Why did Fayge nervously twist her earlobe?

Fayge was looking for her family members.... she was nervous. Shortly after, she learned that they were taken for resettlement.

Gitl smiled. "Are your mother and grandmother not important? Where are they? Why have they not come out to greet us?"

Fayge looked around. "Gitl, you are right. Where are they? And where is Tante Sarah and Tante Devorah and . . ." Her voice trailed off and she turned back to look at Shmuel. "And all the rest, where are they?" Her hand twisted and twisted one gold earbob nervously.

Stony-faced, Shmuel wouldn't look down to meet her eyes. In a flat voice he said, "The colonel informed us that they have been sent for resettlement already