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  • But to more hard core cinephiles, I hope she can be appreciated for the multitude of various roles that she brought to the screen, including Lavinia Timberlake in IN THIS OUR LIFE, The Sahib's wife in the wonderful THE YOUNG IN HEART and Mrs. Pidgeon in the rarely seen but very good THE CHEATERS.

    New Billie Burke Biography Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

  • Most knew better than to approach Memsa'b about using her pupils in any way'those who did were generally escorted to the door by one of Sahib's two formidable school guards, one a Gurkha, the other a Sikh.

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • The Yeoman Warder who took the children under his capacious wing was an especial friend of Sahib's, and as a consequence, took them on a more painstaking tour of the Tower than the sort given to most schoolchildren.

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Hanging on the walls, which had been papered with faded gold arabesques upon a ground of light brown, was a jumble of mementos from Sahib's life in India: crossed spears, curious daggers and swords, embroidered tapestries of strange characters twined with exotic flowers and birds, carved plaques of some heavy, dark wood inlaid with brass, bizarre masks that resembled nothing less than brightly painted demons.

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Very few of the children had ever been inside the sacred precincts of Sahib's office; the first thing that struck Nan was that it did not smell of tobacco, but of sandalwood and cinnamon.

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Hanging on the walls, which had been papered with faded gold arabesque upon a ground of light brown, was a jumble of mementos from Sahib's life in India: crossed spears, curious daggers and swords, embroidered tapestries of strange characters twined with exotic flowers and birds, carved plaques of some heavy, dark wood inlaid with brass, bizarre masks that resembled nothing less than brightly painted demons.

    Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999

  • Very few of the children had ever been inside the sacred precincts of Sahib's office; the first thing that struck Nan was that it did not smell of tobacco, but of sandalwood and cinnamon.

    Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999

  • I have cried in the veranda, to see the Lady Sahib's sorrow, and I have also prayed and made many offerings at the Mosque, but the thief escaped.

    The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie

  • "I am the Sahib's servant, but who knoweth the ways of devils, since their footprints cannot be seen, neither upon the sand of the desert nor in the snows of the great hills?"

    The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie

  • "But it would be wise if the Master were to curse his servant in a loud voice, since it is expected that he will do so, and the monkey-folk in the servants 'quarter listen without, concealing their pleasure in the Sahib's wrath."

    The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie

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