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Page 71
... face and form , was more de- sirable than any of the other women . It was about a year after Babun and Punchi Menika began to live together that proposals began to be made about her . There lived in one of the huts , with his old mother ...
... face and form , was more de- sirable than any of the other women . It was about a year after Babun and Punchi Menika began to live together that proposals began to be made about her . There lived in one of the huts , with his old mother ...
Page 160
... face is very fair , and that all men desire you ? " " Aiya , aiya , do not speak like that . He spoke shameful words . I cannot tell you what he said . ” " Nonsense . You have beaten my servant and you must tell me why , or I must go to ...
... face is very fair , and that all men desire you ? " " Aiya , aiya , do not speak like that . He spoke shameful words . I cannot tell you what he said . ” " Nonsense . You have beaten my servant and you must tell me why , or I must go to ...
Page 269
... face , when he saw that it was Silindu . A great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in prison . His skin , a sickly yellow colour , seemed to have shrunk with the flesh and muscle , which had wasted ; he ...
... face , when he saw that it was Silindu . A great change had come over him in the short time during which he had been in prison . His skin , a sickly yellow colour , seemed to have shrunk with the flesh and muscle , which had wasted ; he ...
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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