wa-a-a-nt

Updated: May 5, 2025

"Ru-b-y-y-y!" "Drat the chap!" exclaimed Ruby's father, wheeling round sharply. "What d'ye wa-a-a-nt?" he yelled back. "Come to know 'bout that chest o' dra-w-w-ers!" "Then come 'long round by th' ga-a-ate!" "Can't sta-a-ay! Want to know, as I'm drivin' to Liskeard, if Ruby thinks nine-an'-six too mu-u-ch, as the twiddles be so very cle-v-ver!"

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales