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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... the drinks . He was extremely respectful , but I sometimes thought that I caught in his eye a gleam which belied the impassive face when some more than usually outrageous remark of the Captain or of Jimmy Bowes 45 JAFFNA.
... the drinks . He was extremely respectful , but I sometimes thought that I caught in his eye a gleam which belied the impassive face when some more than usually outrageous remark of the Captain or of Jimmy Bowes 45 JAFFNA.
Page 79
... usually a very nasty and brutish man . But in my case , actual experience from the inside of the administration of law and of what is called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty ...
... usually a very nasty and brutish man . But in my case , actual experience from the inside of the administration of law and of what is called justice pro- duced in me an ineradicable and melancholy disillusion- ment with those whose duty ...
Page 143
... 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. , kept the G.A.'s key , and arranged with Nugawela Ratemahatmaya for unlocking the door if and when ...
... 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. , kept the G.A.'s key , and arranged with Nugawela Ratemahatmaya for unlocking the door if and when ...
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