sarn't

Updated: April 30, 2025

Those ten or twelve men went out of our lives completely. Days passed. There was no news. It was queer. It was queer when I called the roll next day "Briggs!" "Sar'nt!" "Boots!" "Sarn't!" "Cudworth!" "Here, Sar'nt!" "Dean!" "Sar'nt!" "Desmond!" "Sar'nt!" I couldn't remember not to call his name out. It seemed queer that he was missing. It seemed quite hopeless now. Three or four days dragged on.

John Hargrave - At Suvla Bay : Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

But this was an empty threat, as Dave knew perfectly well that Uncle Mo would not allow him to go out of doors so late, even if the fog melted, since its immediate cessation would have left London in the dark, for it was past the Official hour of sunset. Dolly said again: "No, you sarn't!" and went on with the arrangements. "You take tite hold of Pussy, and stop her off doin' on ve scushions.

William Frend De Morgan - When Ghost Meets Ghost