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प्रश्न
How did the narrator take advantage of the situation?
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उत्तर
The author asked the mediator of the bidder if that was the most he could offer. The mediator said that there was no harm in asking for a little more. Then the narrator gave his ultimatum that he would take a hundred. This showed how guile the narrator was though the stranger was inadvertently rescuing him from a tight comer.
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