Mary would not reave these people until they could be taken care of by Christian workers.
"White Queen of the Cannibals: The Story of Mary Slessor"
A. J. Bueltmann
All was silent in that room, the silence of the forest before the hurricane grasps it and bends it, and the lightnings reave its limbs.
"The Bondboy"
George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Again at the end he says: "Delay not, Hubert, my orisons are ended, Begin I pray thee, reave me of my sight."
"The Man Shakespeare"
Frank Harris