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Did you not ask me to give the woman to the Mudalali ?' 'No,' said Babehami. '
Did not the Mudalali call her to go to his house ?' ' I know nothing of that.' ' Weren't
you angry when I married the woman ?' 'No.' Babun turned desperately to the ...
Did you not ask me to give the woman to the Mudalali ?' 'No,' said Babehami. '
Did not the Mudalali call her to go to his house ?' ' I know nothing of that.' ' Weren't
you angry when I married the woman ?' 'No.' Babun turned desperately to the ...
Page 224
It is* true that the Mudalali will take your daughter. He is a good man ; and the
trouble came from Babun, as you say.' 'That is it, Arachchi, that is it. Let the
Mudalali take Punchi Menika. My daughter cannot live with thieves now. She will
go to ...
It is* true that the Mudalali will take your daughter. He is a good man ; and the
trouble came from Babun, as you say.' 'That is it, Arachchi, that is it. Let the
Mudalali take Punchi Menika. My daughter cannot live with thieves now. She will
go to ...
Page 235
Hamadoru,' he said, ' I have killed the Arachchi and the Mudalali.' The
Ratemahatmaya sat up. ' You ? What ? What do you mean ? Who are you ?' ' I am
Silindu of Beddagama. The Arachchi brought a false case against me and my
son in-law.
Hamadoru,' he said, ' I have killed the Arachchi and the Mudalali.' The
Ratemahatmaya sat up. ' You ? What ? What do you mean ? Who are you ?' ' I am
Silindu of Beddagama. The Arachchi brought a false case against me and my
son in-law.
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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 chena child cloth compound crop daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami 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 Malay 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The village in the jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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