# if the sun had been visible in the roots , it would have barely skimmed the roofs of the houses and shops , but as it was , martin left the shop with an identical messengers pass in hand , minus the photograph , even before the open sign was turned over to welcome the days customers , and he wended his way through early morning shoppers and made his way to the photographers shop just as the shop keeper was propping the door open with a tinkling of a small bell above the door .