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... prison at Tangalla late in the evening . It was dark when they arrived , and Silindu was at once locked up in a cell . He fell asleep , still repeating the Pali stanza . Silindu remained three weeks in the prison . It seemed to him an ...
... prison at Tangalla late in the evening . It was dark when they arrived , and Silindu was at once locked up in a cell . He fell asleep , still repeating the Pali stanza . Silindu remained three weeks in the prison . It seemed to him an ...
Page 170
... prison ; ' they ' simply have forgotten to let him out . Punchirala , the new headman , was consulted . ' The man , ' he said , ' is probably dead . ' Punchi Menika shuddered . Her great eyes , in which the look of suffering had already ...
... prison ; ' they ' simply have forgotten to let him out . Punchirala , the new headman , was consulted . ' The man , ' he said , ' is probably dead . ' Punchi Menika shuddered . Her great eyes , in which the look of suffering had already ...
Page 173
... prison . The sun beat down upon his face , which seemed to have been battered and pinched and folded and lined by age and misery . His eyes wandered from the prison to one of the cows . She stood still , stretching out her head in front ...
... prison . The sun beat down upon his face , which seemed to have been battered and pinched and folded and lined by age and misery . His eyes wandered from the prison to one of the cows . She stood still , stretching out her head in front ...
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