Chapter 28: The Madhouse Yard, and Tobias's New Friend

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​⁠This sudden retreat of the man was unexpected by Tobias, who at least thought it was the practice to feed people, even if they were confined to such a place; but the unceremonious departure of the keeper, without so much as mentioning anything about breakfast, began to make Tobias think that the plan by which he was to be got rid of was starvation; and yet that was impossible, for how easy it was