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Page 122
... passed slowly for them . They followed the perahera dispirited , and called upon the god nightly . But there was no hope or even doubt now to excite them . Silindu , listless , waited for his release ; Hinnihami was cowed and dulled by ...
... passed slowly for them . They followed the perahera dispirited , and called upon the god nightly . But there was no hope or even doubt now to excite them . Silindu , listless , waited for his release ; Hinnihami was cowed and dulled by ...
Page 138
... passed . The deer was cer- tainly a devil , who had brought misfortune on the village . Some said that at night it went out and ate the corpses in the new graves . It had been clear for some time that the ill - feeling against them had ...
... passed . The deer was cer- tainly a devil , who had brought misfortune on the village . Some said that at night it went out and ate the corpses in the new graves . It had been clear for some time that the ill - feeling against them had ...
Page 275
... passed for him peacefully as the days had passed before the trial . He had no fear of the hanging now . If he had any feeling towards it , it was one of expectancy , even hope . Vaguely he looked forward to the day as the end of some ...
... passed for him peacefully as the days had passed before the trial . He had no fear of the hanging now . If he had any feeling towards it , it was one of expectancy , even hope . Vaguely he looked forward to the day as the end of some ...
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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