Lila had come to stand behind them, crying. “He has been poisoned,’ she wept. ‘He suddenly fell ill — started vomiting here in front of the house — blood — there was blood in the vomit — and then he fell down and died. It is...
‘Yes,’ he nodded, ‘soon it will be Coconut Day, the end of the monsoon when everyone offers coconuts to the sea and the boats can safely set out again.
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