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Page 64
Now finding myself without a bungalow , I decided to ask Dutton to take me in . It
was a bold step . I knew that the rest of Jaffna ' s white population would strongly
disapprove , but I had built up a reputation of being an extremely competent civil
...
Now finding myself without a bungalow , I decided to ask Dutton to take me in . It
was a bold step . I knew that the rest of Jaffna ' s white population would strongly
disapprove , but I had built up a reputation of being an extremely competent civil
...
Page 103
When I got back in the late afternoon and walked into my room in the bungalow , I
was wearing a pair of white flannel trousers . Three minutes later I looked down
and saw that the trousers half - way up to the knee had turned black . They were ...
When I got back in the late afternoon and walked into my room in the bungalow , I
was wearing a pair of white flannel trousers . Three minutes later I looked down
and saw that the trousers half - way up to the knee had turned black . They were ...
Page 214
One evening , when I was doing this , I arrived at the bungalow before the carts . I
tied my pony to a tree and went off into the jungle north of the bungalow . I had
often seen peafowl in the neighbourhood and I thought I would try to find the big ...
One evening , when I was doing this , I arrived at the bungalow before the carts . I
tied my pony to a tree and went off into the jungle north of the bungalow . I had
often seen peafowl in the neighbourhood and I thought I would try to find the big ...
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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 Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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