after Hattie tells Ella to go home you find her walking on a path and then you see Prince Charmont running toward and inter section of 3 roads and the bump into each other Char(Charmont) grabs her and pulls her down, she had a purse when she was walking and when she stands up it is not in her hands or on the ground where they just were.
because she leaves it in the bushes. If you notice, in a later scene, she says "where's my purse?" and then he goes to get it, and then she almost gets hit by the cart.