Perhaps he had the wrong first impression of the girl. Richard didn't know how chaperones worked, as he'd never had to have one, but he'd assumed that all girls had one, maybe in aunt or mother instead of random spinsters, but he didn't think they had to pay for them. Though he was wise in other ways, the way women worked was not one of them. "Well, I see." he said, on the matter, "I too, am buying something. For my mother." Richard adds, looking towards the nicer quills.

"Perhaps I could help? Do you believe it to be a kidnapping?" Richard does not often help random people, but he thinks that this is a little different. She was crying, after all. "I work with the Department of Magical Law Enforcement...you must have already tried, but perhaps we can try to find him again. Is it your husband who is missing?" Richard assumed.