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Page 31
... wives than ' unrecognised ' wives . And though in the ordinary village life the ' unrecognised ' wife is as common as , or even more common than , the ' recognised ' wife , and is treated by all exactly as if she were the man's wife , yet ...
... wives than ' unrecognised ' wives . And though in the ordinary village life the ' unrecognised ' wife is as common as , or even more common than , the ' recognised ' wife , and is treated by all exactly as if she were the man's wife , yet ...
Page 32
Leonard Woolf. as if she were the man's wife , yet the distinction is understood and becomes apparent upon formal occasions . For instance , a woman who is living with a man as his ' unrecognised ' wife cannot be present at her sister's ...
Leonard Woolf. as if she were the man's wife , yet the distinction is understood and becomes apparent upon formal occasions . For instance , a woman who is living with a man as his ' unrecognised ' wife cannot be present at her sister's ...
Page 33
... wife and daughters to Rodiyas , 3 leopards , jackals ! ' Babehami broke in upon his wife's abuse ; but she , now thoroughly aroused , continued throughout the conversation to pour out a stream of foul words from the background in a ...
... wife and daughters to Rodiyas , 3 leopards , jackals ! ' Babehami broke in upon his wife's abuse ; but she , now thoroughly aroused , continued throughout the conversation to pour out a stream of foul words from the background in a ...
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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