The String of Pearls (1850), p. 209

to the sensation which is properly called "your limbs going to sleep." Then a knocking noise came upon his sense of hearing.
"What's that? Where am I?" he cried, "No—no. Don't hang me. Where's Mrs. Lovett? Hang her. She is guilty!"

HECTOR'S ATTACK ON SWEENEY TODD.{Figure}

Knock!—knock!—knock!
"Hush! hush! What is it? Who wants me? Good God—no—no. There is no good God for me!"
"Knock! knock! knock! came again with increased violence at the door of the shop below.