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प्रश्न
How did the narrator take advantage of the situation?
उत्तर
The author asked the mediator of the bidder if that was the most he could offer. The mediator said that there was no harm in asking for a little more. Then the narrator gave his ultimatum that he would take a hundred. This showed how guile the narrator was though the stranger was inadvertently rescuing him from a tight comer.
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