiHN
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbYw9NxI5u
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKxwUcLrKD
Yours, Vera.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zCc8gPq9a
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3KASKeHHf
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXLLKcqWko
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMIogQItkN
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeymmXqLEEM
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNS2lQ4mokT
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NYoVZVThQ
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8El64GmPF
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQZMUQJKjO
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQukMR4g3AN
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRqxKoh6Ep
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UHIcKuuhE
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7ogUyRYUZ
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywUajaaHYn
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Zok8r2qEd
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60rHqxTZGM
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbaGSxSioF
I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYte5zzSiC
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKdso6f03l
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RzUknHSi2
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIosrOPY0d
It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbyhJuwIUu
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm1kD1fn1o
I went straight to the point.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjgwn55Qdx
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYOpazUnKr
" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKXZRjVrP5
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyslYZ7tsm
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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g4uJiFeLq
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJMU1if0aN
I laughed and sat on a chair.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WLWVGEAco
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwqGOdk6ni
"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhSBDZP9k2
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZgFcDaywN
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!"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcFHClX6zi
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYfSjzr6xL
I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXAhQb0Qpk
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1FmtwTJop
Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0hITl0Tes
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqpMo8ZeQP
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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X8NO9CcoH
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLA0l79l69
"And?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Fg62lmDz
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa2Zmajgh7
" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtzvIFPKYi
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQosvrOr6oC
"Isn't that good? You got your man."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzVWbSPJZo
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGqXKOmhza
"No. He can't have robbed."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQdZh0vCtY
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w4Pchinml
"Why?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGg5dBxrlid
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhlIed2sO9
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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv01WdojxKq
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaGuCHN3wd
I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvT0knYV4E
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIuerLsJUq
"Doesn't it?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXglQqjT2v9
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpJ6RfN2ls
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?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7EMEYRPEi
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrp0ijMzRf
"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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xICcjuibG
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEJdbXx2pX
"Few people take him seriously."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprw831DHuS
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmziSRWyk47
She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLsBSaeIUo
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7b2lRM8WZp
"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2fSaBMOQ7
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7OR3bRikJ
She turned to me and smiled, excited.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKXUfO97Fw
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Wt6T5P5bB
She said, " Glad you mentioned it."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Id6paxQQv
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfVTU1paQc
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFanKOP9Aoe
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVa9vUMAG1
She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhClykb2w5c
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO47YeIaDyW
Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hgE4AsopD
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1fnSO6ptZ
"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEZQ0eq1Gr
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2nTKPMcnZ
I did so. 518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKyKb6ZSE9
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVkghpvByh
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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pui0dB3S5
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55WRBHRE64
Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERyYeKIPcD
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSCprohpSN
"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYV2Lb94Lvb
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJbFsNOYAC
My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5JTqweKVU
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg0eg8Pjot
Vera smiled.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6DiKueA4w
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW45n2SwHMa
"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3HJ8Wobjd
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGk2GeDDS79
At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel8iinxfx1
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurzuOLGsEz
I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r83lRplVU
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ261L0xMZnR
I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhkY7FCBo5
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCmW01lWUV
" Blank note isn't it? How boring."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNQey9Gy2Q
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTg3GcYlx7r
"What is it about?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoucSmEk3In
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ215kpj1NSD
"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RBHrlptCT
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnLFzIfe11
"You knew he would come?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kvxOkGQda
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprNxIZfu5m
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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38yhWbkaP0
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0sh9jdTxh
I went and opened the door.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQNx6tquxL
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyoMN5AVUF
"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.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNccVv0NFGH
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffawilCmaN
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.
Nevertheless, our man sat down.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLjHR7rpvp
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3wRxtunzZ
"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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4lzMvNDHQ
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzSzghOCKb
We nodded.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8g9S23GkmR
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFSXPBr0sd
Vera said:518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcN1b379Z1s
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh63ScoUv7
" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3IoR8KX6C
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQxZwVtAi0
The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJB8b3sYmn
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlfQ92coHJ
" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCvX0WP4eU
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7j9hDZu79
She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ06L6zl2L
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5F5mx3WYV
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?"
Colonel gasped.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SQ9TaE1y7
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafODmzgJJG
"How did-"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdN5NNxB8k
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg58Q5ONZI
"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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1g9gS3NUK
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AM3sIGk1o
Vera nodded.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUv0S67753
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvssnAlsteU
"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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcN1K8mTtyS
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlNOUoHau9
"Yes."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjDZbfWTVn
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39MiwlBn0t
"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qpscozvQg
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHtvHiAd9n
Colonel Rose stood up.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXNCp0xSR9
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BGlUEh49s
"I must be off now."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcEjI8VmWf
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSALqrQqtp
He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKC3RMIflBi
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iZzFU2Uht
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?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7F1Ch0kNH
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnpkR9A6He
She frowned.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uaLHiOEb9
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1GhSdrKDO
"Why, John? Of course I am."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBmsiQowdm
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsqhqYBiVE
"You do understand that there are going to be real people there. People you are going to have to talk to."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcsVA6lfnl
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9n4rzbOkQ
"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVjypSfXeR
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJugGdOKgU
"No. No you don't ", I said simply.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNpr40aiTB
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW8JMNmcdi
"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMICHkvwsrv
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvHMrr8UlL
"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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTn87bmJoN
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGTGbup8Xm
I did.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXHht5lzry
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLED49olIrJ
She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZf5wHm3VIA
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLl1LWAp8T
I shrugged.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMU09S7wVfv
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugA3BfA9cU
"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh0zDcB1nG
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75L7HQnsCS
"That is not enough."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmlxrI47Zv
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQfDNpDa7R
"Tell me then."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2epZB3AObW
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwphAKsB1YT
" 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. "518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj5870nUeY
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC9RhrOuxg
"That's some diversity."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytwoFReGoT
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnoZYXcy6I
"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJB04D75y36
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7f61JH6Lt
"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjajFKtweC
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJi0np8178P
"Exactly. But more so. A violent clash of egos. Fights. Rivalries in everything - sports, poetry, music, women - you name it. Especially between the twins."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9IxftESrn
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C4JfWHcwM
I smirked.518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5ZWZoj87y
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEo0KzMFDp3
"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Jl64voHHj
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnRpVnud6m
"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqqzN8PGTx
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDoQxB6ysB
"And that thing is...?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvRiBFHHNb
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYXxXPIZOJ
"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4uPqfmVDx
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw4xE4cy3k
"The egg faced, old man with that glorious moustache? I don't know him, but I fancy he's a hairdresser."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ifib6pLmN
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwkseC5BjJ
"He's a world famous Belgian detective. Earlier this morning, I answered a summons from him and he told me about this matter."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCGXCC0brx
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFdhB9hlvr
"What?"518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3dL7iOMlk
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoIXZyg9tX
"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."518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ873TkiBvZn
518Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WcAUL1qZU
