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Page 22
... round the one room or outside round the door , very still and silent , listening to her droning voice as she squatted by the fire and stared out into the darkness . Out- side lay Silindu , apparently paying no attention to the tale ...
... round the one room or outside round the door , very still and silent , listening to her droning voice as she squatted by the fire and stared out into the darkness . Out- side lay Silindu , apparently paying no attention to the tale ...
Page 214
... round and round too - he leading , and I following . And at last we came to very thick jungle which not even he knew . And a sort of madness came on us to go on and on always , and we had forgotten the village and the wife and mother ...
... round and round too - he leading , and I following . And at last we came to very thick jungle which not even he knew . And a sort of madness came on us to go on and on always , and we had forgotten the village and the wife and mother ...
Page 258
... round and round like the red ants- thieving , stabbing , killing , cultivating this and that . Is there much good or wisdom in such a life ? It seems to me full of evil - nothing but evil and trouble . Do they ever sit down and rest ...
... round and round like the red ants- thieving , stabbing , killing , cultivating this and that . Is there much good or wisdom in such a life ? It seems to me full of evil - nothing but evil and trouble . Do they ever sit down and rest ...
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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