The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 51
... wives than ' unrecognised ' wives . And though in the ordinary village life the ' unrecognised ' wife is as common as , or even more common than , the ' recognised ' wife , and is treated by all exactly as if she were the man's wife ...
... wives than ' unrecognised ' wives . And though in the ordinary village life the ' unrecognised ' wife is as common as , or even more common than , the ' recognised ' wife , and is treated by all exactly as if she were the man's wife ...
Page 54
... wife and daughters to Rodiyas , 2 leopards , jackals ! ' Babehami broke in upon his wife's abuse ; but she , now thoroughly aroused , continued throughout the conversation to pour out a stream of foul words from the background in a ...
... wife and daughters to Rodiyas , 2 leopards , jackals ! ' Babehami broke in upon his wife's abuse ; but she , now thoroughly aroused , continued throughout the conversation to pour out a stream of foul words from the background in a ...
Page 196
... wife . He is angry with my wife's father . He wanted me to marry from another village . Then he wanted me to give my wife to the Mudalali and because I refused he is angry . ' Anything else ? ' Babun was silent . There was nothing more ...
... wife . He is angry with my wife's father . He wanted me to marry from another village . Then he wanted me to give my wife to the Mudalali and because I refused he is angry . ' Anything else ? ' Babun was silent . There was nothing more ...
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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