Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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... heard the shouts , the screams , his mother and his sister , dragged out of the house by their father , the men with their crowbars and sticks , maddened faces and shining sweat - covered bodies in the darkness . And then the ...
... heard the shouts , the screams , his mother and his sister , dragged out of the house by their father , the men with their crowbars and sticks , maddened faces and shining sweat - covered bodies in the darkness . And then the ...
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... heard the postman's bell . He leaned over the gate . But the post man did not stop at his house . ' Nothing today , Sir , ' he smiled sympathetically and rode on . Maithri felt , more than saw , his mother's shadow move away from the ...
... heard the postman's bell . He leaned over the gate . But the post man did not stop at his house . ' Nothing today , Sir , ' he smiled sympathetically and rode on . Maithri felt , more than saw , his mother's shadow move away from the ...
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... heard whispered by his aunts that it was possible that mother's spirit was still hovering around in the house , anxious about her family . That , that was why the chanting of the priests may help her find her way to her new life ...
... heard whispered by his aunts that it was possible that mother's spirit was still hovering around in the house , anxious about her family . That , that was why the chanting of the priests may help her find her way to her new life ...
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