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Page 48
... tell the child to obey , there is no more to be said . ' ' The girl is a wild thing , I tell you . I cannot give her against her will . ' The vederala got up . He smiled at Silindu , who watched him anxiously . ' You will not give the ...
... tell the child to obey , there is no more to be said . ' ' The girl is a wild thing , I tell you . I cannot give her against her will . ' The vederala got up . He smiled at Silindu , who watched him anxiously . ' You will not give the ...
Page 51
... tell the others what had happened . The pale yellow of his skin , his sunken glazed eyes , his shivering body told them that Punchirala's charms had already begun their work , and his devils had already entered Silindu . He lay down on ...
... tell the others what had happened . The pale yellow of his skin , his sunken glazed eyes , his shivering body told them that Punchirala's charms had already begun their work , and his devils had already entered Silindu . He lay down on ...
Page 174
... tell you anything here . You must go to Kamburupitiya , and send a petition to the Agent Hamadoru . ' ' But you know my man , aiya ; you said you did . What harm to tell me ? Is he here now ? What has happened to him ? I have come many ...
... tell you anything here . You must go to Kamburupitiya , and send a petition to the Agent Hamadoru . ' ' But you know my man , aiya ; you said you did . What harm to tell me ? Is he here now ? What has happened to him ? I have come many ...
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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