Chapter 26: Colonel Jeffery Makes Another Effort to Come at Sweeney Todd's Secret

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌⁠If we were to say that Colonel Jeffery was satisfied with the state of affairs as regarded the disappearance of his friend Thornhill, or that he made up his mind now contentedly to wait until chance, or the mere progress of time, blew something of a more defined nature in his way, we should be doing that gentleman a very great injustice indeed. On the contrary, he was one of those chivalrous perso