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Page 95
... thought , ' The maiden is fair . If she is unmarried she would make me a fit wife . ' And she thought when she saw him , ' If such a one took me to wife , I would bring fortune to my family . ' And he said to her , ' What is your name ...
... thought , ' The maiden is fair . If she is unmarried she would make me a fit wife . ' And she thought when she saw him , ' If such a one took me to wife , I would bring fortune to my family . ' And he said to her , ' What is your name ...
Page 165
... thought of this for some days , so I sent my servant boy to her . She answered that she would come , but she was afraid of her man . Then I thought of speaking to the man , but it is not easy for a stranger . I thought , if he marries ...
... thought of this for some days , so I sent my servant boy to her . She answered that she would come , but she was afraid of her man . Then I thought of speaking to the man , but it is not easy for a stranger . I thought , if he marries ...
Page 247
... thought of the great bars of the cell door through which he had seen the daylight for the first time that morning . Babun was even now . lying be- hind such bars , and would lie there for six months . And he himself ? He might never see ...
... thought of the great bars of the cell door through which he had seen the daylight for the first time that morning . Babun was even now . lying be- hind such bars , and would lie there for six months . And he himself ? He might never see ...
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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