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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7JYxc1zYe
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8e9h3uzvOz
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipFgUiTOGt
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpP0zOCexYX
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"Knee?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8CEfzPcZ1
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDQeJEMa1A
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHgp9GltjU
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9EMEmARQp
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlBrgBVZ7S
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPqoQuUjRz
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"Oh yes. Vera."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiPnRLF9Ib
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCIdGv1drl
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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. 464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvviICvRXS
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbWX6kT2Ix
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Dear Jim,464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgbtj9exi6
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4Jfzmsn5K
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Yours, Vera.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpCTS0ouSO
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbabeHLALZ
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsjdXIuupK
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFe08rWhyn
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79PNUvAx5T
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOBzQ3JN4e
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvI352f23v
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I went straight to the point.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v2LZHjy4u
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKfEmi78KE
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1UKzVnd4u
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I laughed and sat on a chair.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ675sHaJWUs
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLz3bZNGrX
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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!"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZoKeqVwgi
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxaYDKWrPk
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31yfkVFMDn
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe15fhBhA1W
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"And?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2IZ1hpXsK
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusj7c2i0gj
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1I0tUdW5G
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"No. He can't have robbed."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcGJGoD16B
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"Why?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPeq9a0Gau
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEjYi1Iov5
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzANrv5tTEh
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"Doesn't it?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6KNuxk0UB
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VwbwD6a8l
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Jn6CIwdnh
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcly4WhKQ3n
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxPKhB4suA
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhC6N71gIcQ
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKC56Nwj5i
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6TiYwMpxo
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZ3osRw0T1
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSHVSkm4fA
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BwZA8INBc
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHLjvH2uDR
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRtXtfjvDk
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJgsL6h2NW
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Vera smiled.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNwriUs2CT
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Z6jOG6hQb
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTs7ZHApUFG
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4h18Bbf8U
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZmyjrw5EC
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5ULmBs5CF
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"What is it about?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9qPSZTpoq
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpSnlkWDkN
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRLOXzotwy
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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.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAK4UO10bXZ
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKmOR1itzO
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We nodded.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48eufGpdm4
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdRCsT02V6
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5A0UHvFXB1
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC4poV9jkC
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYLa18LwfE
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KgGIVU9XQ
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOigmdheGd5
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPaBm1PNSm
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Colonel Rose stood up.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo3CGfmL2W
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwGatyi0Bj
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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?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHw5IVu15f
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She frowned.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBtJdLyeME
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"Why, John? Of course I am."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8u1jGdGmvJ
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmkyJ66oZ5
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ymJpX1p7t
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOSSYJZt4F
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4x3lTIWGI0
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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?"
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfIHgGFBfR
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I shrugged.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSqw4JMpDa
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8l6Qb3sUS
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"That is not enough."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGWxnja6rp
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"Tell me then."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLZMz77zcs
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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. "464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy78Qtssz8D
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"That's some diversity."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWqVZhFbTs
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Rni1wdslD
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQcY9sModc
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSYdG3eGTC
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I smirked.464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtY5ONFVpd
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcf92FctDc
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSo0TSHcg3
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"And that thing is...?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHOrA3xMEy
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB4mARP8zp
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdroePIGKoO
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3ZqKrpsjs
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"What?"464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZKLij3fPs
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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."464Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLV04xZu3N
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