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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkB7f7heFHx
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KQ23468It
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"It is cold then, which depresses you?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JAAZwAtKh
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" Ah, what can I say," my patient began," It is cold. But it is the knee too."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nyXGtKypj
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"Knee?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGL1s2P047m
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" Yes. I have been travelling much. From here to there. You comprehend?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlizH6SUxYf
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAPKpDmbAu
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNkLZgJ3fz
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"You see mon ami, it is your friend who gave me this knee."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo4RWZLw70
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I looked at him. Trying not to laugh at his ridiculous face, I asked, " My friend?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEH357gmlf
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"Oh yes. Vera."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuYCMOayNW
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kq0gWQybd
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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. 549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JWi2vO6bL
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I unfolded the letter he had brought me. With sceptical eyes, I read:549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYPJwQVapG
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Dear Jim,549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFpvi6uP1A
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UErdi08Q3
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Yours, Vera.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYQR4YMXL2
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcppFrcEKh
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnukGygNe7C
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyu6fseCqMu
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I walked inside.
The sight I saw did not surprise me.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mIg8PNlWH
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZAPAHnK6f
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It was then that she took notice of me and, without looking up, greeted, " Hallo Jim."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvCwRZzQ1O
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I went straight to the point.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5epEUkPAgu
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" Vera, you didn't write that letter, did you?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡico3y0r5d5
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx4k33EtYK
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I laughed and sat on a chair.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoo2TtBYQB
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"Was it so obvious though?", Vera asked after a while.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4x6jtTjeQ
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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!"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EmOS6XeZf
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I advanced to calm her, but stopped as I realised it wasn't necessary.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8HIirLbgT
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Instead, I asked," What's the experiment?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs0Fai2PFz
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjJjOlFOzR
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"And?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTHF0QsrZi
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" They turned out to be the fingerprints of the Sheriff himself."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCPTyxy4ff
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"Isn't that good? You got your man."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdahHCBiKpD
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"No. He can't have robbed."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0eB8UgUT3
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"Why?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0VqCbB0uz
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmraEgiQmOQ
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I frowned and replied satirically," Well that makes perfect sense."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBC2cZgnbA
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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?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHbwNHNYkh
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Gqj4LeG2g
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"Few people take him seriously."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqwHYu9W7k
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She went off into the kitchen, and I followed her.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIcZwqdufe
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"Weren't you going to show me something interesting?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXWv2Rwmiy
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She turned to me and smiled, excited.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkgslnThy7
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She said, " Glad you mentioned it."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInLfDcV5EK
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"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeCiz4ik8M
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She frowned and said, " You didn't ask."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOacEFl6sy
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Call me imprudent if you like, I thought.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrtJR15azm
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"On my table in the hall, there's a package. Bring it."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR6Braay0F
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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.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJRsmuUeTx
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Then I looked more closely at the package and notice a red tulip and gasped.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWOfGdYvZH
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"Why, it's the....the....Royal Mark!"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZzZYf8uVd
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My voice shook as I fluttered like a fish out of water.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzuI3k9KaB
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Vera smiled.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZU15caNUV
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"It arrived today, and I have a feeling I know what's in it."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo93trDCzgu
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At once, I opened the letter and found in my hand an inexplicable blank note, much to my amusement.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YYD7I3Eo1
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I laughed as I remarked," Well Vera. What do you make of this?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrt5nOM6P9
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" Blank note isn't it? How boring."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE66ch9QCEh
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"You shall know - now."
Right at that moment, a man appeared at the door.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSK7OC5hzeD
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVxQnmCg8V
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrvTMgzh3m
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" I believe, Monsieur, that you came by here a bit earlier today, say, a little after seven in the morning?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZrnNCvcHL
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The Colonel said, " Yes I did. I saw M. Shepperd coming here, so I assumed you had returned."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4kFLQwLPN
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" And is it safe to assume that you broke the plate over there?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BWFl8fyry
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She pointed to a broken plate kept neatly on one of the chairs.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxORNdUKZh
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNZUpbhrlH
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Vera nodded.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfxTSSSsFk
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREHbrq66fe
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"Well then, the Ball is on Thursday. Today is Tuesday. You have two days to prepare."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uNOTxoVnb
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Colonel Rose stood up.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRlajhurdU
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He looked at Vera strangely again, eyeing me in the process too. Off he went.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtnv9VnKdY
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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?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vNLbNNRds
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She frowned.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpeb2fUCwI
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"Why, John? Of course I am."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZdrN9i0CI
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGAqMQ9dSM
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"Don't be silly, John. I do know how to talk."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCSkmzIRMF
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"No. No you don't ", I said simply.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrHTBFiWFJ
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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?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9JcEiAuWe
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I shrugged.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEd0SFAwiz5
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"Well I have read about them in some magazines and journals."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhrQ8wqS4W
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"That is not enough."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2FiDCyWrR
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"Tell me then."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBS412HpV7
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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. "549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RUIbDH11t
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"That's some diversity."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvF35Zvusd
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"And what happens when all such high - class diverse people are brought together under one estate?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRL4zfJQjE
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"Let me guess, scandals, controversies?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYxGqLd8KL
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoFSQC9lqZ
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I smirked.549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY455Uf98n
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"But you aren't interested in that, are you?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsxnpbjG6U
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"Of course not. No. I am interested about one particular thing. Only one. Something which may change the Family forever."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2ZFpQzM32
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"And that thing is...?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jPhMGLGm4
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"John, do you know the patient who delivered to you my letter today?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveDk9PBUHV
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxUDLuEQko
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUHTNKKXH4
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"What?"549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhgiucshvN
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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."549Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Rp1DEjR7A
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