@johnpoop2529 I was thinking maybe because it was a feminine handkerchief since it's from that store? Or it was something precious to him and he doesn't trust Elvin?
I want to imagine a scenario where they instead strip the stepmother out of all that expensive jewelry... If the stepmother can guilt trip her daughter into a lifetime of horrible marriage, I don't see why Priscilla couldn't let her sacrifice even half hard luxuries from the stepmother and say...