[ Crouching down beside the trunk, she rummages along the bottom of its contents. ]

A rather spectacular actor laughed at me for mentioning it. I haven't the nerve or the presence, he said.

[ She sounds very embarrassed to say as much, nearly murmuring her words. At least she's found the cosmetics box she was looking for, though! She retrieves it with a declarative sigh. ]

He was right.