Chapter 21: The Misadventure of Tobias.—the Mad-House on Peckham-Rye

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​⁠Sweeney Todd paused for a moment at the cupboard door, before he made up his mind as to whether he should pounce upon poor Tobias at once, or adopt a more creeping, cautious mode of operation. The latter course was by far the most congenial to his mind, and so he adopted it in a moment or so, and stole quietly from his place of concealment, and with so little noise, that Tobias could not have the