That is indeed the evidence, and it is still very much in evidence.

On the head of the wooden hairpin, which was not very smooth, there were a few strands of red silk threads hanging very clearly from it, stretched out of hair, and with just one glance everyone recognized that the threads hanging from it were identical to the ones that had been hooked.

"Send her to the officer!"

"Blackmail, it's blackmail!"

"It's too much to blackmail in the middle of the year!" ...