Chapter 18: Tobias's Adventures During the Absence of Sweeney Todd

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌⁠Tobias guessed, and guessed rightly too, that when Sweeney Todd said he would be away half an hour, he only mentioned that short period of time, in order to keep the lad's vigilance on the alert, and to prevent him from taking any advantage of a more protracted absence. The very style and manner in which he had gone out, precluded the likelihood of it being for so short a period of time; and that