Poor Thing is the third song in the movie. It is sung by Mrs. Lovett. During this song, we learn the name that Sweeney Todd used to go by, Benjamin Barker, and we're treated to a flashback which has Lucy Barker, Benjamin's wife, being brought to the house of Judge Turpin by Beadle Bamford, who tells her that the Judge is remorseful for what he has done to her husband. Unfortunately for Lucy, there's a wild masked ball well underway when she enters the Judge's mansion. Confused and disoriented from the sights and sounds of the party and from the drinks that she has, Lucy winds up in the hands of Judge Turpin himself, who is anything but remorseful, and who has used this ball as a means to get her alone and defenseless. The Judge rapes Lucy amid the cruel laughter of the gathered crowd, none