"My purse is in the satchel; would you pay the gentleman?"
"My Lady may keep the hat." Shopkeeper ran through his shop looking at and rejecting things until he came on a pair of white gloves. "Please, Lady, accept these as a gift and remember my shop kindly."
Cal took the gloves from him and looked helplessly at Pentam.
"I have no idea how to put them on."
Between Pentam and the shopkeeper they got the gloves on her hands and up her arms past her elbow. The shopkeeper had added a couple of scarves to the pile, then ducked into the back and retrieved the skirt and blouse. He wrapped everything carefully in paper and looked like he wanted to add more to the bundle.
"Thank you." Cal inclined her head. "It has been a pleasure to visit you."
"Please, if you return to our city, remembe
