"Hello!" Theo said, with his usual ready, expansive smile. "I hear you're the man to ask for a good trade around here."
Glancing over the stall gave Theo an idea that his intelligence was correct. Some nice things there -- things that almost gave Theo itchy fingers. But he knew better than to steal from a fence, especially a fence he intended to trade with.
"I have a couple pieces of jewelry looking for a new home. And I'm looking for some things that might be easier to trade for bed and board." Things less recognizable he might have said, because if he tried to offer anyone else the jewelry, they might ask uncomfortable questions about where it came from. But he didn't intend to say so out loud. Presumably the fence had an idea of what he was getting into, and if not, that wasn't Theo's problem.
can't say good morning without lying twice
