Why he needed to choose this moment to pass the time of day with all and sundry and — good grief!— take a wad of notes from his back pocket and count them out with infuriating slowness — was anybody's guess.
Why he needed to choose this moment to tell the time with all and sundry and — good grief!— take a wad of notes from his back pocket and count them out with infuriating slowness — was anybody's guess.