CHAPTER XLIV.
TODD AND THE SILVERSMITH.
Sweeney Todd Re-Visited By The Dog Of One Of His Victims.
Sweeney Todd Re-Visited By The Dog Of One Of His Victims.
Hector whined a kind of recognition of this man, but he did not move from the chair in Todd’s shop upon which he had seated himself.
“Come, old fellow,” said the man, “you don’t want to be shaved, do you?”
Hector gave a short bark, but he wagged his tail as much as to intimate—”Mind, I am not at all angry with you.” And indeed it was quite evident, from the manner of the dog to this man, that there was a good understanding between them.
“Come now, Pison,” said the man, “don’t be making a fool of yourself here any more. You ain’t on friendly terms here, my tulip.”
“Hilloa!” cried Todd.
The man gave a start, and Hector uttered an
