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... true ? Isn't that true ? ' ' Yes , Appochchi , yes . It was because they wanted me for the Mudalali . Then they took the chena away and then they brought the case . They have taken my man from me , what shall I do ? ' ' Hush , I am here ...
... true ? Isn't that true ? ' ' Yes , Appochchi , yes . It was because they wanted me for the Mudalali . Then they took the chena away and then they brought the case . They have taken my man from me , what shall I do ? ' ' Hush , I am here ...
Page 253
... true , is it , daughter ? It is not true . It was for you I did it ; and now - after all that - surely in a little all will be well for you . ' ' Well ? What is to become of me ? What am I to do ? They will take you away again and hang ...
... true , is it , daughter ? It is not true . It was for you I did it ; and now - after all that - surely in a little all will be well for you . ' ' Well ? What is to become of me ? What am I to do ? They will take you away again and hang ...
Page 254
... true when they said that I was a useless man in the village . To creep through the leaves like a jackal ; yes , I can do that ; but what else ? Isn't the bad crop in the chena rightly called Silindu's crop . There was never food in my ...
... true when they said that I was a useless man in the village . To creep through the leaves like a jackal ; yes , I can do that ; but what else ? Isn't the bad crop in the chena rightly called Silindu's crop . There was never food in my ...
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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