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What kind of a person is Valli? To answer this question, pick out the following sentence from the text and fill in the blank. The words you fill in are the clues to your answer.
“There’s nobody here ____________,” she said haughtily. “I’ve paid my thirty paise like everyone else.”
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Solution
“There’s nobody here who’s a child,” she said haughtily. I’ve paid my thirty paise like everyone else.”
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