All the best mothers would if they had to, after all, and Toby does indeed understand doing things because you have to.
"If... If they're real smart," Toby says, carefully, "When they're old enough, maybe they can protect themselves."
Well. They're girls, true, but Toby knows how hard a woman can work and how hard a woman can hit when she's got a mind to. And he knows if Mrs Lovett hadn't wanted so bad to believe something that wasn't as true as she thought it was...
... Well, things might have turned out a bit different for Toby and he might not have gotten flashed into this odd world with quite so many belongings.
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"If... If they're real smart," Toby says, carefully, "When they're old enough, maybe they can protect themselves."
Well. They're girls, true, but Toby knows how hard a woman can work and how hard a woman can hit when she's got a mind to. And he knows if Mrs Lovett hadn't wanted so bad to believe something that wasn't as true as she thought it was...
... Well, things might have turned out a bit different for Toby and he might not have gotten flashed into this odd world with quite so many belongings.