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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHd3tDXfTr
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP3K5psIhf
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDSYIOojDO
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidtdRhQhrr
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZ5RIyGgN5
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK4sSKljMo
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCWn8HeYt6
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOzqfPX5M4
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kWGiEg2RM
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"Oh yes. Vera."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuSfWyEstb
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8ogBH2K62
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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. 507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEuvIgMr7j
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TGOcQ1ZNM
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Dear Jim,507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBXWLfxClN
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVcqZcU7hR
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Yours, Vera.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxMhZRKH8T
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVCgnSjgCv
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfqYWZuwt4
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfRz5RSnGo
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I walked inside.
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zpFMY46UP
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMfqEtuUdc
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I went straight to the point.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO4qEGmV60
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdMccbecm7
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnv2VAv8vd
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I laughed and sat on a chair.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnOFkpTC2D
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJGotkIk7J
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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!"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe80ZYelbfQ
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKC3jEqa5W0
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVd6HIMg9h
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNzsV3dz0K
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"And?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHmViogg6Y
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwnqpBPsrX
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8CExbIvLj
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"No. He can't have robbed."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd72RwhDTb
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlObtKcQ9d
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdXZuFkML9
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDpjOEK5si
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhULLCSnC8
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAQXzIbsEy
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZf01fPJ2q
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wfRaUqlOc
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcp32eoXqr
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvVJ9BhZon
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24MVwBTVw4
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEK8hjBALh
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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.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliI63QkeNR
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oOj6wjeMq
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet5GpUZURB
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgONn2tR0i
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Vera smiled.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IPK8xPngV
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgO11q6dRK
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBihuFYsI9
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGfB4lQ5rZ
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJJDVCWc27
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"You shall know - now."
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzB0K6l92v2
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOfDju30TV
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7SgqqTEvz
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLTaTpLLDv
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNqpnyU0rM
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRXPXIKZNy
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmN7UYoDBdP
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ356y1moDKb
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPRdx9O5bS
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Colonel Rose stood up.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLASf45gahG
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8htEYwTDg
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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?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQyC3gLmFY
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She frowned.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAasfD8HGd
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"Why, John? Of course I am."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvYcEJpbvN
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YOlwosjrt
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4Tt76ZH4R
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UomK2nQXj
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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?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBBQKxp5ZY
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I shrugged.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJfR7J3JFo
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWx7xQceV2
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"That is not enough."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqakZ8BBZhF
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"Tell me then."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkablMs6070
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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. "507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZzVikDMQY
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"That's some diversity."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA63iQBkbrA
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOeda3Inh1
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnK04besheU
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UDFbYyV7K
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I smirked.507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfWt9NHuWJ
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcTEX2JwvB
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXDR2UiJ5W
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"And that thing is...?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY6rgbwtEh
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrUiRWLYyh
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bHFMllZ2s
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡND5iLyryjP
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"What?"507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPOwLRPKAp
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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."507Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XSpZqhp1T
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