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Page 42
... month . " There was a short silence , and then Babehami continued : " It is five months , Silindu , since I told you to take a permit for your gun , and you have not done so yet . The time to pay three shillings has gone by , and you ...
... month . " There was a short silence , and then Babehami continued : " It is five months , Silindu , since I told you to take a permit for your gun , and you have not done so yet . The time to pay three shillings has gone by , and you ...
Page 284
... months ; but she waited , watching the passage of time , vaguely but continuously , for the day when Babun should ... month after month . Her first feelings of fear were lost in the perpetual sense of expectancy as the time slipped away ...
... months ; but she waited , watching the passage of time , vaguely but continuously , for the day when Babun should ... month after month . Her first feelings of fear were lost in the perpetual sense of expectancy as the time slipped away ...
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... months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was a false case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the village . I have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired , father , tired of all this ...
... months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was a false case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the village . I have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired , father , tired of all this ...
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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