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प्रश्न
Vijay Singh complained of insects in the cave. What was he referring to, and why?
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उत्तर
When Vijay Singh complained of insects in the cave he was referring to the blows which the ghost had given to the bolster kept on the bed. He did this to make the ghost accept that he was a strong and formidable wrestler.
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Discuss in group and answer the following question in two or three paragraphs (100−150 words)
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For a little while the man stood with a puzzled air; then he turned back, and went into the hovel again. Maggie with painful effort, had raised herself to an upright position and was sitting on the bed, straining her eyes upon the door out of which all had just departed, A vague terror had come into her thin white face.
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