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Page 33
... daughter of my man's brother.1 She would bring you land , and you could settle there . What use is it to live in this village ? Even the chena crops wither for want of rain . It is an evil place this . ' ' I want no woman of Kotegoda ...
... daughter of my man's brother.1 She would bring you land , and you could settle there . What use is it to live in this village ? Even the chena crops wither for want of rain . It is an evil place this . ' ' I want no woman of Kotegoda ...
Page 79
... daughter at home this night bore a child . I will take this one too to her , and she will give it the breast . ” Then she stretched out her head , and she cried out again , and fell dead upon the ground by the side of the fawn ...
... daughter at home this night bore a child . I will take this one too to her , and she will give it the breast . ” Then she stretched out her head , and she cried out again , and fell dead upon the ground by the side of the fawn ...
Page 122
... daughter ? ' ' They talk , Hamadoru . ' ' What did they say ? ' ' They said he wanted my daughter . ' ' Who said ? When ? ' This man ' ( pointing to Babun ) . ' When ? ' ' Three or four days ago . ' ' You know nothing more , yourself ...
... daughter ? ' ' They talk , Hamadoru . ' ' What did they say ? ' ' They said he wanted my daughter . ' ' Who said ? When ? ' This man ' ( pointing to Babun ) . ' When ? ' ' Three or four days ago . ' ' You know nothing more , yourself ...
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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