The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 246
... hang him . ' ' You think he will be hanged , sir ? ' ' He'll be sentenced at any rate . Premedi- tation , on his own showing - clearly . And a good enough motive for murder . A A very simple case - so they'll think it . You think so ...
... hang him . ' ' You think he will be hanged , sir ? ' ' He'll be sentenced at any rate . Premedi- tation , on his own showing - clearly . And a good enough motive for murder . A A very simple case - so they'll think it . You think so ...
Page 259
... hang people , I am told . They send them away to a prison a long way off . They say they hang them just to frighten people . ' The other villagers murmured approval . The peon laughed . ' Of course they hang them . I've known people who ...
... hang people , I am told . They send them away to a prison a long way off . They say they hang them just to frighten people . ' The other villagers murmured approval . The peon laughed . ' Of course they hang them . I've known people who ...
Page 264
... hang this hunter ? ' The Government of course . He will be tried by the judge , and then they will hang him . ' ' This is another thing which I do not under- stand . To the madman this seems foolish to kill a man because he has killed ...
... hang this hunter ? ' The Government of course . He will be tried by the judge , and then they will hang him . ' ' This is another thing which I do not under- stand . To the madman this seems foolish to kill a man because he has killed ...
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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