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... hair - raising at the time but great fun to recount afterwards . It was Tilak's idea to attend the student's social that followed the graduation day celebrations at Serendib . Past pupils were allowed to attend and often did , strutting ...
... hair - raising at the time but great fun to recount afterwards . It was Tilak's idea to attend the student's social that followed the graduation day celebrations at Serendib . Past pupils were allowed to attend and often did , strutting ...
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... hair tucked under a cap . Tanya Koch was a Burgher , a misnomer given to descendants of the Portuguese and Dutch , who had settled in the island in colonial times . With her brown streaked hair and fair complexion , Ravi thought she ...
... hair tucked under a cap . Tanya Koch was a Burgher , a misnomer given to descendants of the Portuguese and Dutch , who had settled in the island in colonial times . With her brown streaked hair and fair complexion , Ravi thought she ...
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... hair of the woman spread out on the pillow . She had covered her mouth with her hand . On the bedside table stood a tumbler with a set of dentures . The man had a fine head of white hair above a seamed and wrinkled nut- brown face ...
... hair of the woman spread out on the pillow . She had covered her mouth with her hand . On the bedside table stood a tumbler with a set of dentures . The man had a fine head of white hair above a seamed and wrinkled nut- brown face ...
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