Disgraceful
"All right, why don't you go inside and have a look around? I'll be just a moment."
Polly left her there and she took another color, comparing it with the red one in her hand while the peddler lavished her with flattery about how fine her eyes were. Putting the ribbons back, she was just about to grope for some coins inside her skirt pocket when suddenly her arm was grabbed from behind and she was forcibly swung around to the opposite direction. Gasping in surprise, she turned to face a pair of furious blue eyes.
"Don't think for a second you can slip away from me with that trick."