treacle-cake

Updated: May 20, 2025

Finally I discover a really courageous individual, in the person of a man presiding over a peanut and treacle-cake establishment; this man, while evidently uneasy in his mind, manfully steels his nerves to the task of attending to my wants.

Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II : From Teheran To Yokohama