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... headman because he was the only man in the village who could write his name . He was a very small man , and was ... headman , the headman over a village . 2 A Buddhist temple containing an image of Buddha . and the long , silent ...
... headman because he was the only man in the village who could write his name . He was a very small man , and was ... headman , the headman over a village . 2 A Buddhist temple containing an image of Buddha . and the long , silent ...
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... headman's door for a whole day . But if it were a case of repayment , he would sit staring over his creditor's head , listening , without a sign or a word , to the quiet persuasive arguments of the headman . The headman's dislike became ...
... headman's door for a whole day . But if it were a case of repayment , he would sit staring over his creditor's head , listening , without a sign or a word , to the quiet persuasive arguments of the headman . The headman's dislike became ...
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... headman . He sounded Babe- hami cautiously . The result pleased him greatly . They were bad people according to the headman- veddas , gipsies , traffickers in evil , whores , and vaga- bonds . By evil charms they had enticed Babun to ...
... headman . He sounded Babe- hami cautiously . The result pleased him greatly . They were bad people according to the headman- veddas , gipsies , traffickers in evil , whores , and vaga- bonds . By evil charms they had enticed Babun to ...
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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