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Page 29
... side for hour upon hour through the hot after- noons , very still and very silent , while he stared silently before him , or droned out his interminable tales . They grew up to be strange and silent chil- dren , sitting one on either side ...
... side for hour upon hour through the hot after- noons , very still and very silent , while he stared silently before him , or droned out his interminable tales . They grew up to be strange and silent chil- dren , sitting one on either side ...
Page 119
... side to side . Then looking at Silindu intently he began to speak very volubly . Silindu watched him , fascinated . At last the sanyasi stopped , and the interpreter addressed them : " The holy man says thus : it is true that a devil of ...
... side to side . Then looking at Silindu intently he began to speak very volubly . Silindu watched him , fascinated . At last the sanyasi stopped , and the interpreter addressed them : " The holy man says thus : it is true that a devil of ...
Page 259
... side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say to him , ' Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of the pre- vious birth , but there is no need of such ...
... side to side . He is very sad , thinking of his sins in the previous birth . Then I say to him , ' Brother , your feet too are upon the path . It is good to think of the sins of the pre- vious birth , but there is no need of such ...
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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