Yes, she lied, and it was a bad lie, my friend.

She told us that the strange woman Adele had black hair.

Now I carried in my pocket-book proof that that woman's hair was red.

Why did she lie, except to make impossible the identification of that strange visitor?
That was the first false step taken by Helene Vauquier.
"Now let us take the second.

I thought nothing of her rancour against Mlle.Celie.To me it was all very natural.