He ordered the Wahima women, who came with them from Luela, and who could not look enough at the "Good Mzimu," to place a utensil with honey and sour milk in the first room, and when he learned that the "bibi," tired by the journey, had fallen asleep, he commanded all the inhabitants to observe the deepest silence under the penalty of cutting out their tongues.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"Now, what in time-" began Arline aloud, after the manner of women whose tongues must keep pace with their thoughts.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
The best answer to this whole problem is that from the same tongues with which Mr. Peary tried to discredit me has come a much more formidable charge against Mr. Peary.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook