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Page 60
... compound , and a charm has come upon me . I cannot eat or sleep for thinking of her . So I said to my sister and my sister's husband , ' It is time for me to take a wife , and now I will bring this girl into the compound . ' But they ...
... compound , and a charm has come upon me . I cannot eat or sleep for thinking of her . So I said to my sister and my sister's husband , ' It is time for me to take a wife , and now I will bring this girl into the compound . ' But they ...
Page 65
... compound . There is room for Babun to make himself a house here . " Babun eagerly seized upon this suggestion . He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the compound . Punchi Menika , still crouching at ...
... compound . There is room for Babun to make himself a house here . " Babun eagerly seized upon this suggestion . He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the compound . Punchi Menika , still crouching at ...
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... compound and the jungle which she knew . She clung to it passionately , blindly . The love which she had felt for Silindu and Babun- who were lost to her for ever , whose very memories began to fade from her in the struggle to keep ...
... compound and the jungle which she knew . She clung to it passionately , blindly . The love which she had felt for Silindu and Babun- who were lost to her for ever , whose very memories began to fade from her in the struggle to keep ...
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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