The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 138
... evil woman , an evil woman . I have some knowledge of charms and magic . I took her to my house to live with me . But did I keep her ? I drove her away very soon . I did not want the evil eye and a worker of evil to bring misfortune on ...
... evil woman , an evil woman . I have some knowledge of charms and magic . I took her to my house to live with me . But did I keep her ? I drove her away very soon . I did not want the evil eye and a worker of evil to bring misfortune on ...
Page 161
Leonard Woolf. ' He came here with evil words , aiya . ' ' Evil words ? A child of eight ? ' " Chi , chi . words and lies . ' But he came here with evil ' Lies ? What did he say ? That your face is very fair , and that all men desire you ...
Leonard Woolf. ' He came here with evil words , aiya . ' ' Evil words ? A child of eight ? ' " Chi , chi . words and lies . ' But he came here with evil ' Lies ? What did he say ? That your face is very fair , and that all men desire you ...
Page 266
... evil on themselves by their blindness . What happiness is there in it , my son ? The deer and the pig , they too are upon the path . It was greater sin to kill them than the other two . For those two , you say , were bringing evil upon ...
... evil on themselves by their blindness . What happiness is there in it , my son ? The deer and the pig , they too are upon the path . It was greater sin to kill them than the other two . For those two , you say , were bringing evil upon ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth Colombo compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko