Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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... almsgiving was about to begin . He closed his bedroom door quickly . He would go down only when the priests came . No one was going to summon him down before that . - ( x - a ) a + ( y - b ) 2 + ( a2 + b2 - 1 ) ( x2 = y2 − 1 ) ...
... almsgiving was about to begin . He closed his bedroom door quickly . He would go down only when the priests came . No one was going to summon him down before that . - ( x - a ) a + ( y - b ) 2 + ( a2 + b2 - 1 ) ( x2 = y2 − 1 ) ...
Page 13
... almsgiving , went without a hitch . Female relatives were opening mother's cupboards , disarranging her pots and pans , her linen and even her own personal belongings . He remembered how they had searched for a ' good ' sari to dress ...
... almsgiving , went without a hitch . Female relatives were opening mother's cupboards , disarranging her pots and pans , her linen and even her own personal belongings . He remembered how they had searched for a ' good ' sari to dress ...
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... almsgiving was over . Even mother's spirit may have gone to find a new resting place . He ran up - stairs and closed the door on the house that was emptying itself . No more whispers , no more confusion . He could not bear the ...
... almsgiving was over . Even mother's spirit may have gone to find a new resting place . He ran up - stairs and closed the door on the house that was emptying itself . No more whispers , no more confusion . He could not bear the ...
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