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118 ... The Cook Waits upon Sir Richard Blunt and Hears News. 119 ... The Cook Becomes a Very Important Personage. 120 ... Johanna Is Amply Paid for Her Brief Service at Todd’s. 121... Shows How Mrs. Oakley Reconciled Herself to Everybody at Home. 122 ... Takes a Peep at Tobias at the Colonel’s House. 123 ... The Criminals in Newgate — Todd’s Attempt at Suicide. 124 ... ALuncheon at Sir Richard Blunt’s — The Dog and His Old Friend. 125 ... Todd Is Committed for Trial, and Expects the Worst. 126 ... A Large Party Calls on Big Ben. 127 ... A Visit to the Lions in the Tower. 128 ... Returns to Newgate, and the Proceedings of Mrs. Lovett. 129 ... Mrs. Lovett Sees some Twilight Spectres in Her Cell. 130 ... Sweeney Todd Is Placed upon His Trial. 131... The Trial Of Sweeney Todd Continued. 132 ... Todd’s Trial Continues, and Goes All Against Him. 133 ... The Trial of Sweeney Todd Continued. 134 ... Todd Entertains Some Hopes of an Acquittal. 135 ... Todd Makes an Attempt upon His Own Life. 136 ... Todd Makes an Acquaintance in Newgate, and Tries an Escape. 137 ... The Progress of the Operations to Escape from Newgate. 138 ... Mr. Lupin Reveals Surprising Abilities. 139 ... The Chase Through Smithfield, and the Murder. 140 ... The Fugitives Find a Refuge. 141 ... Todd And Lupin Set Out for Caen Wood. 142 ... The Fugitives Take Vigorous Measures to Avoid Discovery. 143 ... The Adventures in Caen Wood of the Two Murderers. 144 ... Shows How the News of Todd’s Escape Was Received by All Concerned. 145 ... Shows How Todd Made Up His Mind to Vengeance. 146 ... Returns to Todd in the Wood at Hampstead. 147 ... Todd Takes a Look at His Old Quarters in Fleet Street. 148 ... Todd Makes His Way into His Own House. 149 ... The Doings of the Courageous Constabulary Force. 150 ... Todd Has a Narrow Escape, and Has a Bit of Revenge. 151 ... Sir Richard Blunt and Crochet Commence Their Search for Todd. 152 ... Shows How Todd Had a Very Narrow Escape Indeed. 153 ... Todd Is in Great Peril in the Early Morning in London. 154 ... Todd Sets Fire to His House, and then Hides in the Church. 155 ... Shifts the Scene to One of Quiet Goodness and Serenity. 156 ... Todd Has Some Further Adventures in Fleet Street. 157 ... Todd Astonishes the Beadle, and Escapes from St. Dunstan’s. 158 ... Details the Perilous Situation of the Beadle. 159 ... Todd Gets the Better of the Sharpers, and Takes A Coat. 160 ... Sir Richard Blunt Is Very Near Taking His Prisoner. 161 ... Todd Finds that He Has Got Out of the Frying-pan Into the Fire. 162 ... Todd Makes New Plans. 163 ... Todd Makes a Vigorous Attempt to Reach Gravesend. 164 ... Todd’s Fearful Adventures on the River. 165 ... The Police-Galley on the Thames, and Its Fate. 166 ... Todd Uses His Powers of Persuasion. 167 ... The Race to Gravesend. 168 ... Todd Finds His Footing and Gains an Advantage. 169 ... Todd Strikes a Bargain. 170 ... The Ship Bound for Havre Takes a Passenger. 171 ... Todd Meets with a Little Rough Weather in the Channel. 172 ... Todd Gets a World of Maritime Experience. 173 ... Takes a Peep at Some Friends of the Reader. 174 ... Mark Ingestrie Rescues a Shipwrecked Man. 175 ... A Rather Important Discovery Is Made. 176 ... The Pursuit of Todd on the London Road. 177 ... The Last Conclusion. GLOSSARY JOO SS