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Page 186
... court - house . They waited about all the morning on the verandah . The court was a very large oblong room with a roof of flat red tiles . At one end was the bench , a raised daïs , with a wooden balustrade round it . There were a table ...
... court - house . They waited about all the morning on the verandah . The court was a very large oblong room with a roof of flat red tiles . At one end was the bench , a raised daïs , with a wooden balustrade round it . There were a table ...
Page 187
... court ; the headmen hur- ried in , a proctor or two came and sat down at the table . The peon nudged Babun and Silindu , and told them to stand up . Then they saw a white Hamadoru , an Englishman , appear on the daïs and sit down . The ...
... court ; the headmen hur- ried in , a proctor or two came and sat down at the table . The peon nudged Babun and Silindu , and told them to stand up . Then they saw a white Hamadoru , an Englishman , appear on the daïs and sit down . The ...
Page 207
... court seemed very small now , suspended over this vast and soundless world of water and trees . Babun became very afraid in the silence . The judge began to write ; no one else moved , and the only sound in the world seemed to be the ...
... court seemed very small now , suspended over this vast and soundless world of water and trees . Babun became very afraid in the silence . The judge began to write ; no one else moved , and the only sound in the world seemed to be the ...
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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