CHAPTER LXXXV.
SIR RICHARD MAKES PLANS.
Johanna had had a long time to herself in Todd’s shop now. When first he left upon that expedition of murder, she had almost been afraid to stir, for she had feared he might momentarily return; but as his stay became longer and longer protracted, she plucked up courage.
She began to look about her.
“As yet,” she said to herself, “what has been done towards arriving at a solution of the mysteries of this dreadful place?”
The more she thought, the more she felt compelled to answer this inquiry in an unsatisfactory manner. What had been done?
The only thing that could be said to be settled, was the fact that Todd was guilty, and that Mrs. Lovett was his accomplice. That he, by some diabolical means, murdered people who came into his shop to be sha
