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 64
... called upon him to ask him to take me in . His bungalow appalled me . It was in a side street , smothered in trees , hot , stuffy , full of mosquitoes and geckos - not a breath of air ever found its way in . I found him sitting at a ...
... called upon him to ask him to take me in . His bungalow appalled me . It was in a side street , smothered in trees , hot , stuffy , full of mosquitoes and geckos - not a breath of air ever found its way in . I found him sitting at a ...
Page 79
... called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty it is to do justice and protect law and order . Too often one watches the line between the criminal and the policeman or the judge ...
... called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty it is to do justice and protect law and order . Too often one watches the line between the criminal and the policeman or the judge ...
Page 143
... called Nugawela , and the Government Agent . In fact both the G.A. and the Diwa Nilame , as he was usually called , had a key to the shrine , and without the two being present the door could not be unlocked . In practice I , as O.A. ...
... called Nugawela , and the Government Agent . In fact both the G.A. and the Diwa Nilame , as he was usually called , had a key to the shrine , and without the two being present the door could not be unlocked . In practice I , as O.A. ...
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