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प्रश्न
How did Lord Weston ‘defuse’ the ‘infernal machine’?
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उत्तर
Lord Weston asked Roger to bring the pail of water, he placed the parcel of the infernal machine inside. It floated. To drown it, Mr. Weston used some books.
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