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Page 143
He was a fool , yes , a fool ; he knew that ; but how can a man know how to walk
surrounded by all the shares of evil and disaster ? A man may wash himself
clean of oil , but however much he rubs himself he will never rub off fate . And
then ...
He was a fool , yes , a fool ; he knew that ; but how can a man know how to walk
surrounded by all the shares of evil and disaster ? A man may wash himself
clean of oil , but however much he rubs himself he will never rub off fate . And
then ...
Page 228
And the hunter - - fool , fool - crept after him through the undergrowth : there was
no track then . Ah , it was thick then : he could not see anything but the shrubs
and thorns ; he did not see the red eyes behind him nor the great head down .
And the hunter - - fool , fool - crept after him through the undergrowth : there was
no track then . Ah , it was thick then : he could not see anything but the shrubs
and thorns ; he did not see the red eyes behind him nor the great head down .
Page 290
It couldn ' t be one month before , because the chena crop was not reaped yet . ' '
Reaped ? Why it had only just been sown . ' It must have been three months
before . ' • Three months , you fool ? Is a chena crop like ninety days ' rice ? ' Fool
?
It couldn ' t be one month before , because the chena crop was not reaped yet . ' '
Reaped ? Why it had only just been sown . ' It must have been three months
before . ' • Three months , you fool ? Is a chena crop like ninety days ' rice ? ' Fool
?
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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