There came a knock at the door and Eric stopped his speech.
"Must be a customer I will take care of them quickly."

He opened the door stiffly, preparing to send some thief or other unsavory type away. You don't get very many upstanding customers down here. He was rather caught off guard by the beauty standing outside his shop, not the usual thief at all it seems. He would need another distraction...

"Please come inside." He said crisply, "we have much to do..."