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प्रश्न
Why did Soapy hope to get food at a large and brightly lighted restaurant?
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उत्तर
Soapy looked all right above his legs. His face was clean. His coat was good enough.The part of his body that would be seen above the table would look all right. So he hoped to get food at a large and brightly lighted restaurant.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Poem
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And far-cast thought of civic good____
His blessing on the neighbourhood,
Who in the hollow of his hand
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