"Ah, Peter," Mr. Sharma said warmly. "Do come in. And who is your friend?"
"Oh, hi, Mr. Sharma," Peter replied. "Hi, Claire," he added warmly. "This is Gregory."
Claire grunted a response but did her best to ignore them.
"Good to meet you, young man. Come to look at the books?" Mr. Sharma asked.
"Er, no, we've come to look for clothes actually," Peter answered.
"Clothes? Here?" Mr. Sharma looked at the racks of cast-off elderly ladies' apparel and back at the boys in surprise.
"Er, yeah, we need some, um, fancy dress stuff," Peter replied quickly.
They rummaged around for a while, sneaking surreptitious looks at Claire and her long curvy body whilst furtively whispering to each other.
Eventually, Peter took some assorted garments to single changing cubicle at the back of the store.
