Miss Bowman should have gotten a description of Myrtle’s rose when she
first inquired about it, and then seeing that Cora looked guilty, she
should have said: “I am so glad that you thought of me and gave me this
beautiful flower, but I shall be all the happier to have you give it to
Myrtle now, and when you feel like it, tell me all about how you got
it.” Whether or not Cora confesses at once, Miss Bowman should have a
private talk with her later in which she tells her how certain things
come to belong to certain people and therefore must not be purloined.