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Page 215
Isn ' t that 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 .
Isn ' t that 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
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 you , or keep you in the great house over there .
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 you , or keep you in the great house over there .
Page 254
It was 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
house .
It was 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
house .
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop dark daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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