"What the Thunder Said" Annotations
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The jungle crouched, humped in silence. | The jungle crouched, humped in silence. | ||
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| + | The setting changes to India, then a part of the British Empire, so we are not far from British civilization, really. "Ganga" is the Ganges, the sacred river of India, and "Himavant" is another word for snowy, making it any mountain. | ||
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