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Question
Margot could recall what the sun looked like while the other children could not. Why?
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Solution
Margot could recall that the sun looked like a penny or a fire in the stove, which she had seen
five years before, whereas the other children could not see it as they were living in Venus where the rain was constant.
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| WESTON | My dear, your husband’s life is in grave danger. |
| LADY WESTON | The last time it was in danger you had been eating game pie. What is it this time? |
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| LADY WESTON | They don’t assassinate anybody. |
