Still, some chord in Sally's memory was stirred and she advanced into the shop with a puzzled look on her face.
Mountchance received his fresh customer obsequiously.

He had made a good deal of money out of Sally; she never brought him anything which was not valuable and worth buying.

Sometimes her treasures were presents from admirers, sometimes they were the proceeds of highway robberies.

The latter yielded the most profit.

The would-be sellers dared not haggle.
They were only too anxious to get rid of their ill-gotten gains.
The old man bowed Sally Salisbury into his inner room.