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प्रश्न
What were Soapy’s hopes for the winter?
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उत्तर
Soapy did not have high hopes for the winter. He had no thought of sailing away on a ship. He was not thinking of southern skies or of the Bay of Naples. He hoped to spend three months in the prison on Blackwell’s Island.
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