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Question
Why didn't Valli want to go to the stall and have a drink? What does it tell you about her?
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Solution
Valli did not want to go to the stall and have a drink because she did not have enough money for it. She had saved only for the bus fare to the town and back. She was a careful girl who knew how to spend her money.
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