"Yes, quite beautiful...."  he agreed, trailing off, echoing her words. Setting them woodenly in the air,<br/>like a stonemason would set a brick in mortar.<br/><br/>"I have need of someone to deliver some packages for me" he continued.<br/>"Its a trivial matter really, but I dare not leave the shop unattended, and I hate to close and loose sales."<br/>The shop was quite absent of any other customers.<br/><br/>"If you would run these trivial deliveries for me, say tomorrow afternoon, I'd be eternally grateful."<br/><br/>"Grateful enough" he added, "to even discount this unique compact to a price you might be able to pay."<br/>