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Page 137
... evil woman , an evil woman . I have some knowledge of charms and magic . I took her to my house to live with me . But did I keep her ? I drove her away very soon . I did not want the evil eye and a worker of evil to bring misfortune on ...
... evil woman , an evil woman . I have some knowledge of charms and magic . I took her to my house to live with me . But did I keep her ? I drove her away very soon . I did not want the evil eye and a worker of evil to bring misfortune on ...
Page 143
... evil and disaster ? A man may wash himself clean of oil , but however much he rubs him- self he will never rub off fate . And then there was Punchirala ; it was he who was the real cause of the evil . Why had he ever come with his ...
... evil and disaster ? A man may wash himself clean of oil , but however much he rubs him- self he will never rub off fate . And then there was Punchirala ; it was he who was the real cause of the evil . Why had he ever come with his ...
Page 262
... evil there , and the pain - always de- sire and killing . No peace or rest there either for the deer or the pig , or the little grey mongoose . They have sinned , and are far from Nirvana and happiness ; and , like the she - devil ...
... evil there , and the pain - always de- sire and killing . No peace or rest there either for the deer or the pig , or the little grey mongoose . They have sinned , and are far from Nirvana and happiness ; and , like the she - devil ...
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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