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Page 121
... given . " The master said , " Unless she be given , do not leave the man . Am I to die for this foolish man's sake ? " Then the god said , " Yes , some- thing must be given - either the man or the girl . " The holy man knows this , and ...
... given . " The master said , " Unless she be given , do not leave the man . Am I to die for this foolish man's sake ? " Then the god said , " Yes , some- thing must be given - either the man or the girl . " The holy man knows this , and ...
Page 127
... given , and it was done . I was given , and the man took me . Surely the gods cannot lie . The evil has been driven out ; and as for the man , I am not frightened of him . ' ' Ané ! ' said the mocking voice of the vederala behind them ...
... given , and it was done . I was given , and the man took me . Surely the gods cannot lie . The evil has been driven out ; and as for the man , I am not frightened of him . ' ' Ané ! ' said the mocking voice of the vederala behind them ...
Page 178
Leonard Woolf. permit could be given to Babun and Silindu this year . It was a Government rule that permits were to be given only to fit persons . Babun and Silindu were not fit persons , there- fore no permits could be given to them ...
Leonard Woolf. permit could be given to Babun and Silindu this year . It was a Government rule that permits were to be given only to fit persons . Babun and Silindu were not fit persons , there- fore no permits could be given to them ...
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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 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 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