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What did Bob share with the cop about their friendship?

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Bob said that Jimmy Wells and himself were like brothers. Both were raised in New York. He was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. He couldn’t drag Jimmy to west because Jimmy, the plodder thought New York was the only place on earth. He believed that Jimmy would meet him at the appointed place as he was his best friend.

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अध्याय 1.3: After Twenty Years - Exercises [पृष्ठ ३२]

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अध्याय 1.3 After Twenty Years
Exercises | Q 4. a) | पृष्ठ ३२

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