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But I am a quiet man ; I have given no trouble in the village. You know that well,
Arachchi, don't you ? I cannot speak well — like you, Arachchi — in the court. But
this is what I want to say. I do not like this Babun ; all the trouble has come from ...
But I am a quiet man ; I have given no trouble in the village. You know that well,
Arachchi, don't you ? I cannot speak well — like you, Arachchi — in the court. But
this is what I want to say. I do not like this Babun ; all the trouble has come from ...
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He is a good man ; and the trouble came from Babun, as you say.' 'That is it,
Arachchi, that is it. Let the Mudalali take Punchi Menika. My daughter cannot live
with thieves now. She will go to the Mudalali. Do you understand ?' ' Yes, Silindu.
He is a good man ; and the trouble came from Babun, as you say.' 'That is it,
Arachchi, that is it. Let the Mudalali take Punchi Menika. My daughter cannot live
with thieves now. She will go to the Mudalali. Do you understand ?' ' Yes, Silindu.
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There is no one here to trouble you now. There will be quiet for you again — and
for me, perhaps, why not ? The killing was for that. Surely, surely, it must be, child.
And Babun ? Why, in a little while Babun will come back — in a month or two ...
There is no one here to trouble you now. There will be quiet for you again — and
for me, perhaps, why not ? The killing was for that. Surely, surely, it must be, child.
And Babun ? Why, in a little while Babun will come back — in a month or two ...
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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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