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प्रश्न
How is life in the planet Venus described?
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उत्तर
It had been raining for seven years; thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain. A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this is how life on the planet Venus described.
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| WESTON | My dear, your husband’s life is in grave danger. |
| LADY WESTON | The last time it was in danger you had been eating game pie. What is it this time? |
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| WESTON | What do you mean? |
| LADY WESTON | They don’t assassinate anybody. |
