What does Valli mean when she says, “I was just agreeing with what you said about things happening without our knowledge.”

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Valli’s mother said that many things happen around us, but we are usually unaware of them. Valli had gone on a bus ride to town, all alone, and had come back without any harm. She did all this without the knowledge of her mother. Hence, she agreed with what her mother said.

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