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Page 33
... woman from there , a 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 from there , a 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 ...
Page 101
... woman and marry from another village . ' 999 ' I do not understand . I do not wish to marry from another village . And what offer of the woman do you talk of ? ' ' The woman came to the Mahatmaya while you were away in the chena . She ...
... woman and marry from another village . ' 999 ' I do not understand . I do not wish to marry from another village . And what offer of the woman do you talk of ? ' ' The woman came to the Mahatmaya while you were away in the chena . She ...
Page 103
... woman to come to him , and she refused . I knew it . Yes , brother , I knew it . But I was frightened by your words . I thought " he is my sister's man , why should he lie to me ? " It was lies . The woman wept for shame when I told her ...
... woman to come to him , and she refused . I knew it . Yes , brother , I knew it . But I was frightened by your words . I thought " he is my sister's man , why should he lie to me ? " It was lies . The woman wept for shame when I told her ...
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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