What did Valli find out about the bus journey? How did she find out these details?
The bus journey to the town will took 45 minutes and the 30 paisa was the one - way fear found out by Valli. She listened to the conversations between neighbours very carefully and people who used the bus regularly and few discreet questions asked by her.In this way she gathered various information about the bus journey.
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