Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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Page 71
One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ; he had been
ordered to come and try a case which , for some reason , the Tangalla Police
Magistrate and District Judge — who was Southorn - could not take . The Duttons
and ...
One evening on my arrival I found the Duttons in the Rest House ; he had been
ordered to come and try a case which , for some reason , the Tangalla Police
Magistrate and District Judge — who was Southorn - could not take . The Duttons
and ...
Page 73
He was away , but I found her at home in a two - storied house . ... it went on , the
feeling of agitation and tenseness which I had felt on the verandah of the
Tangalla Rest House returned — also the continued sense of her hostility
towards me .
He was away , but I found her at home in a two - storied house . ... it went on , the
feeling of agitation and tenseness which I had felt on the verandah of the
Tangalla Rest House returned — also the continued sense of her hostility
towards me .
Page 132
It was late evening and I was the only person in the Rest House . I had again on
me that delicious feeling of setting out alone on a voyage into the unknown . The
feeling was intensified by Polgahawela . What a soft liquid gentle Sinhalese ...
It was late evening and I was the only person in the Rest House . I had again on
me that delicious feeling of setting out alone on a voyage into the unknown . The
feeling was intensified by Polgahawela . What a soft liquid gentle Sinhalese ...
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