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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNcHcqbis4
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vsTmC1Ras
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhAsBeNpWw
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeypIgHVQYz
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxOqGaGaYB
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7gkak5OJS
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBMWYJaaeq
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl03BB95Jwr
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5C44tu2TeN
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"Oh yes. Vera."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcZhY5HTz1
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKWL9KrDWC
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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. 463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTA7R9h6Xc
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgfbw8UcSw
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Dear Jim,463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPONU5FX4f
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8rhzEtrYI
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Yours, Vera.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4b1FnhcFl
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IvJOPSPcP
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3szcQ9Pag5
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY8o8Bg6Es
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3dvQxEIyV
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOxRQS4Fld
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ksRdQDK4t
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I went straight to the point.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JrQ69d1MQ
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1ea3ZVxH2
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhptUDBmBK
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I laughed and sat on a chair.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHixY4cLedz
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERNH51oCvt
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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!"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIaKfacNUR
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8LJirWk4n
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BipUNxYVZ
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7EkV1nh29
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"And?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgycQ7Aw6uc
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCo9nvVf1c2
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWuxMGWnU4
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"No. He can't have robbed."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPXSveFd4b
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"Why?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7UeWAHcYF
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGiHjbDOqm
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirF0g1nM2D
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"Doesn't it?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZz1TVRzog
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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?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ424OlfESME
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLfBIKG4cH
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"Few people take him seriously."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20EulimJdq
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdHWf7ksAC
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGrAGZc2Wk
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7ZDpTRUsO
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg3QkIZgDZ
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1uedm1nCy
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzvJwotPth
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFDYMwydTx
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa4BMFCbso
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZSVJGHP2T
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktMxLXcAQH
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGihrNmtHa
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXu0zRDO2u0
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Vera smiled.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxnwhV7bJE
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebpAjcJPbp
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOr2ZKF749E
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffVlFqEvge
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdImbfV04t
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGRrB9gfDC
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"What is it about?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI9MXsDeV4
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdVhOdyMC8
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYkjgkmGl5
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I went and opened the door.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4cweKiMTA
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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.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuElyqw5vR
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1SFI9sBbH
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHEKiw0mPz
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfFlqmYHTb
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxvaVmKEb8
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BJsBg9n7z
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3evN7UNQdM
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qUFzOjABa
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgTvtJm1u2
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Colonel Rose stood up.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwT3PXvPI8j
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zicgPHZv9
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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?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqyT9seDXF
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She frowned.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZbaFP1MXC
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"Why, John? Of course I am."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEExBClAaHB
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu0Tx2Tnqq
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vX9k3s8PR
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVaf37KJiG
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTFBEvLWOD
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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?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4y78AEgSVH
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I shrugged.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooOIfJLXHz
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlDxdfCy1R
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"That is not enough."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt4NWpWFNk
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"Tell me then."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMsqTtGSPd
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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. "463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZbzrDrMH0
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"That's some diversity."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBsVlhstlP
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOESpR13BZf
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5EdB0bApx
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjHoLhGjb0
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I smirked.463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkaDv2GIf5
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlhjcM0uwM
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9fPNnjvhW
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"And that thing is...?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tDMaI4oZv
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DFobC3v9k
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7MlEZ88O9
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuirrRXgQeL
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"What?"463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqxPrw0fp7
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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."463Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0r1v6IFG44
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