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 101
... wanted done with the bitch and her puppies . We said we wanted to get her and her basket into another small room so that we could use the bathroom . He said that he thought he could ΙΟΙ manage that . He opened the door of the bathroom ...
... wanted done with the bitch and her puppies . We said we wanted to get her and her basket into another small room so that we could use the bathroom . He said that he thought he could ΙΟΙ manage that . He opened the door of the bathroom ...
Page 107
... wanted to go beyond me to him , they had to put what they wanted to say in writing . This applied even to Government servants . He would never see the head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who was a kind of A.D.C. to the G.A. and head ...
... wanted to go beyond me to him , they had to put what they wanted to say in writing . This applied even to Government servants . He would never see the head clerk or the kachcheri Mudlayar , who was a kind of A.D.C. to the G.A. and head ...
Page 172
... wanted to be a writer . When I got to Ceylon , I found myself back at school . Nobody thought or talked of the things which I was passionately interested in . What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna ...
... wanted to be a writer . When I got to Ceylon , I found myself back at school . Nobody thought or talked of the things which I was passionately interested in . What I thought and felt about this I had to conceal from everyone in Jaffna ...
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