Lastly, the theme is most prevalent in the last piece of dialogue because it shows irony. When Mathilde finally returns the second necklace, she is assumes that Madame Forestier thinks she is a thief because she took so long to return it. However, she could not tell her why it took so long for her to return it because she knew that her sense of being part of high society would be stripped from her if she told Madame Forestier the truth about what happened to her necklace. By keeping her secret, buying a new necklace, and working as a housekeeper to pay off her debt, she created another demon that ate her away from the inside out, and aging her twice as fast. When Madame Forestier reveals the real value of the necklace, irony shows that her
