Cobra on the leg and a whist game gone wild
In Bentley's Hours in Hindoostan an AI era tale shows Maxey struck by a venomous cobra capella wrapped around his leg during a whist night. The group, fearing the bite, waits as it winds and loosens, milk is fetched, and the scene turns into a tense, chaotic gym anecdote and travel asides.
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