1 Out of the recesses of a dark closet, into which this aperture gave admittance, he brought a large pasty, baked in a pewter platter of unusual dimensions.
2 And as there were no forks in those days, his clutches were instantly in the bowels of the pasty.
3 Good cheer had opened his heart, for he left me a nook of pasty and a flask of wine, instead of my former fare.
4 I can see him now, with yellow, pasty face, drooping lids, and pin-point pupils, all huddled in a chair, the wreck and ruin of a noble man.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP 5 Next, the company consumed a sort of pasty of which the precise name has escaped me, but which the host rendered differently even on the second occasion of its being mentioned.
6 Yes," he said, sucking his lips, and drawing a deep breath, "in the first place, make a pasty in four divisions.
7 There in that packet are the game pasties.
8 Aleksasha, do you run helter-skelter to the kitchen, and there tell the cook to serve the fish pasties.