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प्रश्न
Why did Aksionov’s wife suspect him of involvement in the murder?
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उत्तर
Mrs. Aksionov had dreamt that her husband’s hair had turned grey on his return from the fair. As Aksionov used to drink occasionally, she suspected that her husband may have killed the merchant in a drunken brawl which also correlates with the dream she had the same morning.
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