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Page 21
... Babehami , the Arachchi , to feel that Silindu owed him many kurunies of kurakkan which he could not repay . When Babehami wanted some one to clear a chena for him , he asked Silindu to do it ; and Silindu , remembering the debt , dared ...
... Babehami , the Arachchi , to feel that Silindu owed him many kurunies of kurakkan which he could not repay . When Babehami wanted some one to clear a chena for him , he asked Silindu to do it ; and Silindu , remembering the debt , dared ...
Page 22
... Babehami had never liked Silindu , who was a bad debtor . Silindu was too lazy even to cultivate a chena properly , and even in a good year his crop was always the smallest in the village . He was always in want , and always borrowing ...
... Babehami had never liked Silindu , who was a bad debtor . Silindu was too lazy even to cultivate a chena properly , and even in a good year his crop was always the smallest in the village . He was always in want , and always borrowing ...
Page 26
... Babehami always had some excuse for refusing a loan or pressing for payment of the body tax . He did not become conscious of Babehami's enmity , or aware that many of the difficulties of his life were due to it . The collection of the ...
... Babehami always had some excuse for refusing a loan or pressing for payment of the body tax . He did not become conscious of Babehami's enmity , or aware that many of the difficulties of his life were due to it . The collection of the ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm chena child cloth Colombo compound crop daughter deer devil E. M. Forster elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool frightened girl give grain hang headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave Leonard Woolf leopard listen live looked magistrate months Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble understand veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko