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Page 259
Will they hang him, aiya ? ' asked the boutique-keeper. ' Yes, he'll be hanged,
sure enough,' said the peon. ' He confessed it himself, you see.' ' But they never
really hang people, I am told. They send them away to a prison a long way off.
Will they hang him, aiya ? ' asked the boutique-keeper. ' Yes, he'll be hanged,
sure enough,' said the peon. ' He confessed it himself, you see.' ' But they never
really hang people, I am told. They send them away to a prison a long way off.
Page 260
Nonsense,' said one of the traders. ' In Maha Nuwara they hang them. I knew a
man there whose nephew was hanged, and afterwards they gave him the body to
bury. The head hung over like this, and the mark of the rope was round the neck.
Nonsense,' said one of the traders. ' In Maha Nuwara they hang them. I knew a
man there whose nephew was hanged, and afterwards they gave him the body to
bury. The head hung over like this, and the mark of the rope was round the neck.
Page 269
It is too late. They will hang me, they will hang me, and what then, old man, what
then ? ' The old man began to shake with laughter. He mumbled incoherently,
pulling at his beard and long hair with his hands. The scene caused great
pleasure ...
It is too late. They will hang me, they will hang me, and what then, old man, what
then ? ' The old man began to shake with laughter. He mumbled incoherently,
pulling at his beard and long hair with his hands. The scene caused great
pleasure ...
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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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