She passed into the room, and the moment she crossed the threshold—she turned her face to it and presented both the pistols before her. Then as she wound, inch by inch, into the centre of the room, all her power of further concealment of her feelings deserted her, and she could only say, in a strange choking tone—
"Todd!—Todd!—Todd!"
"No—no—no! Oh, God, no!" cried Tobias.
"Todd!—Todd!—Todd!"
"No—no! Help! help!"
"D—n!" said Sweeney Todd, as he dashed open the door of the chamber, and stood upon the threshold with a glittering knife in his right hand.
"Hold!" shrieked Minna Gray. "Another step, murderer, and I send you to your God!"
Todd waited. He could almost see down the barrels of the large pistols, which a touch of the young girl's finger would explode in his face. With a sharp convulsive cry, Tobias fell to the floor. The blood gushed from his mouth, and he lay bereft of sensation.
Heroic Conduct Of Minna Gray.