"Shut up!" Beth shouted and pushed the beggar women out of her way
"You work from the stink of evil, the stink of people" The beggar women spat
"Yap, yap lady"
"Sign of the devil"
"Shut up!"
Beth stomped in to the market place and past the old creepy abandon barber shop. She remembered when it was inhabited by Mr. Pirelli, who tried to talk her in to being his assistant, she remembers exactly how. Not another flash back!!
She heard that dreadful women starting to shout random crap at people, Beth began to walk around the market place trying to find the usually flour store, she finally gave up and walked back to Fleet Street. There she ran to a rose shop, she walked in mindlessly and saw five bags of flour lying on a counter. Why in the hell dose this place has four, Beth thought as the picked up a bag. She handed the shop keeper a penny and asked,
"Why do you sell roses in a flour store, or sell flour in a rose store"
"Because this is the only store that sells both on Fleet Street "the shop keeper said
Beth waked back to the meat pie shop to find a large lunch rush. The place was packed with move people then Beth has ever seen in one place. Mrs. Lovett was very glad to see Beth,
"Beth love, did you bring the flour?" Mrs. Lovett asked
"Yes , mum its right heard" Beth snapped
"Beth is there something wrong, you don't sound happy"
"Sorry mum, I just came across this awful beggar woman. She clamed that are pies were made of people"
Then a couple of feet away a family over heard them and spat out the half eaten pies.
"Shh! don't scare the people away love."
After the rush was over Toby and Beth sat, bored.
"Do you know any fun games" Beth asked
"Yes I do" Toby answered "Its when one person hides and the other on tries to find then"
"I'll hide you will count" Beth said then darted around the Meat pie shop.
She ran upstairs to Mr. Todd's shop and hid in the square chest that lay by the door. She could hear Toby counting," 15, 16, 17". She heard the footsteps and counting every where, "20, 21, 22". She held still, not moving. There was a lot of dust spread around the chest. "25, 26, 27", foot steps got louder. The shop bells rang, it was quiet, and Beth felt a tickle in her nose. She blew out a large sneeze,
"Bugger" she barked, and then she cupped her hands over her mouth.
She heard loud foot steps coming towards her. The chest was open to show not Toby, But Mr. T and he is not happy to see her.
"What are you doing here" he growled
"Just playing a game with Toby, I… is that blood on your sleeve" Beth started
Sweeney was speech less, not knowing what to say,
"Interesting" Beth wondered
Of course Mr. T did not think that would be her reaction.