He had dressed himself in his Sunday best, and although it was only Thursday, had forestalled his Saturday's shaving; he had provided himself with a paper of humbugs for the child-'humbugs' being the north-country term for certain lumps of toffy, well-flavoured with peppermint-and now he sat in the accustomed chair, as near to the door as might be, in Sylvia's presence, coaxing the little one, who was not quite sure of his identity, to come to him, by opening the paper parcel, and letting its sweet contents be seen.
"Sylvia's Lovers -- Complete"
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
"I don't believe she'll go," said Lulu, beginning again on the toffy.
"The Case of Richard Meynell"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward
She had seemed to his boyish fancy one of those delightful German ambiguities-half human, half ghost; her silent presents of toffy, and faint wintry smile and wandering gaze, used to thrill him with "a pleasing terror."
"The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3"
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu