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Page 46
... Babehami always had some excuse for refusing a loan or pressing for payment of the body tax . He did not become conscious of Babe- hami's enmity , or aware that many of the difficulties of his life were due to it . The collection of the ...
... Babehami always had some excuse for refusing a loan or pressing for payment of the body tax . He did not become conscious of Babe- hami's enmity , or aware that many of the difficulties of his life were due to it . The collection of the ...
Page 57
... Babehami broke in upon his wife's abuse ; but she , now thoroughly aroused , continued throughout the conversation to pour out a stream of foul words from the background in a voice which gradually rose shriller and shriller . " The ...
... Babehami broke in upon his wife's abuse ; but she , now thoroughly aroused , continued throughout the conversation to pour out a stream of foul words from the background in a voice which gradually rose shriller and shriller . " The ...
Page 181
... Babehami and Fernando were meanwhile not idle . The cunning headman and the townman , with his energetic fertile ... Babehami had left at once to com- plain to the Korala . Late in the afternoon of the same day the Korala and Babehami ...
... Babehami and Fernando were meanwhile not idle . The cunning headman and the townman , with his energetic fertile ... Babehami had left at once to com- plain to the Korala . Late in the afternoon of the same day the Korala and Babehami ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha called charm chena crop child cloth Colombo compound dagobas daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf listened live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko