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Page 39
On my arrival in Jaffna I was taken in hand by Southorn, who introduced me to
Dowbiggin, the Superintendent of Police, and Jimmy Bowes, the Assistant
Superintendent of Police. The four of us, accompanied by Charles, walked into
the vast ...
On my arrival in Jaffna I was taken in hand by Southorn, who introduced me to
Dowbiggin, the Superintendent of Police, and Jimmy Bowes, the Assistant
Superintendent of Police. The four of us, accompanied by Charles, walked into
the vast ...
Page 40
Of all this I, of course, knew nothing that evening, when I was taken by Southorn
to call on Mrs. Lewis, the Government Agent's wife, and found myself with her as
my partner playing bridge against Dowbiggin and Southorn. In the third or fourth
...
Of all this I, of course, knew nothing that evening, when I was taken by Southorn
to call on Mrs. Lewis, the Government Agent's wife, and found myself with her as
my partner playing bridge against Dowbiggin and Southorn. In the third or fourth
...
Page 56
My work in the office consisted of signing my name on licences and routine
documents and letters, and of checking the accounts. After some weeks of this,
my temper gave way and I told Southorn that I would not go on doing this, that I
was just ...
My work in the office consisted of signing my name on licences and routine
documents and letters, and of checking the accounts. After some weeks of this,
my temper gave way and I told Southorn that I would not go on doing this, that I
was just ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, Incorporated, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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