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One week later the environment showed itself even more irregular from the point of view of the Baudelaires. One could say that it had gotten better, and worst at the same time. It had gotten better because the tension between Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett had decreased and almost everything seemed to have turned back to normal. But we can say that things were getting even worst for the Baudelaires. A phrase, which here means "Griffin's visits have turned from something daily to something constant". Practically every day he was there and the Baudelaires were sent to their rooms without lunch and without any ways to spy on the conversations between Todd and Griffin.

But the thing everybody started to give attention was to the reopening of Sweeney Todd's saloon. Mrs Lovett was in the living room calling the children.

"Klaus, can you help me carry this chair upstairs?" she called as Klaus entered followed from behind by his sisters

"What for Mrs L?" asked Klaus

"Well, obviously Mr T won't be able to shave some chins if the costumers don't have a place to sit…"

"Dakitota" commented Sunny which meant "On this old chair?! You look like you're 100 years younger, when you're next to it…"

But Mrs Lovett didn't had time for responding to Sunny, because all of a sudden she grabbed her tummy and started to breathe irregularly.

"Are you ok?!" asked Klaus worried

"Yes, I just…" said Mrs Lovett looking a bit dizzy "I didn't eat anything this morning."

"Don't ya want me to go buy something at the grocery?" asked Klaus

Since Griffin's visits were getting more and more regular, that meant they needed to prepare lunch, which lead to practically emptying the pantry. And the way the debts were for Mrs Lovett, opening another business was considered urgent.

"Oh, no, just help me carry this upstairs…" said Mrs Lovett as if trying to change the subject in an urgent way

"But are ya sure he will want to use as chair as old as this?" asked Violet

"Oh, this chair has hardly been used ever since me dear Albert died"

"You were married?!" asked the three of them surprised

"Yeah… And 5 years ago he passed away…"

"He died of what??" asked Klaus

"Datoi?" commented Sunny witch meant "Of fright?"

"Well" said Mrs. Lovett holding the chair by one side "you can say he liked my pies so much, that he ate until he popped…"

The Baudelaires just standed there not knowing what to respond.

"Copanno?" asked Sunny which meant something like "Are ya sure ya didn't put a curse on the last pie he ate?"

"Come on, Klaus, gimme a hand!" said Mrs. Lovett as Klaus also picked up the chair "Violet! Sunny! Watch the shop!"

Klaus and Mrs Lovett exited through the back door, and shortly after the two Baudelaire sisters are surprised by the sudden entrance of Anthony on the shop.

"Oh, hey Anthony!" said Violet pleasantly surprised.

"Oh, Violet, I'm so glad to find you!" said Violet with a clear excitement on his smiling face "Hello there Sunny!"

"Da!" said Sunny which meant something like "Hey there love bird!"

Suddenly Klaus entered.

"Hi Anthony!" he said ""Violet do ya know where Mrs Lovett keeps her toolbox?"

"I think it's either in the basement or in the pantry, not sure…"

"I'll go check those places out then!" he said heading for the basement

"Take a light with you, it's dark on the way down!" screamed Violet

Suddenly a bump was heard.

"Thanks for warning me on time sis…" Klaus said ironically

Anthony placed his hands on Violet's shoulders.

"She dropped this, this morning!" he said showing a key

"She did?" said Violet visibly disappointed with the theme of the conversation

"Here's what I plan to do: I'm going to take her out of that house, hide her, and beg her to run away with me tonight!" he said with a very cheered up mood "Doesn't that sound romantic to ya?"

But Violet didn't answer. It looked like she had entered in some sort of trance. A deep sorrow took over her. He was going to run with her. That couldn't possibly be happening! It was such a blow if he really was planning that!

"Violet?" called Anthony shaking her softly

She woke up and looked at Anthony firmly. She was making the possible not to start crying like a baby.

"It is romantic, but… " she said unable to control the sadness "But…"

"But what?" asked Anthony worried

She looked him in his eyes and didn't think.

"I don't want you to go away…"

Anthony simply standed there looking at her.

"Because… Because you've been such a good and caring friend to me… And I… I'll feel like I've lost you for good if you leave just like that…"

Anthony placed his forehead over Violet's.

"You are very dear for me as well Violet!"

In a gesture of affection, the two of them started to brush their noses against each other.

"Maybe I am being too impulsive by planning this just like that…" he said with a dreamy tone

Suddenly when the two of them opened their eyes they couldn't move when they saw that their lips were inches away from touching.

"Is… Mr Todd… here?" he asked a bit frightened

"Y-Yes…" said Violet controlling her self not to bite his lip due to the rage that crossed over her on that moment.

"I have to talk to him urgently… See ya later…" he said exiting like he was running away

A heavy silence was felt on the shop.

"Oh Sunny…" said Violet sitting next to her sister "What am I gonna do?! He seemed like he was running away from me! That Johanna seems to exist only to complicate my situation! What does he see in her?! Oh God, now what?!"

Sunny listened to her sister, yet she was far too young to understand such complications. Violet felt a bit dizzy and looks through the window distractedly. She saw Anthony passing by all of a sudden and waving to her in a rather shy way. She wished he would come back pretty soon.

She jumped when Klaus placed the toolbox all of a sudden on the floor.

"Violet!" he called

"What? What is it?"

He pointed to another window of the shop and Violet and Sunny also looked at the figures of Pirelli and his little assistant Toby.

"Gagaga…" said Sunny meaning "Well, well, well…"

"What the heck is he doing here?" asked Klaus

"Look at the boy…" said Violet as they clearly saw bruises and scratches on his face "It looks as if he fell down a building"

They remembered that day on the fair when Pirelli after having lost against Todd treated the boy in a not so loving way.

"Only God knows what he must do to him…" said Violet feeling frightened as she looked at Pirelli's strong and fearful shape.

They seemed to eventually be heading to the back of the shop.

"Can't he stand a defeat?!" said Violet starting to fear for Todd

"So it seems…" said Klaus with a strange feeling

A few minutes later, Mrs Lovett entered followed by Toby. He came with his face all dirty and the scratches were clearer in his face than when they saw them from the window.

"Sit there, next to Violet, son!" said Mrs Lovett heading for the stand

Toby sat in the same table as Violet, and Mrs Lovett came back with a pie.

"Eat, lad, you look starving!" she said

Toby started to devour the pie like he was tasting food for the first time.

"Dacaga…" commented Sunny, meaning "Amazing what hunger can make us do…"

"How long has it been since you last ate?" asked Violet

"I eat, I swear I do, but…" said Toby "The remains of his dinner aren't enough to fill a stomach…"

Mrs Lovett was constantly looking up.

"What's the matter Mrs L?" asked Violet

"Oh nothing honey… Just wondering myself what's happening upstairs!"

"What brings you to Fleet Street?" asked Klaus

"It seems Seignior Pirelli wants to come to a certain kind of deal with Mr Sweeney Todd… I simply came as an assistant."

"What kind of "deal"?!" asked Violet starting to fear more for her guardian

"I don't know, he usually hits me a lot more if I ask too many questions…"

"Da!" said Sunny meaning "Some people deserved to be treated as the dogs they are!"

"I like to see a man with a healthy appetite… "Said Mrs Lovett smiling to Toby "Reminds me so much of me dear Albert… He didn't have your nice set of hair though…"

"To tell the truth…" said Toby taking off his hat and his wig "… it gets awful hot!"

"I knew that was too good to happen from one day to another!" said Klaus

"Get used to that sort of stuff in business world, Klaus…" said Violet

"Klaus where's the toolbox?" asked Mrs. Lovett

"Over…" said Klaus pointing near the stand, but all of a sudden strange sounds were heard from upstairs.

"What the…?" asked Violet scared of what might be happening upstairs

But they hardly had time to decipher the sounds, because they had stopped as quickly as they had started.

"My, my… Always work to be done!" said Mrs. Lovett clearly trying to change the subject "But tell me… How did ya end up with that awful Italian? "

"Got me out of the workhouse. Been there since I was born." Explained Toby

"A workhouse?" asked Violet

"Yes, but… If things have gotten better for me since I've ended up with Seignior Pirelli… Well I prefer not to start comparing…" said Toby like he was controlling his emotions

"Oh, you poor dear…" said Violet wiping a bit of dust out of his face

"Don't feel bad for me. I'm already used to my miserable life…" he said a bit sadly

"I think I'll just pop on Mr Todd for a second…" said Mrs. Lovett all of a sudden, exiting through the back door

After she left…

"Are you guys really children from Mr. T?" asked Toby

"No, we… we don't have any parents…" said Klaus "They died in a fire…"

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that… Um, what were your names again?"

"This is Violet, and that's Sunny" introduced Klaus "And I'm Klaus!"

"I can tell you're not from London at all…" said Toby "And did ya knew Mr T before coming to live with him?"

"After the fire we discovered we had so many relatives that weren't even related to us" said Violet

"I never met anyone of my family… Not even my own parents… They told me that I was found in a garbage can all wrapped up in newspapers on a cold snowy winter…"

"I think we owe you a big request of apologies Toby…" said Violet feeling remorse

"Why?!" asked Toby a bit surprised "We just met, how could you be asking…?"

"It's because we mocked you at the fair…" said Klaus reading is sister's thoughts and feeling also very bad

"Dagito…" said Sunny sharing the same feeling as her brothers and meaning "We didn't know you went through so much…"

"Oh…" said Toby laughing "There was once some idiots who launched some of the elixir at me… it took me hours to get rid of that smell…"

"Yackw!" exclaimed Sunny

Suddenly they are unpleasantly surprised when Griffin entered all of a sudden in the shop along with two men. The Baudelaires froze, and Toby felt something wasn't quite right.

"Oh, good afternoon children!" said Griffin "Is everything good with you?"

The children remained silent.

"Surely you've heard of my friends: Beadle Bamford and Judge Turpin…"