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Page 37
Very soon after the reaping of the crop he was again at the headman's door ,
begging for a little kurakkan to be repaid at the next harvest , or tramping the thirty
miles to Kamburupitiya to hang about the bazaar , until the Mudalali agreed once
...
Very soon after the reaping of the crop he was again at the headman's door ,
begging for a little kurakkan to be repaid at the next harvest , or tramping the thirty
miles to Kamburupitiya to hang about the bazaar , until the Mudalali agreed once
...
Page 255
Will they hang him , aiya ? ” asked the boutiquekeeper . “ Yes , he'll be hanged ,
sure enough , ” said the peon . " He confessed it himself , you see . " " But they
never really hang people , I am told . They send them away to a prison a long
way ...
Will they hang him , aiya ? ” asked the boutiquekeeper . “ Yes , he'll be hanged ,
sure enough , ” said the peon . " He confessed it himself , you see . " " But they
never really hang people , I am told . They send them away to a prison a long
way ...
Page 256
In Maha Nuwara they hang them . I knew a man there whose nephew was
hanged , and afterwards they gave him the body to bury . The head hung over
like this , and the mark of the rope was round the neck . ” The old beggar had
listened to ...
In Maha Nuwara they hang them . I knew a man there whose nephew was
hanged , and afterwards they gave him the body to bury . The head hung over
like this , and the mark of the rope was round the neck . ” The old beggar had
listened to ...
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listened live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tank tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0883867052, 9780883867051 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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