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प्रश्न
Why did the author’s concern over tobacco shift to his finger?
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उत्तर
When the author saw the racing tobacco box disgorging its content, he worried about the need to buy expensive tobacco in England. But when he saw his own bleeding finger that he had gashed while forcefully opening the jammed zip, he shifted his cry to his finger.
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