The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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... month after month . Her first feelings of fear were lost in the perpetual sense of expectancy as the time slipped away . And she ... months passed , she gradually began to feel as if each day might be the one THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 289.
... month after month . Her first feelings of fear were lost in the perpetual sense of expectancy as the time slipped away . And she ... months passed , she gradually began to feel as if each day might be the one THE VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE 289.
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... months -about two months - before the Sinhalese New Year . ' No , it was one month before the New Year . ' ' It couldn't be one month before , because the chena crop was not reaped yet . ' ' Reaped ? Why it had only just been sown ...
... months -about two months - before the Sinhalese New Year . ' No , it was one month before the New Year . ' ' It couldn't be one month before , because the chena crop was not reaped yet . ' ' Reaped ? Why it had only just been sown ...
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Leonard Woolf. sent there many months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was a false case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the village . I have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired ...
Leonard Woolf. sent there many months ago . They sent him there for six months . It was a false case . The six months have passed now , but he has not returned to the village . I have come to ask about him here - a long way . I am tired ...
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