[...well, he still doesn't feel like he's been given any good reason to do that. But, even more important...he doesn't think he has anything to pay with. It gives him an unpleasant feeling, like he's just done something really dumb, and he does not want to let either this large woman or the shopkeeper know that. Bad enough to feel foolish; he can't look it.
They don't have to know. Maybe they don't even need to know that he didn't intend to do exactly this, right from the start!]
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They don't have to know. Maybe they don't even need to know that he didn't intend to do exactly this, right from the start!]