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Leonard Woolf. would be a good thing for you to take a wife from there , for she would bring you a dowry . ' ' Yes , ' said Nanchohami , ' it would be a good thing for you to go to Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my ...
Leonard Woolf. would be a good thing for you to take a wife from there , for she would bring you a dowry . ' ' Yes , ' said Nanchohami , ' it would be a good thing for you to go to Kotegoda and take a woman from there , a daughter of my ...
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... thing to end all this trouble , like this . ' ' Yes , it is a very good thing to end it - like this . Yes - like this , like this . But now the chena , Arachchi . I cannot live without the chena . Without a chena I must starve . You ...
... thing to end all this trouble , like this . ' ' Yes , it is a very good thing to end it - like this . Yes - like this , like this . But now the chena , Arachchi . I cannot live without the chena . Without a chena I must starve . You ...
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... thing to die in a strange place . ' It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place . She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the jungle which she knew . She clung to it passionately ...
... thing to die in a strange place . ' It might be a still bitterer thing to live in a strange place . She was alone in the world ; the only thing left to her was the compound and the jungle which she knew . She clung to it passionately ...
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became Beddagama began better bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain returned rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly speak stand stood story strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice walked watched wife wild wind woman women