So I asked her--'Was she not wearing them ?' Helene Vauquier was taken by surprise.
How should I know anything of Mlle.

Celie's earrings?
She hesitated.
She did not quite know what answer to make.

Now, why?
Since she herself dressed Mile.

Celie, and remembers so very well all she wore, why does she hesitate?
Well, there is a reason.

She does not know how much I know about those diamond eardrops.