Well I've read the original...It all started after she was borrowing a necklace from a friend to look fancy when she goes to this ball/meeting. Then she looses it so the best guest is A because her and her husband were struggling to go from jewelry store to jewelry store looking for a necklace that looked just like the one she lost.
Answer: The way the reader knew that the flower girl was intelligent is that:
A) She is smart enough to know what things cost and how a gentleman should treat a guest.
Explanation: The dialect of the flower girl is not a criteria for intelligence but since she could effectively know the cost of things and how a gentleman should treat a guest, she could be attributed as an intelligent person.
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