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प्रश्न
How does the narrator describe the man who approached him?
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उत्तर
The man who approached the author wore a green baize apron and spoke in a husky cockney tone. He had come to find out if he would accept the offer of fifty guineas for his expression of interest for Daubigny.
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| 3 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 24 | |||
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| 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 29 | |||
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