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Page 37
... hang about the bazaar , until the Mudalali agreed once more to enter his name in the greasy notebook . With the ... hanging over them the power of the little man . The power which they felt hanging over them was by no means imaginary ...
... hang about the bazaar , until the Mudalali agreed once more to enter his name in the greasy notebook . With the ... hanging over them the power of the little man . The power which they felt hanging over them was by no means imaginary ...
Page 249
... hang you now ? " " What ? Do they say that ? " " They say that in the village . It isn't true , is it , Appochchi ? " " I don't know ; perhaps it is true , perhaps it isn't . But the magistrate Hamadoru said I would be tried by the ...
... hang you now ? " " What ? Do they say that ? " " They say that in the village . It isn't true , is it , Appochchi ? " " I don't know ; perhaps it is true , perhaps it isn't . But the magistrate Hamadoru said I would be tried by the ...
Page 255
... hang people , I am told . They send them away to a prison a long way off . They say they hang them just to frighten people . " The other villagers murmured approval . The peon laughed . " Of course they hang them . I've known people who ...
... hang people , I am told . They send them away to a prison a long way off . They say they hang them just to frighten people . " The other villagers murmured approval . The peon laughed . " Of course they hang them . I've known people who ...
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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