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They are all sickly things, unfit to bear you children.' ' My father's brother married
a woman of Kotegoda,' said Babehami. • In those days wives brought dowries
with them — of land. He went to live on her land at Kotegoda : it lies fifty miles
away ...
They are all sickly things, unfit to bear you children.' ' My father's brother married
a woman of Kotegoda,' said Babehami. • In those days wives brought dowries
with them — of land. He went to live on her land at Kotegoda : it lies fifty miles
away ...
Page 224
I will tell the Mudalali, and she can come at night to him. Afterwards, perhaps, she
can live at the house ; but at first she must go secretly at night.' ' Ha, ha, Arachchi.
You are clever ! How clever you are ! You think of all things. Yes, it must be all ...
I will tell the Mudalali, and she can come at night to him. Afterwards, perhaps, she
can live at the house ; but at first she must go secretly at night.' ' Ha, ha, Arachchi.
You are clever ! How clever you are ! You think of all things. Yes, it must be all ...
Page 303
She remembered Babun's words to the Mudalali, ' Surely it is a more bitter thing
to die in a strange place.' It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place.
She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the
...
She remembered Babun's words to the Mudalali, ' Surely it is a more bitter thing
to die in a strange place.' It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place.
She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the
...
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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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