Sahiba

One of the sweetest pictures in memory's gallery, and one deeply prized by the Miss Sahiba, is that of the kneeling figure of dear little white-robed Tajwar, with her eyes closed and her face turned upwards with an expression of perfect love and trust, while the senior missionary led in earnest prayer at one of the Wednesday evening meetings.

Daughters of India 1908

After three hours of waiting she heard footsteps on the ruins, and a man's voice was saying: "Our poor Miss Sahiba is surely killed, too."

Daughters of India 1908

‘The Sahiba is a heart of gold,’ said the lama earnestly.

Kim 2003

'The Sahiba is a heart of gold,' said the lama earnestly.

Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900

"Sahiba," protested Ram Nath, with a great show of deference, "how should I know?

The Bronze Bell Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Twenty villages knew the Sahiba — her failings, her tongue, and her large charity.

Kim 2003

I spoke to him — when thou wast talking to the Sahiba — of a certain dizziness that lays hold upon the back of my neck in the night, and he said it rose from excessive heat — to be cured by cool air.

Kim 2003

‘What a woman is the Sahiba!’ said the white-bearded Oorya, when a tumult rose by the kitchen quarters.

Kim 2003

It is true he was seventy odd, that his scabbarded sword ceased at the hilt; but he represented the authority of the Sahiba, and loaded wains, chattering servants, calves, dogs, hens, and the like, fetched a wide compass by those parts.

Kim 2003

Said the Sahiba cheerily from an upper window, after compliments: ‘What is the good of an old woman’s advice to an old man?

Kim 2003