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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m72YBTCWf
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPk170taeaQ
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HTrf6N4Yl
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf36Bpp5dW1
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"Knee?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprcO8oqxkb
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMftCkRbbI
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I didn't. 582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcR4IEjMM8e
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHCQYsazn9
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuNE2flmOJ
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Wg24EjyLw
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrRyAQFhFH
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"Oh yes. Vera."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE0FxTp4Ng
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"Oh."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvSJkLzJwH
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEBNtlGG2C
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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. 582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0kl4jHYSJ
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT2wvRnbHK
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Dear Jim,582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyogTw9u3Gl
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNDop28H0L
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Yours, Vera.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRwBiIAZUT
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQIT0F9wtT
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIURqYKaI1
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjOjhZHjS3
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7qaro8Sn1
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMklefsrc6R
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZo6HXAd5c
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I went straight to the point.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHxUWNaT7r
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLvIin80My
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0NRqDdFJ9
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I laughed and sat on a chair.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOam3cESJ8
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB95FBtu3mQ
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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!"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EVScLpkQq
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZrRikCnj7
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GhPQigmy5
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0wLWtfU1N
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"And?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8yzMeETEI
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsQVqXIWNc
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhSsp23CIY
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"No. He can't have robbed."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54NNFVosAw
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"Why?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5NGUos8vR
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2Aw6QCYu3
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKr90IAca5
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"Doesn't it?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CH8jvkJq0
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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?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnSQbnOD91
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDoeVax4Cc
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"Few people take him seriously."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmwUBWMmEr
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ123Yehbt6l
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAUz7u9xLD
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BoRcuD1uC
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBZQN1hdT6
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLYkGjXK48
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPwK4o1pMs
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkx3wfPSYpb
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlO5gmem2l
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I did so. 582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVhoYNKNb6
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEFxbmFkeh
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Kk8wYWNod
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6LsRLhE7G
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObFECCogV0
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Vera smiled.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0anMutnSHQ
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIZqK1tVFK
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJlJASyyHX
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQP2Ey34Hs5
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I half - expected her to frown and not chuckle as she did.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy2h84lsz7
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeGGtX8bAJ
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"What is it about?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c8r96JVm7
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG1y7tIFpx
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"You knew he would come?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjZzRfoC83
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7R5B7KgWm
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I went and opened the door.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5phXYOKDfE
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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.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡherwFCYBm4
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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.
Nevertheless, our man sat down.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64xjsLHez5
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsmeNq17wA
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We nodded.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdc4sfdQukO
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ISYwM0Qkn
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ34WKmJUz
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySMbwA7Rnl
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OqonciDv4
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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?"
Colonel gasped.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfXLIWkWCY
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"How did-"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczI7wcZOLQ
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5juXcxAxP8
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Vera nodded.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFfBvpMgdH
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFl0xCLffTn
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"Yes."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EBDLQYUrp
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDNqRHK4L6
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Colonel Rose stood up.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomYzIfoDRm
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"I must be off now."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ecrI9j4xV
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LFcj1v5Lw
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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?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRCxp1GLvI
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She frowned.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxjCjhdL2S
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"Why, John? Of course I am."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv3KJvE13i
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsRMvekfvR
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WCGa0ZVfm
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodUlVoVs0f
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"Well then, I'd just hover in the background."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDwBTyQdhj
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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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I did.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcliJSLtLy
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She began, " John, do you know the Royal Family?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJiKX8f2vw
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I shrugged.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAdwkRuSU5
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmwxTdEqz5
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"That is not enough."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7qsexgUPn
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"Tell me then."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkysF3lA2vF
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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. "582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKun3M2WZU4
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"That's some diversity."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4SwMvdphO
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o9qEOk32u
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3slwtfeuw
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR32Gli1ALa
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I smirked.582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIWuAFQXeA
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg66yLH8j5
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lpOX6YoJE
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"And that thing is...?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfk7iWL5zu5
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMQ5QZ2rdB
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX6rlyzC6E
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDfvPiePgd
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"What?"582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RdxLcNbtJ
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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."582Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelnBR4sFJc
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