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Page 272
They reached the prison at Tangalla late in the evening. It was dark when they
arrived, and Silindu was at once locked up in a cell. He fell asleep, still repeating
the Pali stanza. Silindu remained three weeks in the prison. It seemed to him an ...
They reached the prison at Tangalla late in the evening. It was dark when they
arrived, and Silindu was at once locked up in a cell. He fell asleep, still repeating
the Pali stanza. Silindu remained three weeks in the prison. It seemed to him an ...
Page 292
From whom could I hear ? If you want to hear anything you must go to the prison.
It will take you many days — first to Kamburupitiya, and then west along the great
road, three days to Tangalla, where the prison is. You must ask at the prison.
From whom could I hear ? If you want to hear anything you must go to the prison.
It will take you many days — first to Kamburupitiya, and then west along the great
road, three days to Tangalla, where the prison is. You must ask at the prison.
Page 296
The old man turned his head very slowly and looked up at the prison. The sun
beat down upon his face, which seemed to have been battered and pinched and
folded and lined by age and misery. His eyes wandered from the prison to one of
...
The old man turned his head very slowly and looked up at the prison. The sun
beat down upon his face, which seemed to have been battered and pinched and
folded and lined by age and misery. His eyes wandered from the prison to one of
...
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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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