RETRIEVAL

TIARA

That Mrs. Hans had guts; I knew it very well. But the way she said it, although I didn’t think it would bother me in any way, made it worse than I imagined. 

My face grew scarlet. Everyone was aware of that, so she would undoubtedly know that. She was the only person I knew who would be so impolite as to address it in front of me.

“No, he just...” 

But my words got stuck in my throat. 

“Admitted to ...