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Page 57
... anger : " Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , ' vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a ...
... anger : " Ohé ! So we are to take veddas into the house , and I am to call a pariah sister ! A fine and a rich wife ! A pariah woman , a vedda , a daughter of a dog , ' vesi , vesige duwa ? Ohé ! the headman's brother is to marry a ...
Page 69
... anger and unhappiness , but she could not turn against her sister . Something had happened which she did not understand : “ an evil had come out of the jungle , " as such evils come . If any one could be blamed , it was the stranger ...
... anger and unhappiness , but she could not turn against her sister . Something had happened which she did not understand : “ an evil had come out of the jungle , " as such evils come . If any one could be blamed , it was the stranger ...
Page 225
... anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning . And now , Arachchi , now comes the game , the dan- gerous game . The young men laugh at it , but the wise hunter would be afraid . There he stood , do you see ? —there - under that maiyilittan ...
... anger , anger , Arachchi , comes cunning . And now , Arachchi , now comes the game , the dan- gerous game . The young men laugh at it , but the wise hunter would be afraid . There he stood , do you see ? —there - under that maiyilittan ...
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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