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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5iQ4D3Emb
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabkOlKOspp
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPtaag4hTK
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWHSlVBzvo
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJTqUumS47
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEj44jsVbG
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfQPCY8Okx
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoekbHpZEVO
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuTUKxDUjP
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"Oh yes. Vera."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UaZBkWISn
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SwCYF2eBZ
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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. 572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Hj7N6Jbx7
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1umXndZyC
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Dear Jim,572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczToMoGqTW
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKvVuVcBPI
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Yours, Vera.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10U3wuEHSh
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9eqXIVJOe
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZiK0Q9cy3
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtxHo1z81M
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjyHpYR26b
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1yYqsoj9D
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2SpuaE5g8
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I went straight to the point.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5zXbHuB66
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uafSn44K5
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3ZMgrgZcD
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I laughed and sat on a chair.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tMErBTSkQ
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm09zusJgyz
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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!"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksfH9CSf1a
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGyk0eIttg
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAgHVkj3HY
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAR4Mr3dfO
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"And?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxeWr6QE6l
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C99hEAO2L
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6wMZKmtQ9
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"No. He can't have robbed."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEtY1qEeJW
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"Why?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuCzDLcjTT
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt3ONRraOq
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡridzf1J13U
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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?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbn1OMswQf
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTuTqAFfgT
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"Few people take him seriously."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy3wiVUa8w
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrr12yeZzV
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Nj7QFG3UP
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvnBoz5Zfc
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu5AQrQlA9
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJfX2HLrLy
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsJTUpZHEI
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKOFIZaWeq
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYM4zrPHf5
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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.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqY1YwMbK2
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CjkmKMgYV
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd0NIKKXmB
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7NBetHU2h
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Vera smiled.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRAwyN424Q
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfiU53lpvJ
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zE6Y7TXkO
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ1yZC0L7C
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhyDgWsewi
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B2Y4Yfc5t
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"What is it about?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27XFAcSUuY
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITedevbVjw
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHbF8Qu1ib
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtygKFyTPc
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzeYDKrzXv
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJNfWCIig5
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEu3lxplaJW
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuITFv2LtSc
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetH1gfo8oi
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWz1tWJpaNj
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoGuQZw2Oo
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Colonel Rose stood up.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOh77aui9b
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6285nPLmg3
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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?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQIjWJceqA
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She frowned.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dzgxIGz4V
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"Why, John? Of course I am."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKWUGnenBr
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhh6h3SCdY
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg1VKEwKXD
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hip7wJRYt
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7hf5Vxdks
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Wk8kA7HIE
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I shrugged.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1X6wNmIAU
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPOieuzabI
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"That is not enough."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzfjxvIhos
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"Tell me then."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawrdCQF5AQ
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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. "572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvyW9hNhEp
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"That's some diversity."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7v55eB6wue
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7MdDNvRIz
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YprTDCXRP
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDsRmnVo3S
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I smirked.572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyYC3abRHF
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvR7EbCV8Mu
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRh819wCq4c
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"And that thing is...?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XlXOSTJfv
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLK0gyDITw
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5oOhPXX5k
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF50qfQ97n
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"What?"572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZolhWdAZ6h
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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."572Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BgKr2K7kt
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