Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 19
... sleep , she said , " I didn't have any dreams " The husband laughed . " Come . Let us go . " While they were coming down the staircase , the nurse muttered in her ears . " Don't forget to get an amulet made and tie it on you . People ...
... sleep , she said , " I didn't have any dreams " The husband laughed . " Come . Let us go . " While they were coming down the staircase , the nurse muttered in her ears . " Don't forget to get an amulet made and tie it on you . People ...
Page 20
... Sleep came down on her at frequent intervals like a falling mist . Then she recollected a day in day in her life from the past from some years ago . An ordinary day with no loveliness of any kind ... no loveliness of any kind ... no ...
... Sleep came down on her at frequent intervals like a falling mist . Then she recollected a day in day in her life from the past from some years ago . An ordinary day with no loveliness of any kind ... no loveliness of any kind ... no ...
Page 56
... sleeping victim and from then on the victim feels a pain . It is either a pain in the head or a pain in the chest accompanied by disturbed sleep . The obscene and hideous is the great joy of the night witch / wizard . The other great ...
... sleeping victim and from then on the victim feels a pain . It is either a pain in the head or a pain in the chest accompanied by disturbed sleep . The obscene and hideous is the great joy of the night witch / wizard . The other great ...
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