The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 78
Leonard Woolf. Silindu , who had listened with interest . ' Where the nuga - trees1 now stand in the jungle to the south ? The last house was abandoned when I was a boy , but the devil still dances beneath the nuga - trees . ' ' Yes , it ...
Leonard Woolf. Silindu , who had listened with interest . ' Where the nuga - trees1 now stand in the jungle to the south ? The last house was abandoned when I was a boy , but the devil still dances beneath the nuga - trees . ' ' Yes , it ...
Page 115
... listened to the jeering words of Punchirala . She hated him as she had hated him when he approached her before ; but as she listened to him talking to Karlinahami , fear - the fear that she felt for unknown evils - gradually crept upon ...
... listened to the jeering words of Punchirala . She hated him as she had hated him when he approached her before ; but as she listened to him talking to Karlinahami , fear - the fear that she felt for unknown evils - gradually crept upon ...
Page 235
... listened to Silindu's short expressionless sentences , the bald description of the shedding of blood , given in the tired voice of the villager , he became afraid . He sat up in his chair look- ing at Silindu , who crouched in front of ...
... listened to Silindu's short expressionless sentences , the bald description of the shedding of blood , given in the tired voice of the villager , he became afraid . He sat up in his chair look- ing at Silindu , who crouched in front of ...
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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