On the French Riviera, it is such an important status symbol to have a balcony on an apartment that it is quite common to see balconies painted on the walls of apartment houses.
People even paint wet laundry hanging on a clothesline, just to give it a touch of reality.
Hypocrisy is a facade painted just to give it a touch of reality. By now her curiosity was very much aroused. The little boy was straight forward and honest in his questions because he wanted to entrust to the lady something he owned. The Pharisees are not being honest. They have no intent in entrusting Jesus with anything.