I can't believe that this is the last chapter in the story (not counting the epilogue). I have definitely made up my mind and I'm going to write a sequel, I have a pretty good idea what's going to happen just not a title.
Sweeney POV
Diana brought the boy upstairs like I had ordered. "Yes, Mr. Todd" he said when entering the room.
"I need you to take this to Judge Turpin and come straight back. Don't stop on the way there and don't give it to anyone else," I said before handing him the letter.
Nothing to do until Anthony comes back or until Turpin arrives.
Mrs. Lovett POV
Whew! Talk about a dinner rush. Where on Earth was that boy? Speak of the devil I thought as Toby walked into the parlor. "Toby where have you been? We had quite the dinner rush! Me poor bones are ready to drop….What is it, Toby?"
"Mr. Todd sent me on an errand … And on the way back I went by the workhouse. And I was thinkin' … But for you I would be there now. Or someplace worse. Seems like the Good Lord sent you for
me," Toby says while walking over to the chair I was sitting in.
"Oh, love, I feel quite the same way–"I responded while grabbing his hand.
"Hear me out; mum … You know there's nothing I wouldn't do for you. Say, if there was someone around — someone bad — only you didn't know it–"Toby continues while kneeling down next to me.
"What is this? What are you talking about?" I asked completely confused.
(Italics- Toby/bold-Mrs. Lovett)
"Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
"Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling,
I don't care, I got ways."
"Hush darling there's no need for this," I said.
"No one's gonna hurt you,
No one's gonna dare.
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there.
"Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around..."
"Toby what are you talking about?" I asked still confused, but beginning to get an idea of where it was going.
"There are things that I've been thinking of Mr. Todd," Toby responded.
"Not to worry, not to worry,
I may not be smart but I ain't dumb.
I can do it, put me to it,
Show me something I can overcome.
Not to worry, ma'am...
"Being close and being clever
Ain't like being true
I don't need to,
I would never hide a thing from you,
Like some..."
"Now Toby dear we've had enough of this foolish chatter. Here how about I get you a nice shiny penny and you go and get us some toffees?" I reply.
"That's Signor Pirelli's purse!" Toby responds recognizing the bag.
"No it's not, it's just something that Mr. Todd gave me for my birthday," I lied.
"That proofs it! We've got to go Mum! We've got to get the beadle and bring the law here," Toby responds anxious.
"Hush, darling how could you think a thing of Mr. Todd. He's been so could to us," I say trying to calm him down.
"Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, darlin',
Not while I'm around..."
"Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time...
Nothing's gonna harm you,
Not while I'm around..."
"Toby, maybe if you just talked to Mr. Todd, you could understand him," I replied, "Now wait here while I go get some gin. You look like you could use some."
Meanwhile…
Anthony is at Fogg's Asylum breaking Johanna out. Fogg leads him to the cell where he keeps the blondes and Anthony finds Johanna. While Fogg prepares to cut Johanna's hair, Anthony pulls out a gun and threatens to kill Fogg if he says a word. Anthony and Johanna leave Fogg locked in the cell with his "children".
Mrs. Lovett POV
I then headed for the pie shop where I ran into the Beadle in the hallway. Luckily Sweeney had seen the Beadle and came downstairs. "Is there something we could do for you sir?" I asked.
"You see, there have been complaints. About the stink from your chimney. They say at night, it's something most foul. Health regulations — and the general public welfare, naturally — being my duty, I'm afraid I'll have to take a look … (he sneezes)… at your bake house," the Beadle replies.
"Of course … But first why don't you come upstairs and let me attend to you?" Sweeney smoothly responds.
"Much as I do appreciate tonsorial adornment, I really ought to see to my "official" obligations first," the Beadle replies.
"An admirable sentiment — But I must ask you, out of professional curiosity you understand, is that a cream or tallow pomade?" Sweeney continues trying to reel him in.
"Oh, not a pomade at all! Me secret is a touch of ambergris," the Beadle replies.
"But, sir, hair that delicate requires a genuine pomade! Come along, let me show you the difference," Sweeney says while gesturing at his shop.
"Well … you are the expert in these matters…" the Beadle agrees.
"And we'll finish you off with a nice facial rub of bay rum," Sweeney continues.
"Oooh, bay rum is bracing," the Beadle says beginning to give in.
"And all on the house, for my friend, Beadle Bamford," Sweeney finishes finally getting the Beadle.
"Well, sir, I take that very kindly… Lead on," the Beadle says while finally succumbing.
"I am, sir, entirely at your — (he winks at me) – disposal," Sweeney says while leading him up the stairs.
Sweeney POV
Just after I killed the Beadle Mrs. Lovett came up saying, "Toby has gotten worse and that we might as well just tell him and hope he understands."
"And if he doesn't and tries to make a break for the law, you know that I will have to kill him," I replied.
I then followed Mrs. Lovett downstairs to try and calm the boy down or at least help him understand.
Third Person POV
Anthony and Johanna enter Mr. Todd's shop to find him missing. Johanna is described as a poor boy.
"Mr. Todd…? No matter. You wait for him here — I'll return with the coach in less than half an hour…" Anthony says after looking around for Mr. Todd.
She gently touches Sweeney's collection of razors.
"Don't worry, darling, in those clothes, no one will recognize you … You're safe now," Anthony says.
She picks up the largest razor and looks at it.
"Safe … So we run away and then all our dreams come true?" Johanna asks.
"I hope so…" Anthony replies.
"I have never had dreams. Only nightmares," Johanna states.
"Johanna … When we're free of this place all the ghosts will go away," Anthony promises her.
"No, Anthony, they never go away," Johanna states.
Anthony touches Johanna's cheek and says, "I'll be right back to you … Half an hour and we'll be free."
Diana walks into the room and sees Anthony and Johanna. "Diana can you stay here with Johanna and wait for Mr. Todd to show up or for me to come back with the carriage. Thank you," Anthony says walking out the door.
"You're Johanna?" Diana asks after Anthony's left.
"Yes, why?" Johanna replies confused.
"Oh it's just that whenever Anthony has described you when he's come over he described you differently, that's all. I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet have I," Diana says quickly.
"No you haven't," Johanna responds.
"Diana Lovett, daughter of Mrs. Lovett and Mr. Todd's assistant," Diana says offering her hand for Johanna to shake.
"Pleasure to meet you," Johanna says while taking it.
Sweeney POV
I had just returned to my shop when Judge Turpin walked in saying, "Mr. Todd? Where is she?"
"Below, your honor, with my neighbor. Thank heavens the sailor did not molest her. Thank heavens too, she has seen the error of her ways," I replied.
"She has?" Turpin asked confused.
"Oh, yes, your lesson was well learned. She speaks only of you, longing for forgiveness," I lied.
"Then she shall have it! She'll be here soon, you say?" Turpin asked.
"Yes!"
"Excellent, my friend!"
"How bout a shave? Sit, sir, sit!"
(Sweeney-bold/Turpin-italics)
"Oh, Pretty Women"
"Pretty Women, Yes!"
"Johanna, Johanna."
"Pretty women, pretty women are a wonder. Pretty women!"
"Pretty Women what would we do
for women"
"blowing out their candles
or combing out their hair"
"then they leave"
"even when they even when they
leave they still leave you and
are there, there vanish they
there somehow can still
remain there with
you there"
"How seldom it is one meets a fellow spirit" Turpin states.
"With fellow taste... in women at least," I respond.
"What's that?" Turpin asks confused.
"The years no doubt have changed me, sir, but now I suppose the face of a barber the face of a prisoner in the dark is not particularly memorable," I state.
"Benjamin Barker!" Turpin replies.
"BENJAMIN BARKER!" I yell before killing him.
"Rest now my friend
rest now forever
sleep now the untroubled
sleep of the angels"
I noticed someone watching me from the trunk and opened it up to find a boy about Diana's age. "How about a shave?" I offer him knowing that I can't let any witnesses live
"Sir, I'm…."
I then heard Nellie scream from downstairs in the bake house. I rushed down there to find Nellie beating his corpse with a rolling pin apparently I hadn't fully killed him. "Nellie is everything all right?" I asked.
"Yes, the judge wasn't fully dead, that's all. Could you help me move their bodies to the furnace?" she asked.
"Of course my pet," I reply.
As Nellie and I left the bake house we spotted Toby blocking Anthony's path upstairs. "Mr. Todd would you mind letting me upstairs, Johanna's up there waiting for me," Anthony says.
Johanna, the boy up there! "Toby let him through," I order.
"Oh there you are, I was going to tell you that Johanna is up in the shop, but it looks like you already know that," Diana states.
Anthony and Diana follow me up the stairs to the shop where we find Johanna in hysterics. "Anthony, you're back!" she says while throwing herself into his arms when she sees him.
She then spots me and Diana and says, "Diana, Anthony you can't trust Mr. Todd, he's a murderer."
"Johanna let me explain things," I said before beginning the long story of my banishment and everything that's happened recently on Fleet Street.
That's the end of the chapter not to mention the movie just with a few variations. The next and final one will be up in a couple of days.