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... called himself Achchige Don Andris ( his real name Andrissa would have revealed his caste ) , who , dressed in dirty white European trousers and a coat , was the agent of the tavern - keeper in Kamburu- pitiya , from whom the villagers ...
... called himself Achchige Don Andris ( his real name Andrissa would have revealed his caste ) , who , dressed in dirty white European trousers and a coat , was the agent of the tavern - keeper in Kamburu- pitiya , from whom the villagers ...
Page 105
... called to a band of Tamils who were passing , and asked them to carry him down across the river . The Tamils answered , " Lord , we are poor men , and have travelled far on our way to collect salt in the lagoons by the seashore . If we ...
... called to a band of Tamils who were passing , and asked them to carry him down across the river . The Tamils answered , " Lord , we are poor men , and have travelled far on our way to collect salt in the lagoons by the seashore . If we ...
Page 144
... called it . She alone had any influence with him , and even she had no power to console him . In time grief lost its first bitterness , and he sank into a perpetual state of sullen despair . An air of gloom and disaster seemed to hang ...
... called it . She alone had any influence with him , and even she had no power to console him . In time grief lost its first bitterness , and he sank into a perpetual state of sullen despair . An air of gloom and disaster seemed to hang ...
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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