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Page 67
... began to lead a life more like the other village women . She no longer went to , or worked in , the chena ; the jungle began to lose its hold on her . She had listened from the time when she first began to understand anything to the ...
... began to lead a life more like the other village women . She no longer went to , or worked in , the chena ; the jungle began to lose its hold on her . She had listened from the time when she first began to understand anything to the ...
Page 71
... began to live together that proposals began to be made about her . There lived in one of the huts , with his old mother , a man called Punchirala . He was a tall , thin , dark man , badly afflicted with parangi . The naturally crafty ...
... began to live together that proposals began to be made about her . There lived in one of the huts , with his old mother , a man called Punchirala . He was a tall , thin , dark man , badly afflicted with parangi . The naturally crafty ...
Page 85
... began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its darkness , began to stir . Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above him ; dim forms moved among the shadows of the trees . Suddenly a blind terror came ...
... began to settle over the jungle , and the life , which awakes only in its darkness , began to stir . Voices mocked him from the canopy of leaves above him ; dim forms moved among the shadows of the trees . Suddenly a blind terror came ...
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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