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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB5dKmNO5d
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicpQHJpcCH
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGdf4yuIqu
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZephuK9X0T
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe65IbDn0h6
It was the afternoon of the 10th of January, a cold and windy day, when I was fixing a patient of mine.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSj4rMMuSVR
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYMY2nUmGr
"It is cold then, which depresses you?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CnZqFFlyy
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyvorCMoz7
" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11YaOC7tql
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYgDDfuTRd
"Knee?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzVaO08pxx
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKrlhTBhwK
" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXGg3Z5qSY
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUGGZWOViC
I didn't. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrkQnesJSw
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUxtbtuuz5
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyDSM8jq5D
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlxLjfi3tz
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59vi7f4fvP
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9SAUrQ4w9
"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2jkbXB03Y
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamt3LYGQxS
I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04zvzNoI13
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgQE6G80dU
"Oh yes. Vera."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfLaBKXBIp
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVqWAHWO6H
"Oh."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnCd0JF0Kw
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL62byhHa1P
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWh64dzWJd
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAH40XEZ1mE
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcefBBsrtIA
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9MuUaxkyV
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡET6Ub0pRpj
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. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOULN7vyX0
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8hpXjvOW8
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OBqqYQAmL
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tNGujgeu8
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH1fXx81oQ
I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPpvYIMkZz
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOdvFaqyFl
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwghESMUmtj
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWnqMJefWb
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V40N3pvjp
Dear Jim,482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAgXXHZ3p0
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yi4u0xFZK
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW0XFBIlPf
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUEkAnLw8M
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEva5JrzHK
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5vURSCHON
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocJv7EEQcv
Yours, Vera.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaPajbWL3X
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgwcJN1aea
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKVuJdS2vO
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar85yYiYha
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFO6HQ4B7zE
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHUo4mCb4i
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLthmNVP7c
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrR1WSbg3qg
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBwxqo28iX
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPzjOjFAgt
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5wQwwiDWf
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfasHuEJCyU
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BqB2CCFFe
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWCgZuJ20u
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkjgMIA2F6
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOhpbzmqTk
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalh8MAf9qt
I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvhf7CUNJu
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhPqGqXBxo
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1GZWWR3mL
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6hw9yhOh6
It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhX00gPx59r
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vJXHYGO8C
I went straight to the point.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi8fCWi6aL
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNxaB29ZP9
" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrunjOu0KDE
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2XFg6n0Qe
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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FN3I3PI1m
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXt7yp9a1es
I laughed and sat on a chair.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUhAZgF6hx
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQtUr40OtN
"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBL8M8WZxz
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yD7v2Gl9C
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!"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUsIAkfBrq
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInl1AOYP9D
I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjWnFzBoNI
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88rptDzWKR
Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FHf2KCMVs
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQfFmgMYx1
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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7THmsgbp81
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3hMR872HR
"And?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnm8AaNGOdh
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQiqZyrQxD
" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVUCzB50vw
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02x9RLPqaG
"Isn't that good? You got your man."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQNuJ6XAxT
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYMNKmskfz
"No. He can't have robbed."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjjyGcYp15
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWJdaP4KvV
"Why?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiy20XHalC
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppHYXmyaH3
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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmwO5rMKUt
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlecYiwteVM
I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZsm8wH142
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupL3W5T9sN
"Doesn't it?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KZVWo9h3g
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NQ9ARtFok
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?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQ0vhMmNlx
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOAKs4m822
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkSMA4bCgw
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhiQKxrYlV
"Few people take him seriously."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAkYpQSqby
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnymPcpVKss
She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlArovk2Xae
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oRDnttJig
"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqEsgoeYOM
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxXLAUAyhE
She turned to me and smiled, excited.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhsACmpjFX
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNRCX97YiE
She said, " Glad you mentioned it."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7Pl1hZGPb
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eHF2RdVny
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbCUlDtW0j
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21zND60nPz
She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfOFM2pypE
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fC5lCFLLM
Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpAkRYp5Ef
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbQiRHql8U
"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuihOED5Oth
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC28AgyEsrU
I did so. 482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZsTBl61wW
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ71mkdgQ0
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ndOJTQ0od
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0kD2uRk2f
Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOE8WSoFGbL
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmagIJXkLl
"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T7mYuawM3
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWzrm9uP1d
My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPiLLpZAXX
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0MDgjJGbK
Vera smiled.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ816xZS9wNV
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡschHFzOdk8
"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRofwQswbo
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJNXrGmG2a
At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSlmssu8nB
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAneFyKNKJl
I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmVs5KrZ5T
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmdjHhMPSy
I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ78OOWSAG
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk85QZGW7hh
" Blank note isn't it? How boring."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkHXCnvVgk
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKMPRJzfLM
"What is it about?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkNHGk7gcm
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCVybWDADX
"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl4NCTTJvY
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoEDBnGFC7
"You knew he would come?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVCIed1YcE
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE54DF4DKGN
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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKwvcNMN10
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBecrCuiMl7
I went and opened the door.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wpTVcZaT3
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMaOKbEzzf
"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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQqfPVl0VJ
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORuf4ifjHp
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpJf6lftP4
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUhsiEXLiK
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXp2bcIyyVk
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuOMQEwlwS
We nodded.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGTSSrzeKL
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYvZRxZ78A
Vera said:482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzGLoAKJh5
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsCwCc3cML
" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mLJd0YFrS
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P0TCnP3EO
The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOEZzmm8jH
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUR8TblQPa
" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPFyuwHCVm
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DRuHfjo6l
She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0FpZHasWd
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE8jQ8NPc1
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.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYeDVTJMVl
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd7J0vDz3O
"How did-"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOoX7lf7eB
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNCV1znpmM
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TQjhseckq
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBNMyF12VV
Vera nodded.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkZNucA6GY
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCb6brKnPht
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCRlIzlHia
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72c8rajpUh
"Yes."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs7inLpy3R
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BLc8FRUOx
"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknHrBokbXn
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAYmZCbY8v
Colonel Rose stood up.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4aKaOm7Ax
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyEeX3cCbQ
"I must be off now."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoXvy93TyR
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO4a6Ta2EQ
He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vk1bBVQkG
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8T68JjsiJ
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?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeVbU7y5vr
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzakA9zIomr
She frowned.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvdwXTFcf2
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO22mXMbWj
"Why, John? Of course I am."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub9eFJ8n54
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLMKItKQpZ
"You do understand that there are going to be real people there. People you are going to have to talk to."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDyRoJjTL7
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuSnIByLz8
"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzbIIFxaHl
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYuSR3VDOy
"No. No you don't ", I said simply.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRotp6Jkdx
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiQAiiSWTU
"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSPyAkctdQ
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSD1jI0jBlq
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcHA1JeTo4
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlroCBwm4OV
I did.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE4Ai6GtiO
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRJAcSrgVV
She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkbBNV2TM7
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsaWrHaW6F
I shrugged.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqypWTPWD6Q
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k2oIr5eDS
"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl7GnsIvKc
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYidrfMgZo
"That is not enough."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAfdQMU4yy
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6CknNfRZD
"Tell me then."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjs9zusb6gx
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0h4bJB5h4o
" 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. "482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxFmMLfLYm
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4cF9EsFAy
"That's some diversity."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlROuM7gHF
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeJE8S6TxC
"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47GVO6t0RI
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pNb23uolZ
"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6Lm6lURty
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatyMKpgdtF
"Exactly. But more so. A violent clash of egos. Fights. Rivalries in everything - sports, poetry, music, women - you name it. Especially between the twins."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6XDV5uLTY
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpwiqToOVV
I smirked.482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoJZESGme9
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6KHFraSPa
"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevQQEBJwAq
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9CIFPq73j
"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeby69sDdBc
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FHlnOevoH
"And that thing is...?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ4A2Z2eyA
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07ku1IbBMq
"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgUWqRFHyk
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsVNJnMR5i
"The egg faced, old man with that glorious moustache? I don't know him, but I fancy he's a hairdresser."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKb2JIodTaK
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwl1AI1maP
"He's a world famous Belgian detective. Earlier this morning, I answered a summons from him and he told me about this matter."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWf3B0a6Uj
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJKEH7YLIi
"What?"482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC27MDyLLs5
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HLECBlVjm
"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."482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDyBQC4kGD
482Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiQ3NuG4XG
