The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 171
... lies , brother . Who told this to you ? ' It must be lies . ' The Mahatmaya himself . Would he tell lies ? ' ' Is this true , aiya ? " Babun asked Fer- nando . ' Yes , it is true . The woman came to me . ' ' The woman is a whore ...
... lies , brother . Who told this to you ? ' It must be lies . ' The Mahatmaya himself . Would he tell lies ? ' ' Is this true , aiya ? " Babun asked Fer- nando . ' Yes , it is true . The woman came to me . ' ' The woman is a whore ...
Page 174
... lie to me ? " It was lies . The woman wept for shame when I told her . ' I ' It was true , brother . It is the woman who is lying now to you . She is frightened of you , frightened that you should know what she has done . ' • I am a ...
... lie to me ? " It was lies . The woman wept for shame when I told her . ' I ' It was true , brother . It is the woman who is lying now to you . She is frightened of you , frightened that you should know what she has done . ' • I am a ...
Page 270
... lies that you told me just now ? ' The other became serious again at once . ' Lies ? it is all true . No , no . I do not tell lies . Aiyo , But what was it you were saying just then ? Ah , yes . You were afraid , afraid of the hanging ...
... lies that you told me just now ? ' The other became serious again at once . ' Lies ? it is all true . No , no . I do not tell lies . Aiyo , But what was it you were saying just then ? Ah , yes . You were afraid , afraid of the hanging ...
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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